FAMILY AND GROUP PROGRAMS:
Family Swims:
Sundays are designated as Family Swim Time from 1—4 PM. This is a great afternoon activity for the entire family. Families need not only come on Sundays. Anytime that is marked Open Swim on the pool schedule can be family time in the YMCA pool.
Healthy Lifestyle for the Family:
Wellness and a healthy environment are important to us all and a Family Exercise Plan may be just the thing to help your family create and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Bring the whole family to the YMCA and work together to accomplish your fitness and healthy living goals. Our staff will help you develop a plan that is right for your family dynamics taking into consideration the number and age of family members, your current fitness levels, and time available each week to exercise at the YMCA.
HIKING THE APPLACHIAN
Come walk the "Appalachian Trail" with us at the Y. Jen Hoover, Wellness Center Staff, will be your Trail Leader and you can walk with her outside (until you can't take the cold) or inside on the treadmills or in the gyms (space available) or, walk at your favorite place and turn in your mileage once per week to Jen and she will update your miles on the AT Map posted just beside the Member Service Desk. This is for members only and the cost is $15.00. An AT Club T-shirt will be given to those who finish the 2,175 miles. Start any time-this is not a race but an endurance expedition to test your fitness, motivation and perseverance. Sign up and bring a friend!
FREE FOR MEMBERS
Activate America:
Activate America® is the YMCA's bold approach to directly address our nation's growing health crisis. Our mission compels us to transform the way we work, both internally and externally, to support all kids, adults, families and communities in their pursuit of well-being in spirit, mind and body. In addressing America's unprecedented health crisis, the YMCA is best equipped to influence change in individuals and in our communities to proactively address this health crisis, which is central to the achievement of our mission.
In some ways, Activate America® is a reflection back to our earliest years in defining individual health as the union of spirit, mind and body. And it builds on the significant role we played in defining health and well-being starting in the 1960s. In order to reflect the bold vision reflected in Activate America®:
1.We (the YMCA) will support healthy lifestyles by reaching out and engaging all those who seek well-being of spirit, mind and body.
2. We (the YMCA) will create and sustain healthier com munities by actively participating in our communities and connecting our networks and resources to influence decisions that impact health.
Healthy Family Home:
www.healthyfamilyhome.org
Healthy Family Home is designed by the YMCA with support from Eli Lilly and Company to provide families with the tools and support they need to improve the health of their home environment through more nutritious eating habits, physical activity and family time.
Healthy Family Home offers a wide variety of simple, practical, fun suggestions that can be used by any family in any community to establish and maintain healthier habits at home. In addition to nutrition and wellness guidance, recipe and snack ideas, and activities to get family members moving, you’re able to learn what's working for other families and how they're making healthier habits a regular part of family life, sign up for the Healthy Family Home monthly newsletter and share your questions and ideas. You can download the Healthy Family Home Starter Kit and explore the variety of information and activities, then check back regularly for more tips on sensible, lasting changes you can make together as a family for a healthier, happier home.
Indoor Walking—Runs Year Round:
Walk indoors in a safe and secure environment within the YMCA gymnasiums. Walking beads (which help participants keep track of their laps) are available at the front desk. Gymnasium walking time is guaranteed between the hours of 5-9 AM. Walking is not limited to this time. Free for all YMCA members. Non-members—$1
Team Building—Runs Year Round:
Offering to various groups and corporations of all sizes, ages and demographic makeup, activities are based on Experimental Learning or learning by doing. The activities introduce new ideas, concepts and activities and are based on the concept of Challenging By Choice, where each participant is strongly encouraged to challenge their “comfort zone” and be “stretched” in order to be actively involved and learn something new about themselves and others. The sessions are set up by individual groups with Coordinator Bob Marsh.
Ping Pong —Seasonal:
Beginning December 8th, 2011
Thursdays 5:45—7:45 PM
Cost: M $1 per night
Nonmembers must purchase day pass plus $1 per night.
Coordinated by Jim Shilling and Denny Simonetti.
Contact Stacey for more information.