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Winter Programs
Winter 1 Registration!
Registration is now open for the Winter program session! Classes begin the first week of January, kicking off the New Year.
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Enjoy a rewarding experience while serving your community. A variety of opportunities are available from teaching programs to being a camp counselor.
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Features this Month:
Winter Program Guide
Our program guide contains a full listing of the programs that will take place this Winter season, along with schedules and other events, in printable format. You can use the program guide to select programs and register on our website or at the front desk.
For future reference, the program guide is also available on our website, so you can return to read it any time. Look for this button:
Holiday Excitement at the Farmington Family YMCA
The holiday season is here! Celebrate by participating in all of the unique, fun programs and events coming to the Farmington Family YMCA
Holiday Break Camp
It is time to melt those winter blues away with YMCA break camp! Camp activities include swimming, arts & crafts, games, field trips and more. For more information call Justin or Tim at 248-553-4020 ext. 107.
Holiday Break Camp Schedule
December 21st-23rd & 28th-30th
Kindergarten-8th Grade
Times: 7am-6pm (before and after care are included)
Thank You Members!
It is that time a year again, when family and friends get together to share memories, delicious food, laughter and all the things they are thankful for. Why not share your Y too? Call ahead and ask the Membership department about your complimentary guest pass this holiday season. Share the gift of health; the gift that keeps on giving all year round. From our Family to yours have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Holiday Pancake Breakfast
Saturday December 19 (9am-11am)
Please join us at the Farmington Family YMCA for Pancakes with Santa. This is a community event so please feel free to bring friends and family!
YMCA Holiday Helping Hands Drive
Donations until December 15
This Holiday season our community is working together to help our families in need. The Farmington YMCA is joining together with the Salvation Army, Holy Family, Farmington Youth Assistance, Head start, Good fellows, the Neighborhood house, the Servant church of St. Al’s, St. Vincent DePaul, OLHSA South, and Active Faith to make sure all of our children’s basic needs are met this Holiday season.
The Farmington Family YMCA will be collecting donations of specific items each week. We will be collecting as many items as possible before December 15th.
Clean it up!
Week of November 9th
Laundry Detergent and Dishwasher soap
Dress em’Up
Week of November 16th
Sweat Suits, Hats, Gloves, Mittens
Fresh’n Up
Week of November 23rd
Bath/Body Soap
Hand Soap
Health and Grooming
Week of November 30th
Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothbrush, Toothpaste
Baby Shower
Week of December 7th
Diapers, Wipes, Diaper Cream
Your small gift can help us help our community in a huge way!
A Healthier You – Washing Your Hands Makes a Difference
It’s still the best advice out there. From avoiding the H1N1 virus to your annual winter cold, the thorough washing of hands and regular use of hand sanitizer are among the most effective measures you can take to avoid getting sick. Quite simply, washing your hands often will help protect you from germs.
Recent studies about hand-to-face contact and basic hygiene practices from college dorms and grade schools to workplaces and homes confirm that those who regularly wash their hands and use hand sanitizer get sick less often. While certainly not a cure-all, this common-sense measure can help you stave off viruses like the flu that are primarily spread by coughing or sneezing and infected surfaces.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that you wash your hands with soap and warm water for 15 to 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands.
Helping Families Thrive
At the heart of communities across the country, YMCAs serve families with programs that help them build bonds, maintain health, connect with other families and access support in times of need. For the fourth year, YMCA of the USA, with the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has presented theFAMILIES COUNT Family Strengthening Awards to YMCAs offering exceptional programming that develops strong, capable and financially stable families. Award recipient YMCAs and their programs include:
Women’s Opportunity Center
Burlington County YMCA, Mt. Laurel, N.J.
The YMCA of Burlington County’s Women's Opportunity Center (WOC) is dedicated to improving the lives of women who have lost their primary source of income due to separation, divorce, death or disability of a spouse and are trying to support their families. Since 1990, the WOC has served more than 1,700 women in transition through abroad spectrum of comprehensive services designed to help them achieve economic self-sufficiency.
YMCA English Language Learners Summer Program
Northshore Branch YMCA, Bothell, Wash.
The YMCA English Language Learners Summer Program at the YMCA of Seattle’s Northshore Branch serves children from newcomer/immigrant families in the Greater Seattle area who have been identified by the school district as needing expanded English language assistance. The YMCA English Language Learners Summer Program is getting ready to celebrate its fifth year of service to the Northshore community and currently serves 60 students from six elementary schools.
LIVESTRONG at the YMCA
Providence Metropolitan YMCA, R.I.
LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, offered by the Providence Metropolitan YMCA (one of 150 Ys participating), is a comprehensive program for cancer survivors and their families in partnership with the Lance Armstrong Foundation. As part of the LIVESTRONG program, the Providence YMCA assists in restoring strength and vitality in survivors following cancer treatment through a specialized 12-week program that focuses not only on exercise but also on the importance of empowerment, camaraderie, safety and connection with the whole family. The Providence YMCA has served 700 cancer survivors since 1999.
Family Resource Center
Urban Services YMCA, San Francisco, Calif.
Located in an underserved neighborhood of San Francisco, the Family Resource Center of the Urban Services YMCA is a refuge for families residing in the Oceanview, Merced Heights and Ingleside (OMI) neighborhood—an area challenged by high rates of poverty and crime and the lowest per capita income in the city. The Center empowers parents and caregivers through effective, culturally relevant parenting workshops, family counseling, support groups, a business center and community food pantry. Since opening its doors six years ago, the Urban Services YMCA Family Resource Center has served more than 10,000 families.
Fatherhood Initiative
The YMCA of Greater Des Moines, Iowa
The Fatherhood Initiative of the YMCA of Greater Des Moines strengthens the parenting skills and increases the overall parental involvement of men who have been living apart from their children and/or involved in child support cases. Through ongoing weekly classes, the program offers instruction in health and nutrition, effective communication, co-parenting, financial education and community resources. Since its inception in 2006, the Fatherhood Initiative has served more than 150 participants.
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