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August 1
Lifeguard registration begins for Sep 13-17 class August 2-6
Session 7 of Summer Camp
Sports Speciality: Cheerleading Camp
August 9-13
Session 8 of Summer Camp
Sports Speciality: Flag Football Camp
August 15
Registration begins for Sep 17 - Kids' Night Out Lock-in
August 16
Fall I Season Swim Lesson registration begins
Registration begins for Oct 23 - Family Fall Festival, Ballroom Dancing, BAM!, Fit For Life, Teen Sports Conditioning, Women on Weights
August 16-20
Session 9 of Summer Camp
Sports Speciality: Volleyball Camp
August 18-19
Bright Beginnings at JCPenny
7:00am to 10:00am
August 23
Registration begins for Lose to Win
August 23-27
Summer Fun Summer Camp
August 27
Fall I Season Swim Lesson registration ends
August 30-31
YMCA CLOSED
Annual maintenance
Quick Tip: You can register online for almost all of our programs! CLICK HERE to get started! |
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Bright Beginnings
JCPenny - August 18 and 19
Every year the Hampton Family YMCA, through Bright Beginnings, provides 80 children in the local community with the necessary tools to start the new school year brightly. With the help from the community and our members, each child receives a backpack filled with school supplies and a shopping trip for new clothes and shoes. These children's families cannot afford the costs associated with a new school year. Bright Beginnings gives the children the opportunity to start school with confidence. We need volunteers for either or both shopping days to help us shop at the Hampton JC Penney from 7am-10am.
If you are interested in volunteering or donating school supplies please see the Welcome Center or contact Lee Grandison at 757-722-9044 ext. 217 or lgrandison@peninsulaymca.org. |
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BUILDING CLOSURE
Monday, August 30 - Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Hampton Family YMCA is closing Monday, August 30 - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 for annual maintenance. We are buffing our floors and hallways, and our gymnasium and Wellness floors are being resurfaced. The Aquatic lobby entrance is open from 8:00am to 5:00pm to process payments during this closure.
Building Schedule
Closed Full Facility: Monday, August 30 - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 for annual maintenance
Opening Thursday, September 2, 2010 at regular times:
- Aquatics
- Child Watch/Youth Watch
- Group Exercise
- Wellness Center
Closed Big and Small Gym: Thursday, September 2 - Monday, September 5, 2010 due to fumes
Closed Full Facility: Monday, September 6, 2010 for Labor Day
OPEN Full Facility: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 for regular business hours.
If you have any questions or for more information please contact Brianne Pietronicco at Brianne.Pietronicco@peninsulaymca.org or 757-722-9044. |
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Will your Y get $250,000 for free fitness and wellness programs?
The Peninsula Metropolitan YMCA has applied for a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project, and the only way we can get it is if you vote for us. Our project, "Activate the Peninsula," will ensure fitness, nutrition, and cooking education programs for everyone in our community, as well as fitness education for all children in our child care and child/youth watch programs.
Check the Pepsi Refresh website www.refresheverything.com or search Pepsi Refresh on August 1 to see if we are there. To do this: - Create a login and password and answer a few basic questions on the pop up screen
- Click done and you will bounce back to the home page - at this point you've just created your login
- Click on Browse Ideas and Vote again and you will be at the voting page
- Go to the search box in the upper right corner and type in Activate or Peninsula
- When you see our project in the list - Activate the Peninsula - click on the vote now button
- Once you've created your login and password you can bookmark our page and go directly there to vote every day.
We need your vote EVERYDAY in August to make this a reality for our YMCA. Please share this information with everyone you know - friends, relatives, co-workers, neighbors, and other Y members. You can share through Facebook and Twitter by hitting the button that appears after you vote. This project will benefit each Y and the people in each of our communities. We can only win the Pepsi Refresh grant if the community supports our efforts to "Activate the Peninsula."
Any questions? Talk to any staff member at our Y to help you through the process. |
Journey to Freedom 
Journey to Freedom is an 8-week Christ-centered small group study designed to help you make a change in your life. A failure to lay a proper foundation for change is the number one reason people don't succeed in transforming their life. Journey to Freedom will help you build this critical foundation by providing tools, support and motivation you need to achieve significant and lasting change.
Guided by Journey to Freedom's trained facilitators, you'll learn:
· What is needed to make real change, and why your
other attempts have failed.
