BREAKFAST WITH SANTA
Looking for some holiday fun with your kids THIS WEEKEND??
YMCA Breakfast with Santa Saturday, December 15th
9AM -11 AM at YMCA Camp Mataucha located at 270 Smith Pond Rd,Watertown.
This event is $10 per family to attend.
Families are encouraged to register ahead of time.
For more info: Chelsea Ambrozaitis
YMCA GIVING TREE/TOY DRIVE
There are still gift tags available on the YMCA giving tree in the lobby. Please consider fulfilling a wish list item for the YMCA Child Development Center.
The YMCA would like to thank Wal-Mart for being a host site for the toy drive this past weekend, however educational toys are still needed!
Drop off items with the tag attached to the YMCA front desk and THANK YOU for thinking of our kids!
YMCA RECEIVES BANK OF AMERICA GRANT
The YMCA is the recipient of the 2012 Bank of America Workforce Development and Education grant.
The Y will use the funds to support the Teens in Action program which consists of a Youth and Government and Leader's Club. These programs ensure all city teens have access to participate in the programs and funds will enhance marketing efforts to attract the largest delegation of area high school students. The programs are 100% subsidized for the participants for inclusion of any and all wishing to take part.
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SPECIAL HOLIDAY SCHEDULE!
 Super Awesome lineup of classes and Holiday Hours to keep you on top of your game and away from those cookies!
Please note: There will be NO REGULARLY SCHEDULED fitness classes running on the following holidays. Instead, we are offering exciting new class formats listed below!
The entire Group Fitness staff wishes you and your family a very happy holiday season !
Christmas Eve - Monday, December 24th
YMCA Hours of Operation 5 am - 3 pm
* 8-9:30 am Spinning w/ Robin & Russell - Riders thru the Storm!...dare to ride thru this wintry mix of songsinto challenging terrain,severe weather conditions& unbearabletemperatures...persevere thru a series ofbumpy flats & rolling hills finishing with a long,steady climb to the top!
* 9-10 am Zumba Dance Party ! w/ Winnie and Jose!
* 10-11 am Pilates Core w/ Aimee
Christmas Day - Tuesday, December 25th YMCA is CLOSED
New Years Eve - Monday, December 31st
YMCA Hours of Operation 5 am - 3 pm
* 8-9:30 am Spinning w/Joanna & Heather - Touring through the Year! Join us for a high intensity video ride as we tour through the highlights of 2012 while sweating off those holiday pounds!
* 9-10 am New Year, New Body Bootcamp w/ Alicia & Missy - Join us for double the trouble as we take you through this high energy bootcamp style class set to heart pounding music!
* 10-11 Pilates Core with Kathy
New Years Day - Tuesday, January 1st
YMCA Hours of Operation 11 am - 3 pm
* 11:15 am - 12:30 pm Spinning w/Mike
* 11:15 am -12:15 pm Holiday Sculpt & Blast w/ Allison
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The first LIVESTRONG pilot group began on November 26th! With 8 participants and several certified instructors, the first group has been busy completing fitness assessments and learning how to use the strength machines.
The first official session of LIVESTRONG will begin in March, after YMCA instructors attend an upcoming training in Chicago.
 For more information please contact:
Meghan Curley
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Attention members!
All lockers expire as of December 31, 2012
If you have a rental locker in any of our locker rooms, those lockers come due for renewal as of December 31, 2012. The cost to renew your locker for the year is $48 and can be paid at the front desk.
If you are interested in renting a locker, please visit our desk to determine availability.
Not only does renting a locker help you have everything you need at hand for a good workout and shower, but when you lock your belongings in a secure locker, you lower the risk of theft or loss of your property.
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#Truemeaningofxmas
So here we are again...in the last couple of weeks before Christmas. A recent instagrammer, a tag I keep seeing is #truemeanignofxmas, which sparked this little story, which I think you will enjoy.
