Happy Wednesday! We hope this newsletter finds you and your family safe and well. This week, Governor Murphy is scheduled to announce his plans to reopen New Jersey. In the coming weeks, we will share how we plan to reimagine our Y so that we can open in a safe and healthy manner. Until then, Take care. We miss you. Stay Safe.

A MESSAGE FROM BOBBI BROWN  LONGIME MONTCLAIR RESIDENT AND MAKE-UP ICON

Contact Anneke at ademarest@montclairymca.org if you would like to join fellow members and #Stay WithUs by contributing your membership.

SUPPORT YOURSELF AND OTHERS PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID COURSE AMERICAN RED CROSS

The uncertainty associated with a global health crisis like COVID-19 challenges everyone's ability to cope. This course will help you to build resilience and support yourself and others through this crisis by reviewing basic principles of providing psychological first aid, including how to recognize and manage stress in yourself and in others and how to lend support to family members, friends and coworkers during and following the COVID-19 outbreak. This is a free, work at your own pace online course.

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

EMERGENCY CHILDCARE CONTINUES

Our emergency childcare enrollment is quickly approaching 30. As schools are now closed through the year end, we continue to serve families of front line workers. For more information on how to access emergency childcare at Geyer Family YMCA, contact Justine Biendon, Executive Director at jbiendon@montclairymca.org.

MEET OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS

The YMCA of Montclair welcomes Valerie Allusson, MD and Kevin Dribble, JD to our Board of Directors.

Valerie Allusson, MD is the Chief Medical Officer of Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair. Dr. Allusson graduated Magna cum Laude with a Doctor of Medicine from the Université de Paris Sud, is board certified in internal medicine completing her residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and holds a Masters in Medical Management from Carnegie Melon University.

Kevin M. Dribble, JD, is the Senior Legal Counsel responsible for transactional and related legal matters, and Managing Director in charge of investment oversight team at Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP. Mr. Dribble received his Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School and his Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from State University of New York at Geneseo.

BE COUNTED! FILL OUT THE CENSUS.

In 2010, there were more than 40 million people 65+ in the United States (13% of the population). The U.S. Census Bureau projects that number to grow to 55 million (16% of the population) with the 2020 Census. By 2050, it is projected that people 65+ will make up 20% of the population. By completing the Census, we help accurately count that growing senior population, and ensure federal funding for seniors and the programs and services they rely on for the next decade.

COMPLETE THE CENSUS TODAY

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