Features this Month:

• Celebrate Halloween at the Y
• Halloween Safety Tips
• Native American Festival & Mini Pow Wow
• Holiday Fun Just Around The Corner at Carls YMCA!

Have a Happy -not Harrowing- Halloween: Safety Tips

Halloween is an exciting event for kids and adults alike. In fact, Halloween is America’s second largest commercial holiday. Still, the mix of nightfall, dark costumes, masks, copious amounts of sugar and gaggles of children dashing across driveways and streets can prove precarious.

Consider these tips from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to keep your Halloween from becoming harrowing:

• No treats on the trail. Insist kids do not eat any treats before an adult has inspected them for evidence of tampering.
• Flame resistant costumes are a must. When purchasing a costume, masks, beards, and wigs, look for the label Flame Resistant.
• See and be seen. Purchase or make costumes that are light and bright enough to be clearly visible to motorists. For dark costumes, trim with reflective tape to ensure your little trick-or-treater is visible to motorists. Reflective tape is usually available in hardware, bicycle, and sporting goods stores.
• Carry a torch. To easily see and be seen, children should also carry flashlights.
• Function first. Costumes should be short enough to prevent children from tripping and falling. And wear well-fitting, sturdy shoes. Yes, that means you too princess. Cinderella may sport glass slippers but you’ve only got 60 minutes or so to fill that Halloween bag!
• It’s for display only! Swords, knives, and similar costume accessories should be of soft and flexible material.

Finally, children should always be accompanied by an adult or an older, responsible child. And for those kids old enough to venture out solo, only visit homes where the residents are known and have outside lights on as a sign of welcome.

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Holiday Fun Just Around The Corner at Carls YMCA!

The month of November marks the start of the holiday season. With the cold winter months approaching come and stay warm at the Carls Family YMCA.

Thanksgiving means vacation for the kids! Come join us for Break Camp! Open to all Traditional and Year Round students, camp offers all kinds of activities, including swimming, games, arts & crafts, sports and more! Running from 7:30 am – 6:00 pm children may be dropped off and picked up at any time. Please visit the front desk for a flyer with details about dates and costs.

Need some time to go hunt out bargains on Black Friday? Take part in our annual Shop and Drop from 7:30 am – 6:00 pm! The day after Thanksgiving, leave your children to enjoy fun and games while you go out and check some items off your Christmas List! Children under the age of 6 will take part in a wide variety of activities in the Child Watch; there is a 3 hour time limit and a fee of $10 per child. Children over the age of 6 will have the opportunity to take part in a number of activities around the entire facility and may be dropped off and picked up at any time within the before mentioned time block. Fees for children 6+ are as follows: $32 for members, $42 for program members and $52 for non-members.

Don’t let those home cooked meals expand your waistline! On Thanksgiving Day take part in the Carls Aerobathon. The perfect opportunity to burn away calories and help minimize the effects of all that turkey, gravy, potatoes and stuffing to come! From 8:00 – 10:00 am come and cycle with Ann Horn, or from 8:00 – 9:30 am join us in the gym for Body Blast with a group of our enthusiastic instructors! We will also be taking donations for the Strong Kids Campaign at the event. Please register at the front desk now!

What’s new at the Carls YMCA? On November 28, we will be holding our first ever Carls Family YMCA Y-Macker Basketball Tournament at 1:00 pm. Open to those 15 and up; there is still plenty of time to register your four to six person team today and be part of this 3 v. 3 tournament.

Make your November a healthy one by coming to the Carls Family YMCA!

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