Duration: 26 weeks. From your registration date until Sunday, Sept 12.
Cost: $40 for members, $50 for community members
Note: Everyone gets a T-shirt.
Seeking a Youth Development Hero
Be a HERO in a child's life!
Your Y is hiring for Site Directors and Afterschool Teachers in our Youth Development programs. Youth Development staff create positive, nurturing relationships with children and their families while offering fun, engaging activities.
One family recently wrote, "It's about the one-year anniversary I believe since YMCA started taking over childcare in the community for emergency health care workers. You all have been AMAZING. We truly feel very thankful and fortunate for all the hard work and dedication everyone has put in to keep our community safe and give us the ability to move forward."
Be a part of a team that responds to the community's needs and develops and grows the next generation of achievers!
Learn more and apply HERE.
Your Y Moves to Moderate Risk
Lane County's decreasing COVID-19 cases means a move to the Moderate Risk category.
This change allows your Y to:
- Have one member entrance and exit from the facility: the double doors by the vending machines and Fun Club.
- Accommodate more exercisers in the Health & Wellness Center (22 people maximum) and ½ gym (13 pods of cardio/strength equipment)
- Accept day passes, multi-pass holders and nationwide members
- Offer 2 Pickleball Courts in the Tennis Center
- Schedule group exercise classes in the Movement Center (STAY TUNED!)
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Expand opportunities: Check below for the specifics around hoop reservations, pickleball, small pool and more
Please revisit your Y's COVID-19 protocols HERE before returning. We continue to require face masks, 6-foot physical distance between people and handwashing or sanitizing upon entry. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we respond to the changing public health guidance. Expanded Group Exercise Classes for More Fitness Opportunities
We are excited to welcome back some of your favorite classes to in-person offerings at your Y.
NEW CLASSES
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Monday
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9:15 AM
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Strong & Balanced
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Doug
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Basketball Gym
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Tuesday
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6:15 AM
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Adult Aikido
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Kit & Darren
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Basketball Gym
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10:30 AM
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Strength & Stretch
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Steph
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Outdoor Studio
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5:30 PM
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Cardio Dance
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Jackie
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Outdoor Studio
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Wednesday
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9:15 AM
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Strong & Balanced
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Doug
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Basketball Gym
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Thursday
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6:15 AM
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Adult Aikido
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Kit & Darren
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Basketball Gym
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10:30 AM
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Strength & Stretch
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Jenny
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Outdoor Studio
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5:30 PM
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Cardio Dance
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Irin
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Outdoor Studio
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Friday
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9:15 AM
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Strong & Balanced
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Doug
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Basketball Gym
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Masks must be worn except while in the pool or showering.
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Pre-registration is required for all classes.
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Check-in and health screening is required.
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Physical distance (min. 6 ft.) must be maintained in all classes.
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Classes with less than 3 participants will be cancelled.
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Please dress appropriately for the weather. Layers are recommended for the Outdoor Studio.
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Register for a class HERE.
Basketball Hoops Available for Your Version of "HORSE"
In addition to hosting new group exercise classes, the gym will again be open for basketball hoop reservations!
Reserve one of 3 hoops for an hour-long reservation during one of these times:
| Monday | 6 to 9 a.m. | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5 to 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday |
8 to 10 a.m.
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11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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| Wednesday | 6 to 9 a.m. | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5 to 7 p.m. |
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Thursday
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8 to 10 a.m.
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11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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5 to 7 p.m.
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| Friday | 6 to 9 a.m. | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5 to 7 p.m. |
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Saturday
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Reserve a HOOP HERE.
Small Pool Reservation Accepted Now!
We are thrilled to invite you for some water play with your kiddos in our small pool! Or perhaps you are an individual water exerciser seeking some warm water for mindful movement?
The Y's small pool is now available for 30-minute reservations between 10:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m., Monday-Thursday and 9:00 to 11:45 a.m. on Saturday.
The small pool will be divided in half so that 2 family groups can use the pool at the same time with physical distance between the groups. Each family group can have a maximum of 4 people in each group.
Register HERE 72 hours in advance.
We hope you can take advantage of our small pool! This is the first time we've been able to open it since fall 2020!
Tennis Lessons Restart for Kids
Your Y is very excited to restart our junior Tennis for Life Program this April!
The Youth Tennis for Life Program aims to instill and develop a love of the game of tennis. Our programs encourage a healthy and active life, honesty and fair play, teamwork and healthy competition. We strive to create positive experiences that lead to success, joy, friendships and a life-long love of tennis.
