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THANK YOU for your excitement, words of encouragement and outpouring of support as we announced a monumental milestone in our nonprofit's nearly 135-year history: We are closer than EVER to a New Y—$5 million away from our $42 million goal with a projected groundbreaking in July!
In fact, we launched this final phase with a $500,000 match, and in 3 weeks, THANKS TO 164 GENEROUS DONORS, we’ve raised $318,022.76 towards the match!
Your support means that we are so much closer to a New Y facility that promises to tackle growing issues in our community: the child care desert, academic achievement gap and social determinants of health.
December 2023 is the projected grand opening!
Join the Campaign for a New Y!
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Find an Ornament and Reason to Give with This is Y Giving Tree!
Check out our This is Y Giving Tree that lights up the Y lobby!
The Giving Tree is a fun way to give a gift to the new Y, and receive a beautiful handmade glass-blown ornament as a gift from us!
Inspired by Community Phase Co-Chair Kendra Goldberg, the Giving Tree raises funds for the Campaign for the New Y!
Simply choose the ornament and donation tag that calls to you, make your donation at the Welcome Center, and take the ornament home to light up your tree at home! Each tag includes a room designation giving you the opportunity to choose where you’d like your gift to go!
We hope you’ll join us in this season of giving!
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Physical & Mental Health Resources for Y’s 10-Day Closure
Your Y is CLOSED from Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, through Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in order to offer Y staff a significant break after 22 months of tireless work to reinvent programs, services and protocols to best respond to COVID-19.
We’ll use this closure to complete some large-scale maintenance projects that cannot be completed with members in the building: water storage tank and valve repairs; wood floor refinishing in the gym and Movement Center; and draining the pool to repair the boiler and regrout the tile.
Because we understand that this closure presents some health & wellness challenges for our members, particularly over a sometimes-stressful holiday season, Y staff have prepared daily fitness workouts for all levels to boost the brain chemicals that play an important part in regulating mood. They’re also making available stress-relieving videos, such as guided meditation and gentle yoga.
A web page dedicated to these activities—as well as mental health resources—will be available before the closure.
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All of these resources will also be rolled out daily on our social media pages. Follow along on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter!
New facility hours start Jan. 3
Sunday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 5:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday: 5:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday: 6 a.m. - 4 p.m
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COMING SOON: New Reservation System for Group Exercise Classes!
A new reservation system for signing up for group fitness is coming to your Y’s Website over the Winter Closure. This means that reserving a spot in your favorite class is easier than ever, and:
- Allows for easy click-of-a-button cancellation
- Sends automatic updates if there is a substitute or room change
- Allows you to register 3 days in advance at the time of class (no more early morning registration battles!)
Our Winter Schedule starts Jan. 3!
Find the new system where you find schedules starting December 20.
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100-Mile Aqua Challenge
Challenge Yourself to Swim or Aquajog 100 miles in 2022!
Your Y's aquatics staff invites members to participate in a 100-Mile Aqua challenge in 2022.
This challenge will motivate individuals to stay active and reach for a long-term goal—the equivalent of swimming across the English Channel 4 times!
Participants track miles and those who tally 100 miles over the course of a year earn a sweatshirt.
Who: Anyone!
What: Swim or Aqua Jog 100 miles!
Dates: From Jan. 10, 2022, until Jan. 15, 2023.
How: Participants will keep track of their individual mileage with printed tracking sheets or HERE. Results will be recorded by Y staff on our Tracking Bulletin Board in the Y hallway and on the Website (for those who wish to share).
Cost: $15 Y Members / $25 Community Members. Successful completion of the challenge earns you a 100-Mile Swim sweatshirt!
Questions: E-mail sabrina@eugeneymca.org
Register through March 15 at the Welcome Center or online!
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Enjoy a Warm Soak!
Your Y’s Hot Tub is open!
Limited to one individual or family group at a time for 10-minutes maximum. Hot Tub users will be responsible for monitoring themselves and being respectful of others.
Please note: The Hot Tub is CLOSED during the hours below to provide swim lessons in a COVID-safe environment to our preschoolers and to keep our facilities clean:
CLOSED - Mon: 9:45 to 11 a.m.