On a recent trip to the midwest earlier in the year, we were packing up the car getting ready to head back to Connecticut. Just then, my mother ran out to the driveway with a brown bag of things. I sighed. She's always trying to give me (translation: unload) little mementos from the attic or basement prefaced with "You can enjoy them now!" She said it was some Christmas decorations and that I should pack them away gently. "Ugh..MOM!' I pouted and grabbed the bag and shoved it in the back of the car. We drove away silently to my parents waves growing more distant in the rearview mirror. It would be another year before I returned, a thought that always made me a little emotional.
Fast forward to the first week of December. Myself and my two children are busily unpacking the boxes of ornaments and out comes the brown bag from the attic. It's full of lights and some other random ornaments, nothing too special. Just as I was about to crumple the empty bag I noticed something small and red in the bottom....
As I pulled it out, it was a small bell with a few colored popcorn kernels glued to it. A tiny crooked pigtailed girl that looked like my daughter was also glued to the front of it. I recognized it as an ornament I made in kindergarten over 30 years ago. I stared at my picture and saw my daughter's face in it, some of the popcorn had been stolen by mice in the attic, but it was still in one piece.
Eva, my daughter, asked me what it was and who was in the picture. "It's me", I said, "when I was just about your age." "Grammy saved it for us all of this time, and now you can put it next to yours on the tree." I thought of my mom for a while that night, and all of the old Jacobson's boxes she had stuffed under the bed with all of my trinkets and drawings in them.
The true meaning of Christmas has always been elusive to me, but at that moment, I felt a little bit closer to it. I knew that someday I'd annoy Eva with some little packages stowed away for years and she'd find a fond memory that would lighten her heart. I can't help but think that my mom did it on purpose, so that I'd center myself on a time when we agreed a little more. I missed her.
Cherish the time with your parents, friends, children and loved ones. Merry Christmas, enjoy the true meaning of the holidays and stop by to see us at the Y, it's where your friends and family are!
Angie Matthis & The Greater Waterbury YMCA
If you would like to make a gift to the Y before the end of 2012 please click the button below.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
YMCA Breakfast with Santa Saturday, December 15th 9AM -11 AM at YMCA Camp Mataucha located at 270 Smith Pond Rd,Watertown. This event is $10 per family to attend.
Families are encouraged to register ahead of time.
For more info:
Session 1 Registration-Registration for Session 1 begins December 17th for MEMBERS! Winter classes fill quickly, so register early. PREVIEW NEW SESSION BROCHURE
1st Annual No-Frills Run-
Be a part of the Inaugural NO FRILLS Run 3.1to13.1 Run. Friday, December 28th at 12:00 p.m. FREE, choose your distance-no timing chips, shirts or hoopla, just laid-back fun. For more info: Jim O'Rourke Triathlon Club New Member Info Sessions- INTERESTED ATHLETE INFO SESSIONS:
First Info Session: Monday, 1/14/13, 6:00 PM
2nd Info Session: Saturday, 1/26/13, 10:00 AM
Club Registrations opens: 1/1/13
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SUPER SUNDAYS Begins January 9th.
The best family value for entertainment in town, FREE with family membership!
A whole day of fun stuff in the dead of winter to get the family moving.
- *ChildWatch 9:00 AM 1:00 PM
- Family Swim 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
- Rock Climbing 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
- (Held 1st & 3rd Sundays)
- Family Zumba 10:00 AM 10:45 AM
- Family Open Gym 10:00 AM 12:00
- Family Yoga TBD TBD
- Youth Wellness 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
* ChildWatch will be themed days with movies, art projects
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FAMILY WEEK AT THE YMCA
December 23rd-30th
We thought it would be nice to show our members a small token of appreciation when lots of friends and family will likely be in town. During the week of Christmas, YMCA adult members may bring guests of their choice that are friends or family members.
Valid photo i.d. required, guests must be 18 and over.
If your guest decides to join the YMCA family, we'll spread some cheer by waiving the joining fee!
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