· How to lay the foundation to solve any problem and
achieve any goal.
· How to silence you inner critic and find your true
purpose.
· The difference between intrinsic and extrinsic
motivation.
"I never realized how many people there were that shared the same issues. It's so freeing to be with others and share our experiences."
-Audrey
Please contact either Lisa Weinreich at Lisa.Weinreich@peninsulaymca.org or visit journeytofreedom.org for more details.
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Youth Super Sports
Building Winners for Life
At the YMCA, youth sports is as much about building character as it is about learning sports skills.
Starting this fall the YMCA is introducing Youth Super Sports. This is the YMCA's new progressive youth sports program that combines the marvelous philosophy of past YMCA youth sports programs with new program concepts. Children learn character values as well as sports skills and tactics by incorporating fun and creative games during every practice. Our "games approach" sessions during each practice are designed to better prepare players for competitions.
There are 3 components to YMCA Super Sports
YMCA Rookies
Developmental program that teaches young players basic skills and strategies of the sport while incorporating our character values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Rookies consists of players ages 4 to 7.
YMCA Winners
Competitive, unique, values-based sports program for older boys and girls that develops skills and tactics while keeping our character values in play. Winners consists of players ages 8 to 16.
YMCA Champions
Designed to motivate youngsters to strive for excellence. It is an innovative, challenging awards program for youth ages 8 to 16 years participating in YMCA Winners.
The 7 pillars of Youth Super Sports
Pillar 1 - Everyone Plays
Pillar 2 - Safety First
Pillar 3 - Fair Play
Pillar 4 - Positive Competition
Pillar 5 - Family Involvement
Pillar 6 - Sport for All
Pillar 7 - Sport for Fun
YMCA Youth Super Sports Programs
Soccer, Flag Football, Basketball, Baseball and T-Ball. |
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Disney on Ice
YMCA Discount
Have you heard the buzz? Disney On Ice presents Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3! The summer's biggest hit movie, Toy Story 3, and memorable moments from Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are hitting the ice in this sensational live production coming to Hampton Coliseum! Catch all the heroic action when Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and the Toy Story gang escape from the rambunctious tots of Sunnyside Daycare and race for home in their most daring adventure ever.
Click here to see discount offered for YMCA members and staff! *Offers not valid on previous purchases or with other discounts. Additional fees may apply. |
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Reminders!
Monthly Fitness Tip
Recipe of the Month
Don't Forget Swim Registration!
Swim Lesson registration is ongoing now for our summer two week session classes - Session E (August 16 - 26). Space is limited. Registration ends August 13, so register now! Register for Swim Team too!The Hampton Family YMCA Aquatics department is currently seeking dedicated, responsible and positive individuals to join our Aquatics team as a lifeguard and/or swim instructor! Job applications are at the Welcome Center or apply online!
Best Foot Forward 8K - Saturday, September 18 at Mariner's Museum. The Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia is hosting a race for runners and walkers of all ages to participate on behalf of the participant's favorite charity. Please consider the Hampton Family YMCA as one of your charities of choice when making your giving decisions. Want to get involved? Visit www.bff8k.com for more information.
Get Caught With Your Y-Sticker!
Place a Hampton Family YMCA sticker on your car today! Pick up a complimentary sticker at the Welcome Center and place it on your car. Every week, 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, see our flyer or contact the Welcome Center at (757) 722-9044. Congratulations to Ruth Sprague for being our June winner!
At Camp Kekoka (Kee-koh-kah), children can enjoy:
Skiing, knee boarding, tubing, kayaking, sailing, canoeing - you name it and they get crazy with it! Deep sea fishing? They got it! Swimming pool, recreation hall, archery, campfires? They got it! The YMCA brings to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay years of experience running camps for children. For more information on Camp Kekoka, visit the website and register today!
Want More Summer Fun or Planning for the Next School Year? The Hampton Family YMCA is also registering now for Summer Camp and School Age 2010-2011! Open registration is offered Monday - Friday 12:30pm to 5:00pm. Please bring copies of school physical (must be within 24 months), shot record, and original birth certificate to complete your registration. Due to state licensing requirements, incomplete registrations cannot be processed. Come Spend Your Birthday With Us! Schedule your child's birthday party at the YMCA and leave the fuss to us! We offer several packages to meet the level of service you desire. Parties are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday on a first come first serve basis. Check out our flyer for more information.
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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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