CLOSED - Tue: 9:45 to 11 a.m.
CLOSED - Wed: 9:45 to 11:15 a.m.
CLOSED - Thu: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (for weekly cleaning)
CLOSED - Fri:9:45 to 11 a.m.
We appreciate your patience and understanding!
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Aquatics Center Closed from Dec. 24 to Jan. 10
Annual maintenance and cleaning of the pools and hot tub requires us to close the Aquatics Center from Jan. 2 until Jan. 9.
Lap swimming, aqua jogging, aqua aerobics and swim lessons return Monday, Jan. 10.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Discover Y staff Sarah Finney's 'Faces of Hope' collection on the Y’s Art for All Wall.
A deep connection with the natural world and time in her garden inspire Sarah's work. Her process is multilayered and begins with a pencil sketch, followed by acrylic paint, watercolor and ink. Sarah often layers photography over the art piece using a digital medium to create the final image. She recently discovered that printing her work on wood enhances the natural effect Sarah longs to achieve.
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Basketball fills Y Gym this Winter!
Your Y is thrilled to be back shooting hoops with kids this winter!
- Eugene/Springfield Winter Basketball League 1st-5th grade spots still open
- High School Scrimmages from January through March: High schoolers can play pick-up games with other teens their age
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Please note: Youth Sports is hiring referees for the Winter Basketball season! |
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Youth Development Hiring
Find a place where you can instill Y values, encourage youth and watch future achievers grow!
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Take on 2022 with Ambition and Drive!
It's your year to take control!
Your Y launches a 6-week Health Reset Challenge on Monday, Jan. 17. It's an on-your-own Reset with group support, accountability and motivation. Your Y will offer weekly e-mails, a private Facebook group, workout cards and other inspiration to move, be mindful of what you eat, hydrate, sleep, relieve stress, connect and set goals you can attain for the rest of the year!
This is a great way to reset your health and your habits for 2022!
What: 6-week Health Reset Challenge
Where: On-your-own challenge with virtual fitness classes, Facebook posts, weekly e-mails
When: Monday, Jan. 17 to Monday, Feb. 28
Cost: $10 members / $20 community members
Information: wellness@eugeneymca.org
Registration opens Dec. 13.
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YOU Can Save a Life!
Your Y and Bloodworks Northwest are partnering during this season of giving to encourage you to take an hour to give the best gift of all—a life-saving pint of blood.
Y members who donate any time between Wednesday, Dec. 1, and Wednesday, Dec. 15, are entered to win cool Y swag and you’ll earn a voucher for a pop or beer from Hop Valley Brewing Company.
Just schedule your appointment and enter “YMCA” as your sponsor code. At your appointment, remind them that you are with the Eugene Family YMCA.
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Open for Business, the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce’s digital magazine, showcased the Y’s project and what it means for the community’s child care desert, academic achievement gap and social determinants of health.
“Experts say that we will be dealing with the consequences of a global pandemic for many years to come….Within this context, getting the new Y to groundbreaking is paramount.”
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Heard Around Town
Your Y’s Capital Campaign announcements were spread to our community by multiple media outlets.
"We are thrilled, this is a day we've been looking forward to for many years," (CEO Brian) Steffen said on a rainy Monday outside the new YMCA site at the corner of East 24th Avenue and Hilyard Street. "We're excited to begin this next phase, and the final phase for our project."
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Rob Holloway of KPNW’s Wake Up Call interviewed Y Chief Development Officer Danielle Uhlhorn about the new Y.
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Medical Matters, the magazine of Lane County Medical Society, highlighted a piece about the new Y by Dr. Paula Ciesielski, YMCA Board Member, and Dr. Tom Ewing, a YMCA Capital Campaign Cabinet Member.
“Our community will never outgrow the need for healthful living served by the comprehensive array of programs and resources the Y has provided for over 134 years in Lane County,” they wrote. “Now is the time to help create a new YMCA, which will add to our foundation of health for Lane County’s future.”
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