Splash Heard Around the World
Beede celebrates 16th Birthday!
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April is the most celebrated month in Concord, and it all started on April 19, 1775 with the American Revolution.
The Beede Center also celebrates its anniversary in April. Sixteen years ago, on April 18, 2006, we opened our doors, pools and fitness studios to you, our members and guests. Since then, we have welcomed over 2 million guests!
Along with Concord’s reenactments and parade, the Beede Center will have our own events for celebrating this milestone. We invite members to come try out our sixteen challenges from fitness to trivia this month.
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ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EVENTS
Meet Your Personal Fitness Goals with
Our “16” Swim and Fitness Challenges
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April 4 – 20
Check out the white board in the fitness area for NEW challenges every day!
April 5,12,19,26
Celebrate every Tuesday by bringing a friend (complimentary guest pass on that day)
Mark’s 16 Mile Swim Challenge
Swim 16 miles by the end of the month! 1st male and female to complete this get a prize!
Brian and Jeff’s 16 Mile Run Challenge
Run 16 miles by the end of the month! 1st male and female to complete this get a prize!
April 30- Birthday Pool Party
3:30pm-5:30pm- Enjoy a pool party to celebrate Beede’s Birthday!
FREE to members. Day passes available for non-members.
The Dive Well will offer "The Rock" for participants with a green band (green band test will not be given during the party)The Shallow end will feature games and the Children's Pool
with host fun games for the younger children.
Hydration Challenge!
Drink 16 ounces of water every morning
Trivia Friday’s
Try your hand with our weekly trivia questions
Group Exercise
Free drop-in all month long.
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Kickstart your metabolism this month by changing up your workout that might be the same old-same old routine you have always done. We have options to change it up!
IF…
- you normally do cardio, try the strength room or vice versa.
- you work out upstairs, and have not tried out the pool, start swimming or vice-versa.
- you always work out for the same duration, try having some long work outs, then some shorter, more intense sessions.
- you work out after work, try before work and vice versa.
- you always work out inside, go out the front door for a quick run or walk, then come back to finish indoors
- Try moving your muscles in different ways
- Try a water fitness or group fitness class
- Make a goal to try a race or other fitness challenge
- Workout with a friend, if you do not already
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A BIT OF HISTORY
credit to Maureen Belt
Exercise in the 1700’s…
Riding a horse, walking everywhere (averaging 3-8 miles a day), lawn bowling, jumping, lots of farming chores, dueling and housework!! Swimming at Walden and White Ponds…
And in 2022?
We do not have any dueling, but we do have a variety of fitness needs in one place! Swimming has basically remained the same, and we happen to have beautiful pools to add to the local outdoor swimming options!
The idea of a community pool floated around upon the dissolution of the 1930’s Alfred Sawyer Trust. The trust requested that the money benefit the Town. Member Jack Clymer was the trustee tasked to allocate the residual principal of the trust, and he liked the idea of a pool. He offered to donate the fund while the School department offered the Land. (And, then the fitness center was added to design later.)
Money was raised through donations, raffles and other community events to supplement the money from the trust. There was still a gap that remained between the funds raised and needed, so Concord resident Russell Beede bridged the gap with the largest personal donation.
The design of semi-circles in the sidewalk, the rippling water designs in the lobby plus the spouts of water on the roof (if you have not noticed them before) are architectural design features to mimic the action of water droplets.
We have enjoyed all our members and guests who come for recreation, for attaining personal fitness and swimming goals and children learning how to swim for the first time. We are also a training spot for triathletes, duathletes, competitive swimmers and divers who have raced in every corner of the globe and the list goes on.
Thanks to Mr. Beede and all the many people who made the
Beede Swim and Fitness Center possible.
Many, many thanks for all your support for all these years! We look forward to having you with us for many more, and we are proud to be a part of such a wonderful community with such a rich history.
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We are looking for staff in various areas here at the Beede Center.
With a job here at Beede, enjoy:
A FREE Beede Center membership for you and your family!
