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Bright Beginnings
Every child deserves to start school with confidence. Bright Beginnings ensures that children in need are able to start the school year off right with new school supplies, shoes and clothes.
Our goal this year is to take 5 children shopping for back-to-school clothes and supplies.
Be a volunteer shopper, make a donation (we are $200.00 away from our goal), ask your friends and family to shop or make a donation!
Our shopping day is Tuesday, August 10, 2010.
For more information please contact Sheila Pillath
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Camp S.A.F.E
Start your morning with a variety of fun, physical activities and games, as well as information about nutrition. Field trips follow lunch daily. Possible field trip destinations include: Airheads, the bowling alley, the beach, the movies, etc.
August 2-6 9am-5pm
Ages 5-12
Cost is $89.00 per person
Camp meets at Port Fun daily.
Bring a bag lunch.
Outdoor Adventure Camp
The kids do something new each day! Activities include a trip to the Dinwiddie County Gem Mine, Victory Family YMCA for rock climbing and swimming, Virginia Living Museum. Also, learn canoeing/kayaking and sailing/stand up paddling. Meet daily at the YMCA.
August 9-13 9am-5pm
Ages 10-15
Cost is $99.00 per person.
Bring a bag lunch.
Spirit, Mind and Body Camp
Daily activities focus on the core values of the YMCA: caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Camp meets at Bay School. The day starts with an art activity led by Bay School staff, followed by a hands-on learning activity by the 4-H. Kids then go to Kingston Parish for lunch, a physical activity, and a guest speaker or activity relating to the core value of the day.
August 16-20 9:00am - 2:00 pm
Ages 9-12
Cost is $56.00 per person
Bring a bag lunch. |
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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:
Click on the above address or search Pepsi Refresh
Click on Browse Ideas and Vote on the right side of the screen
Click on Join Refresh everything in the lower left side of the next screen
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. |
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The Mathews Family YMCA Annual Crab Races
at Mathews Market Days
Join the YMCA on Saturday, September 12th at noon for the hilarious annual event for all ages - Crab Races! The winner receives a trophy that spends the year on display at your business showing your support for the kids!
Sponsor a crab to support our Strong Communities campaign, which provides financial assistance to the community. The YMCA mission is to provide programs and services to all, regardless of ability to pay.
Sponsor Levels:
Jimmy - $250 +
Sook - $150 - $249
Peeler - $75 - 149
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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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Group Exercise
Sampler Class - Includes a variety of exercise types from core strength (like Pilates), to yoga, to hi/lo aerobics, to boot camp style, and more!Starting 9/14 for 6 weeks, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 pm. Suitable for all levels.
Drums Alive - Starting 9/23 for 6 weeks, Thursdays, 4-5 pm.
Healthy Eating for Healthy Living - Learn strategies to achieve health & wellness and maintain your optimum level of fitness. Starting 9/15 for 6 weeks, Mondays 6-7 pm.
50+ Aerobics - Every Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
10-11am. Mathews Active Lifestyle Center. Free to all seniors.
Summer Yoga - Mondays, 5-6pm. Kingston Parish.
Free for members, $40 for 7 wks, or $7/class |
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Get healthy...and lose weight!
For 8 weeks workout on your own. Walk, bike, kayak, do an aerobics class--it all counts! We're even offering a nutrition class, "Healthy Eating for Healthy Living," to help you make better food choices. The person who loses the largest percentage of weight will win a great YMCA prize package! Since workouts are self-guided, members and program participants alike can join in. However, all weigh-ins must be completed at the YMCA. Register and weigh-in September 9-11, the final weigh-in is November 8-10. One male and one female winner will be selected.
How to meet your goal:
Members:
Workout at the Y as often as your schedule permits.
Participate in group exercise classes.
Participate in Walk with the Y at the high school track on Saturday mornings.
Workout/walk on your own.
Participate in the YMCA Healthy Eating for Healthy Living class (optional- fee applies).
Program participants:
Participate in YMCA group exercise classes (optional- some fees apply).
Participate in Walk with the Y at the high school track on Saturday mornings.
Workout/walk on your own.
Participate in the YMCA Healthy Eating for Healthy Living class (optional- fee applies).
Final weigh in at the YMCA
is November 8-10.
Male and female winners determined
Contest runs September 13-November 6, 2010.
Register at the YMCA September 9-11; includes weigh in.
Open to all!!! You don't have to be a YMCA member to participate. |
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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.
The YMCA introduces Youth Super Sports this fall. Youth Super Sports 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
Non-competitive, developmental program that teaches young players basic skills and strategies of the sport while incorporating our character values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
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.
YMCA Champions
Designed to motivate youngsters to strive for excellence. It is an innovative, challenging awards program for youth 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 include; Soccer, Flag Football, Basketball, Baseball and T-Ball.
For more information about Youth Super Sports offered see your YMCA Spirit Guide, call or come in and inquire at the Welcome Center, or go to www.peninsulaymca.org.
Sports offered vary by community; please check with your local YMCA for availability. |
YMCA Mission: To put Christian principles into practice
through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
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