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CALENDAR:
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March 1
Spring Season 1 Swim Lesson begins
Teen Strength and Conditioning begins
WOW - Women on Weights begins
Registration begins for March session Princess Ballet and Adult Ballet
Registration ends for Adult Soccer League beginning March
March 2
Summer Camp registration begins for current child care participants and previous campers
BAM begins
Lose to Win begins
March 4
Girls' Night with Jackpot Bingo
Virginia Air and Space Center
Doors open at 6:00pm
March 5
Adult Soccer League begins
March session for Tae Kwon Do begins
March 6
March session begins for Princess Ballet and Adult Ballet
March 9
Summer Camp registration begins for YMCA members
ACE Personal Trainer Certification Preparatory Class begins
March 15-17
Family Lobby Nights
5:00-8:00pm
March 16
Summer Camp open registration begins
Registration ends for Kits in the Kitchen
March 17
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
March 19
Kid's Night Out Lock-In
8:00pm to 8:00am
Registration ends for Youth Soccer League beginning in April
March 22
Registration ends for Cheerleading Y-Spirits
March 23
Fit 4 Life begins
March 24
Registration ends for Easter Egg Hunt
March 27
Pool closed for Peninsula Metropolitan Swim League Championships
Easter Egg Hunt
10:00am to 12:00pm
March 30
Kids in the Kitchen begins for ages 9-12yr
Cheerleading Y-Spirits begins
March 31
Kids in the Kitchen begins for ages 3-8yr
April 1 - Dots and Doodles
April 5-9 - Spring Break Camp
April 12-16 - Family Lobby Nights
April 16 - Kid's Night Out Lock-In
April 17 - Healthy Kids Day |
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Going GREEN!
Recycling at the Hampton Family YMCA
We are excited to introduce the Hampton Family YMCA's brand new recycling program! Please be responsible to our Earth, think twice before throwing your empty water bottle into the trash can. Please use the recycle bins located throughout the facility and next to the trash receptacles instead!
Recyclable items:
- Aluminum cans
- Tin/Steel cans
- Plastic bottles (#1 and #2)
- Glass bottles
- Newspaper
- Colored office paper
- White office paper
- Cardboard
- Telephone directories
- Magazine, brochures, etc.
Thank you for helping the Hampton Family YMCA go green!
For more information, click here for our flyer or please contact the Welcome Center at (757) 722-9044. |
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Get Caught With Your Y-Sticker!
One Year Family Membership Prize Drawing
Want to win big?
Place a Hampton Family YMCA sticker on your car today!
- To participate in the contest, pick up a complimentary sticker at the Welcome Center and place it on your car.
- Every week beginning April 1, 2010, we'll randomly "catch" someone with a Y-Sticker and enter their name into a monthly drawing. Monthly winners will recieve various YMCA paraphernalia.
- All monthly winners are automatically entered into the December Grand Prize drawing for One Year Family YMCA Membership.
For more information, click here for our flyer or please contact the Welcome Center at (757) 722-9044. |
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Get Involved!
Strong Communities Campaign
The Strong Communities Campaign is an annual volunteer fundraising campaign that secures funds to assist people from our communities in their time of need; no one is turned away from YMCA programs due to inability to pay full fees.
The Hampton Family YMCA has provided $468,362 of financial assistance to families, youth, and the community. We have served 100 children through the Bright Beginnings program which provides children with the clothes supplies necessary to begin a new school year.
Help keep our community strong! Ask our Welcome Center today about how you can help.
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Aquatic Update Reminders
Improve your Aquatic experience
Aquatic Quick Check
Quick check cards are posted in the lobby of the Aquatic Center along with the comment box. Please use the cards to comment about our Aquatics program and facility. We appreciate your comments to continue the success of our Aquatic Center.
Know the Lifeguards
Look on the lifeguard stand to find the name and certifications of each lifeguard. We invite you to introduce yourself to the lifeguard, but please avoid lengthy conversation; we take aquatic safety very seriously, it is important for guards to maintain visual contact with the pool at all times.
New! Teaching Pool Hours
Bring your family in for some fun in the water for our newly added open swim hours in our Teaching Pool! Open swim is for children 9 years of age and younger with in-water supervision by an adult 18 or older.
Tuesday | 6:00pm - 8:00pm Thursday | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
For more information about these Aquatic updates, please contact Eric Hecker, Aquatics Director at (757) 722-9044 Ext. 216 or at Eric.Hecker@peninsulaymca.org. |
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Recipe of the Month
Fresh Fruit Salad with Honey-Yogurt Dressing
The dressing makes the fruit an extra-sweet treat.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 large seedless oranges, peeled, sliced, and halved
1/2 large pineapple, peeled, cored, sliced, and cut into wedges
1 apple, cored and chopped
1 ripe pear, cored and sliced into wedges
1 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
DIRECTIONS
1. In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, honey and cinnamon. Stir well to blend ingredients.
2. Arrange fruit on plates and drizzle the honey-yogurt dressing on top.
Serves 6.
Recipe brought to you by SparkRecipes.com |
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Girls' Night with Jackpot BINGO
Ladies, come join the Hampton Family YMCA as we have a fun night playing jackpot bingo in support of our Strong Communities campaign! Thursday, March 4 at the Virginia Air and Space Center. Doors open at 6:00pm. Tickets are purchased at the Welcome Center.
2010 Census
10 Questions. 10 Minutes. 1 Positive Impact. As a Census Bureau partner, the Hampton Family YMCA encourages you to participate in the 2010 Census and let the country know what our community needs for the next 10 years. Visit 2010census.gov to learn more.
YMCA Summer CampRegistration begins this month and space is limited. Registration for current child care participants (enrolled in our School Age program) and previous campers begins March 2, 2010. YMCA members can start registering on March 9, 2010 and open registration begins March 16, 2010. For more information, see our brochure and registration form.
Volunteerism
The Hampton Family YMCA Member Services department is currently seeking dedicated, responsible and positive individuals to join our Member Service team as a volunteer! We need volunteers to greet members and program participants through our Aquatics lobby entrance on Monday - Thursday from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Stop by the Welcome Center today for an application.
Twitter
Follow us on Twitter! We are now using Twitter to get urgent messages out to our members quickly about delays, closings and changes in programming. We have several members already following the Hampton Family YMCA. Just click on the Twitter link in our Quick Links section of this newsletter and get started today!
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YMCA Mission: To put Christian principles into practice
through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
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