PUT A SPRING IN YOUR STEP WITH THE YMCA OF LINCOLN
APRIL 2022
INSIDE THE ISSUE For Your Wellness Y-Lose It Enhance Fitness Upcoming Specialized Training
For Your Family Healthy Kids Day Easter Egg Hunts Dance & Gymnastics Mini Sessions YMCA Camp Kitaki
Tell Me Something Good YMCA Facility Improvements Educator Appreciation Week
Reminders Marathon Aid Station Standing with Ukraine One Day Without Shoes
Thank You for Voting Your YMCA Lincoln’s Choice for: Best Place to Feel the Burn Best Youth Activity Programs (non-sports) Best Youth Sports Programs These three categories represent so much of what we do at the Y, and is what makes serving this community so rewarding!
FOR YOUR WELLNESS Y-Lose It | May 23-August 14 Join the YMCA of Lincoln’s weight loss challenge. You will work together with a Wellness Coach and up to 6 team members. Through this 12-week, 2 times/week weight loss challenge you will become healthier by setting and working towards realistic and personal goals. Registration opens April 11! Learn more here. Don’t forget about Y-Maintain It! If you have recently lost weight, struggle to maintain your current weight, or need guidance to make healthier choices, this 4-week program is for you. The next session runs April 25-May 22. Learn more here.
UPCOMING SPECIALIZED TRAINING Cooper YMCA TRX Yoga | Mondays, May 2-June 13 | 9:15-10:00am
Teen Fitness Training Participants 12-14 years of age will focus on safety and proper technique in using all workout area equipment. Successful completion of the training grants participants access to the wellness floors at all Lincoln YMCA branches. Register here.
Fallbrook YMCA BOGAFIT | Thursdays, April 7-May 19 | 6:30-7:30pm BOGAFIT | Saturdays, April 9-May 21 | 10:00-11:00am
Learn more about Specialized Training and register here.
Looking for a career in Health & Wellness? We’re hiring Wellness Specialists, Registered Dietitians, Personal Trainers, Boot Camp Instructors, and more. Apply today!
Group Exercise Class Spotlight ENHANCE® FITNESS Enhance®Fitness is a proven community-based senior fitness and arthritis management program. Its purpose is to help older adults become more active, energized, and empowered for independent living. Make sure to check out our other classes geared towards active older adults like Delay the Disease, Aqua Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis Class, and LIVESTRONG®! You can find Enhance® Fitness here: Copple Family | Wednesdays & Fridays - 11:00am-12:00pm Fallbrook | Wednesdays - 11:00am-12:00pm Northeast | Mondays & Wednesdays - 10:30-11:30am
FOR YOUR FAMILY YMCA Healthy Kids Day Saturday, April 30 | 10:00am-12:00pm Copple Family YMCA For 30 years, Healthy Kids Day has been where fun and play become lifelong memories. Join us April 30 at the Copple Family Y for a day of healthy, fun activities that celebrate kids being kids! Healthy Kids Day is FREE and open to the public.
30 YEARS OF CELEBRATING HEALTHY KIDS
Learn more here.
Easter Egg Hunts Fallbrook YMCA
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Thursday, April 7 | 5:30-6:30pm
Every April the YMCA takes part in Five Days of Action, a week designed to raise awareness and inspire adults to take action to protect children from sexual abuse. This year Five Days of Action is April 18-22. Be on the look out for tools and resources in your YMCA branch to help prevent child abuse.
Cooper YMCA
As part of our ongoing commitment to the safety of all YMCA members and guests, we’re updating our database with current headshots during the month of April. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
Saturday, April 9 | 11:00am-12:00pm
Copple Family YMCA Monday, April 11 | 5:45-6:45pm
Northeast YMCA Wednesday, April 13 | 5:45-6:45pm
Registration is required. Sign up here. All YMCA locations will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 17!
Parents Night Out | Friday, April 22
Teen Night | Saturday, April 30
Cooper, Copple Family & Fallbrook Ys
Northeast Y
Parents Night Out is the perfect opportunity for your child (12 and under) to meet and have fun with friends while you run errands, go on a date, or take some time for yourself. They’ll enjoy fun and developmentally appropriate activities which may include crafts, games, gym time, movies, and more! Register here.
This free program for teens age 12-15 consists of swimming, crafts, games, gym time and more! Pre-registration is required and the event is open to Y members and community members. We hope to see your teens there! Register here.
UPCOMING MINI SESSIONS Dance | April 18-May 22 The Dance Mini Session will focus on one style of dance per week to include Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop, and Cheer. Register now!