Discounts on programs, including sports, child care, and camp.
For some positions, we also will provide training, FREE, like Lifeguarding!
· AND SO MUCH MORE!
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DATES TO REMEMBER
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April 27 – Wednesday- Cooler Concord Climate, Keynote Address, 7:00-9:00pm
- April 29 – Friday - Arbor Day -
-Cooler Concord Sustainability – Free tree seedlings given
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April 30 – Saturday -Beede Pool Party, 3:30-5:30pm
-Cooler Concord Climate Festival, 10:00-2:00pm
SAVE THESE DATES
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IMPORTANT PARKING CHANGES
Please remember to display your parking tags while using the
Beede Swim & Fitness Center.
If you have not picked one up please see the front desk on your next visit.
Limit: two per household.
On March 7, 2022, the Concord Selectboard approved a formal parking restriction for the Beede Swim and Fitness Center parking lot. The restriction allows for Beede customers, staff, and certain school department vehicles to use the lot, only.
- Ticketing in the lot will begin the week of March 28, 2022.
- Beede Center members and staff must have a parking placard hanging in their front window while using the building.
- Guest passes and student memberships will be asked to provide the make and model of their vehicle upon check-in.
- Any vehicle that is not checked in at the front desk or displaying a parking placard will be subject to a ticket by Concord Police.
NEW DOOR ALARMS AT OUR EXIT DOORS
Please use the front doors to enter and exit the Beede Center.
If you go out the emergency doors, you will set off the alarms.
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EVENTS
Egg Hunt
Join Concord Recreation for this fun free community event. Participants will search for candy and prize filled plastic eggs, get photos with the Bunny, petting zoo and more! Memorial Field at CCHS. April 15th.
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Cooler Concord Sustainability Series
(coordinated with the CCHS Green Team)
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It is such a pleasure to watch the sun stream into our fitness rooms and pools. Did you know that our building was designed to maximize the beauty of natural light? Just another bonus of the Beede Center.
Try One of our Water Fitness Classes!
Our fabulous instructors have wonderfully choreographed water fitness classes paired with great music selections – guaranteed to have you leaving the Beede Center feeling upbeat!
Otters Swim Team News
And that’s a wrap! Otters finished their 2021-2022 swim season on March 13. What a terrific season it was! Otters won all but one swim meet this season and they placed fourth overall at the Metro West Championship swim meet. There were lots of fantastic swims and lots of fun times this season. It was an Otterly successful swim season!
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CCHS SWIM AND DIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Concord-Carlisle High School did an outstanding job at the Division 1 State Championships in February. Overall, the girls took second place and the boys took fifth. School records were broken all around, and our own Beede lifeguard, Marco Brunette who started out with us on the Otters 5 and under team, is now breaking records with the high school team, breaking the 200 Free with the time of 1:46:33. He has quite an outstanding record along with his teammates, and we are proud to have him here at the Beede Center.
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Summer and Beyond Lifeguard Jobs!!!
We will train you!
Upcoming Lifeguard Training and Recertification Classes
Class space is limited so sign up today!
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BEEDE AND BOOKS
The Beede Swim and Fitness Center and the Concord Free Public Library have teamed up to bring you BEEDE AND BOOKS. This is a free program available to all. Join us in the Beede Center for a Friday collaboration of reading and swimming. A librarian will read books at 11:30am then at 12:00pm we transition to the Children’s Pool for water fun! The next event is Friday April 15.
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QUICK REMINDERS
Youth Lessons
Try to have children come to their lessons with their bathing suits on.
There should only be one parent on deck.
Please do not use the pools outside of lesson time, if the child is a non-member.
Please do not change kids clothes in the hallway.
Please change children in the Family Changing Rooms.
General Reminders
The Women’s Locker Room is closed Monday-Friday from 10:10am-10:20am for cleaning
Please remember to change shoes before working out in fitness rooms.
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AND, AS LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE… |
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