What: Junior Tennis programs
- Orange Ball, ages 6-8: Mondays & Wednesdays from 3 to 3:45 p.m. (Cost: $63 members / $78 Community Members)
- Green Ball, ages 8-10: Mondays & Wednesdays from 3:15 to 4 p.m. (Cost: $63 members / $78 Community Members)
- Tennis Strategies 1, beginning and intermediate players: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. (Cost: $84 members / $104 Community Members)
- Tennis Strategies 2, intermediate players: Mondays & Wednesdays from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. (Cost: $84 members / $104 Community Members)
When: April 5 to 29, 8 sessions
Register: Opens Monday March 15 at 8 a.m. HERE or by calling the Tennis Center at 541-683-3410
Pickleball Open in Your Y's Gym
Tuesday nights welcome Pickleball players back to your Y's gym!
One court will be available between 5:15 and 6:45 p.m. by reservation only. Reservations open one week in advance at 7 a.m.
Virtual Y Hub
We are so happy to finally be able to welcome our Y family back into our doors, but the opportunities to work out at home continue. You can mix-and-match your workouts to fit your schedule!
The Virtual Y Hub is your one-stop location for all things health and wellness. You can take a yoga class from the comfort of your living room, or maybe learn a few new tricks and tips for strength training. Wherever you're at, whatever your skill level, the Virtual Y Hub has something great in store for you.
For help navigating the site, watch a tutorial HERE. Heard Around Town
Both The Register-Guard and The Statesman Journal took a retrospective look at the past year with COVID-19 and childcare and wrote an article recognizing the Y's quick response to the need for childcare last spring.
"Before the pandemic, the Eugene Family YMCA was the largest child care provider in Lane County, with about 700 children in their after-school programs and preschools on any given day.
But on March 12, everything ground to a halt. Their services closed, staff wondered what would come next, and families worried about how they would balance work with caring for their children.
Behind the scenes, stakeholders were working with providers. The essential need for child care hadn't evaporated--- it had just changed, and many providers would remain closed for weeks and months to follow.
"At that point, I think we had like three days off and then we started emergency child care that following Monday," said Holly Kriz Anderson, the youth development director and the vice-president of operations for the Eugene Family YMCA.
The center opened for the children of medical, essential and frontline workers with significant changes. One-third of the staff, many of them students, left during the shutdown. Class size was limited, and providers changed roles. Instead of three hours of afterschool care, they were providing full-day care for children doing online distance learning.
They became IT specialists, cleaning experts and gave mental health support. They provided meals and burned through SIM cards to keep internet connectivity.
"It was a huge lift for the staff," said Beth Casper, the Eugene YMCA's communications manager.
As the pandemic progressed, they were able to expand their services. The preschool and kindergarten programs resumed. More spots in the school-aged program opened up--- and were quickly filled.
But enrollment remains a fraction of what it used to be due to COVID restrictions. Kriz Anderson estimated about 140 kids now are enrolled in the preschool and school-age programs, compared to the 700 before.
She said their program includes more students struggling with homelessness than ever before, and kids are now depending on staff for emotional support and guidance through uncertain times."
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KEZI 9 News helped us spread the word about how members can return to the Y during Lane County's High Risk classification.
"I think this is a great opportunity to get our community back into the healthy habits they've been missing," Health and Wellness director Kimberly Miller said. "It's been tough having that six person limit. We've been packed. We're excited to get more people in those doors."
YMCA Eugene member Robert Hawtree explained what exercising at the facility had been like during the pandemic.
"There are occasions when you think you're the last man on Earth," Hawtree said. "You feel like you're in one of those movies where you're all alone. But it's fine. Although I miss the camaraderie, I feel safe in there."
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front doors) features Health & Wellness Director Kim Miller's advice for warming up before tackling home projects. Your Y's own Curt Whiting demonstrates the exercises.
"You wouldn't hit the trail for a run or lift weights without warming up and stretching a bit, right?" writes Kim. "Home projects and garden makeovers can be just as physically demanding. A little preparation will help keep you injury free."
Congratulations Maritza Ruiz, our Multi-Site Coordinator, for recognition in the February 2021 edition of the Oregon ASK newsletter.
"The work that Youth Development staff have been doing is nothing short of incredible. I am inspired every time I walk into a program and see youth feeling safe and supported through what has been a very uncertain/stressful time," Maritza says. "I feel very fortunate to be recognized as a Next Gen Leader in Afterschool as well as to be a part of the YMCA team doing amazing work."
Thank you to MOM Magazine for naming the Y as the 2021 Community Impact Award winner for Lane County and describing how the Y is synonymous with 'community'!
In the most recent issue (found in a box outside the Y's front doors), Editor-in-Chief Audrey Meier DeKam writes:
"Many nonprofits are working as helpers constantly, in times of crisis and in calm, like the winners of our Community in Action award. We give this award to nonprofits that actively improve the lives of women and families, right here where we live.
I could wax poetic about how crucial these organizations are to their respective locations. The Eugene YMCA stepped up to provide child care for first responders and essential workers who found themselves scrambling when the pandemic hit.
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And this is just a small fraction of the hard work they do everyday to make our ... communities better.... It's their name that should be in the thesaurus as synonyms for 'community' for they embody the true meaning of the word."