Gymnastics | May 2-19 The Gymnastics Mini Session will meet twice a week for three weeks. Y Member Registration Opens | April 19 Community Member Registration Opens | April 21
YMCA Camp Kitaki Upcoming Programs Spring Round Up | April 22-24 You won’t want to miss this weekend full of fun in the spirit of the Wild West! Enjoy spring and the coming of summer with the good ‘ole outdoors! Camp Kitaki Spotlight | Discoverers Specifically designed for new campers, Discoverers Camp is perfect for the 7-9 year old and is where the magic begins for so many of our campers. These camps provide structured age-appropriate, traditional camp activities with staff specially trained for your child’s age group to create a great camp experience.
Spots are filling fast for overnight camp, reserve your spot today!
SUMMER DAY CAMP YMCA CAMP KITAKI YOUTH SPORTS CAMPS Register today at ymcalincoln.org!
YMCA Summer Youth Sports Registration for summer Baseball, Softball, and T-ball Leagues is now available. Sign up before April 19 and save $30.
Register here!
Learn more here.
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD Facility Improvements Coming to Your Lincoln YMCA We’re excited to share about a number of facility improvements that have (or will be) happening across your Lincoln YMCA this year. Among the many planned projects, special attention is being given to the following. Cooper • Refresh of the floors in the locker rooms and wet hall • Updating all group exercise studios including fresh paint and new sound systems…plus a new indoor cycling workout app • Updating the wellness floors with 20 pieces of new cardio equipment and machines • Refinishing the floors in the main gym & youth gym • LED lights in the pool and locker rooms • Upgrades to the HVAC system
Fallbrook • • • •
Eight new pieces of workout equipment Refinishing the gym floor LED pool lights New landscaping
We appreciate your patience and flexibility as we work to improve your Lincoln YMCA!
Copple Family • New pace clock in the pool area • Repainting the indoor and outdoor pool
Northeast • New pace clocks in the pool area • Five new pieces of workout equipment including treadmills, an elliptical, and two Adaptive Motion Trainers • Fresh paint in the quick fit and group land studios • Sound system upgrades in the cycling and group land studios, along with the pool area • Refinishing the gym floor • Upgrades to the HVAC system • Concrete repairs and improvements to the parking lot
Ada Robinson Elementary Before & After School Program The YMCA of Lincoln was selected as the Before & After School Program provider for the new Ada Robinson Elementary opening this fall! Registration is now open for families needing child care. With the addition of Ada Robinson, the Lincoln Y is proud to partner with 15 elementary and middle schools throughout the community to provide child care.
Register here!
Thank You Educators! The YMCA of Lincoln celebrated Educator Appreciation Week March 12-20. Throughout the week all educators and their families were invited to try the Y for free! Y Members already serving in the education field were entered in a raffle to win some YMCA swag!
REMINDERS Standing with Ukraine
Lincoln YMCA Hiring for 300 Part-Time Positions
Y-USA is working closely with YMCA Ukraine and YMCAs across the region to provide financial and technical support for youth, families, and communities being impacted by the crisis in Ukraine. Y-USA will send these gifts to YMCA Europe to strengthen and expand emergency services in Ukraine and the neighboring countries hosting refugees. Altogether, the global YMCA movement has raised more than $800,000 from YMCA partners and donors from around the world.
That’s right, with summer right around the corner we’re accepting applications for openings including: Lifeguards, Swim Lesson Instructors, Day Camp Counselors, Youth Sports Camps/Clinic Staff, Youth Sports Officials, Customer Service, and more. Part-time employee benefits and perks include a complimentary employee membership for qualifying staff, retirement plan options, child care, flexible schedules, free Y gear, and local employee discounts. Plus, increased starting wages! Click here to apply!
MAKE A GIFT TODAY
Can you Spare a Pair? Y members and staff are invited to drop off new or gently used shoes as part of Cornhusker Bank’s One Day Without Shoes event. Every pair of shoes collected from community partners will be donated to the People’s City Mission to help put shoes on the feet of Lincoln’s less fortunate. All Lincoln YMCA branches will have barrels in the lobby to collect shoes through April 16.
45th Annual Lincoln Marathon YMCA Aid Station Sunday, May 1 | 5:00-9:30am Volunteers needed! Help with station setup/ teardown, distribute water/Gatorade to race participants & cheer them on! The YMCA Aid Station is located on Pioneers Blvd and Hwy 2. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please sign up with the Front Desk Staff. Thank you in advance for your support!
“I love the price I pay at the Y, and that I get discounts on sports fees for my kids. I love that the child watch is staffed by people who really care about my children. This Y feels like my family.” - Member, Northeast YMCA 2022 Member Survey
FIND YOUR PASSION. FIND YOUR Y. JOIN TODAY AND ENJOY $0 INITIATION FEE!
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