We build community by providing exceptional programs, places and services
for Morgan Hill that inspire happy and healthy lives.
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The Holiday season is upon us and with all of the hustle that the season brings, remember to take care of yourself and loved ones. We wish you and your family a warm and wonderful holiday season! Thank you for letting us be a part of your health and wellness journey.
We have many fun and exciting programs and activities planned this winter and spring! Make sure to check out our winter/spring activity guide online. Register at www.mhreconline.com for programs, swim lessons and classes beginning in January!
Holiday Hours and Closures:
CRC Hours
December 24 & 31: 5am - 12pm
December 25 & January 1: Closed
Senior Nutrition Hours
December 27 : Annual Christmas lunch
December 23-26: Closed
December 30: New Year's celebration
December 31: Closed
CCC Hours
Closed December 23 through January 1. Facility will be open to pre-scheduled private rental activities.
AC Hours
December 9: No evening lap swim due to a swim meet.
December 10 and 11: Lap swim available from 5am-7am due to swim meet. Aqua fitness is canceled.
December 24: 5am-1:30pm
December 25 & January 1: Closed
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Morgan Hill Holiday Lights Parade
Join us on Saturday December 4 from 5pm-7pm in the annual Morgan Hill Lights Parade! Bring your family and friends and dress in your best holiday attire.
Meet at Depot Street and look for the Y/CRC/City Rec team!
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New Gym Schedule for East and West Gym
Now that the Fitness equipment has moved out of the gym and back to the Fitness Center we have both the East and West Gym available for activities! The December schedule is available on the website. and is effective now through December 26, and will be closed December 27-January 1 for floor resurfacing. We anticipate some minor changes in January, and are always open to feedback. Please contact Debbie.Vasquez@mhcrc.com if you have questions, or would like to make a suggestion about the schedule.
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12 Days of Fitness
Staying healthy and focused over the holidays is the best way to feel great as you head into the new year. Let us help you keep your fitness plan on track with our 12 Days of Fitness.
• Pick up your 12 Days of Fitness card at the Welcome Desk.
• Bring your card each time you come into the CRC between Nov. 26 – Dec. 31, have your 12 Days of Fitness card initialed by a CRC teammate.
• Once you complete your card, drop it in the box at the Welcome desk.
• If you fill one card, start another.
• A prize drawing will be held at the end.
For all questions, please email Blair.Zerr@mhcrc.com
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Fitness Center
Have you had a chance to use the new Life Fitness sectorized machines? They are beautiful and amazing! All of our Wellness Coaches have been trained and are ready to schedule an appointment with you to show you how to use the new equipment. Stop by or call the welcome desk at 408-782-2128 to schedule an appointment.
For all questions, please email Blair.Zerr@mhcrc.com
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Kids Club & Mini Me/Youth Fitness
Beginning December 6, 2021, our Kids Club will be running Mini Me and Youth Fitness in the CRC gymnasium. Make sure to sign your kids into Kids Club for both of these programs.
Kids ages 2-5 years old: Tuesday/Thursday 9-9:45am
Kids ages 6-9 years old: Monday/Wednesday 3-3:45pm
*Mini Me and Youth Fitness time does not count towards the 90 minutes allotted for Kids Club*
Kids Club is open Monday through Friday 7:45am-12pm, Monday through Thursday 3:45pm-8pm and Saturday's 8am-12pm! For more information and to make a reservation please click HERE.
At Kids' Club we will provide a stimulating and safe environment for children to develop physical, verbal, social and emotional skills needed to thrive. The Kids’ Club is a 90 minute member benefit. Your children will leave the program with new friends, and skills learned through play!
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Teen Center
Calling all Teens!! We have fun activities planned for you!
December 15: Pool Tournament
December 17: Movie/Holiday party
December 20-31: Teen Center will offer volunteer opportunities for the Teen Center Members. Call 408-310-4273.
The Teen Center hosts a variety of social, academic, and recreational activities, such as tournaments, movie nights, tutoring, and more. The Teen Center staff and volunteers are committed to providing a safe, nurturing and asset rich environment for our community’s teens. The Teen Center will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4pm-8pm.
For Teen center membership forms click here. Fill out your membership form, have your parents sign them and bring them in!
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Get Ready for Youth Basketball League!!
YMCA winter basketball is back! We are happy to announce that the YMCA will be restarting its YBL program welcoming the communities of Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Participants will be playing in the league format with games on Saturday and practices once a week for those ages five and up. Registration information and flyer to come. Questions? Contact Leo Kooshabeh at lkhooshabeh@ymcasv.org
Dates: January 8 - February 19
Ages: 2 -13 years old
Where: Centennial Recreation Center
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Senior Center
Did you know the Senior Center is now open indoors Monday-Friday from 9am-3pm for Programs and Services! For more information be sure to check out our website www.mholderadults.com .
Please note that our Senior Cafe is still not open indoors, however, boxed to-go lunches will still be provided by the Senior Nutrition Staff and will continue to be served Monday through Friday from 11:30 am to 11:45 am. Meals are a voluntary contribution of $3 for Seniors over 60 years and $8 for those under 60 years of age. Please line up in the Centennial Recreation Center parking lot and stay in your car. Lunch Menu | MH Older Adults (eltorosc.com)
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AC Lap Swim and Aqua Fitness
Please note the AC will have a modified schedule the following dates and times due to swim meets:
December 9: No evening lap swim
December 10 and 11: Lap swim available from 5am-7am. Aqua fitness is canceled.
As part of your CRC membership, you have access to the Aquatics Center. We currently have an extended schedule for lap swim and multiple Aqua Fitness classes a week. Please reference our updated pool schedule for current times! We hope to see you soon at the AC!
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YMCA Silicon Valley Access
YSV Access is back! Active qualifying* CRC members will now have access to visit the other YMCA of Silicon Valley (YSV) branches at no additional cost. As part of this membership benefit, active members will also have access to the Y360 - Virtual YMCA programming and classes.
To get access to all YSV branches and Y360 – Virtual YMCA programming, set up your YSV Access account. The Y360 - Virtual YMCA program will replace the current CRC Virtual Membership programming. Our membership Facebook group will remain a space for membership communications, updates, and more! Our on-demand videos will also remain available to active members online at www.mhcrcmembers.com (password: crcvirtual20). If you have any questions, please contact jessica.redfield@mhcrc.com.
*Special Hours membership does not qualify for access to YMCA SV branches.
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DECEMBER DEVELOPMENTAL ASSET #40 - Positive View of Personal Future
Young person is optimistic about her/his personal future.
Paras Gandhi, YAC Developmental Asset Ambassador
What does it mean to be optimistic? To me, being optimistic is always looking at the positive aspect of a situation. For example, I had a mechanical engineering competition in eighth grade, in which we had to build a hovercraft. When we were doing our practice runs the hovercraft was functioning perfectly, but during our actual run for the competition, one of our propellers fell off. As a team, we all got very scared but we didn’t let this bring us down. Due to our clear thinking, we quickly taped our propeller back on and finished the run. Although we didn’t finish the fastest or even have the best hovercraft, I was quite confident in our performance and quick thinking skills. To our surprise, we even won an award for troubleshooting. Similarly, if I am ever in a tough situation I always hope for the best because looking at the negative aspects of a situation makes it much more difficult to succeed in the task at hand. This is anything from coming up with a solution to an engineering problem to what you think you may have gotten on a very hard test. I believe that it is important to set goals as a way of measuring success, and even if the goals aren’t met, you’ll know that you tried your hardest to achieve them. One of my goals is to continue volunteering and giving back to the community. Setting small goals like this helps to give a broader perspective of my future, which helps me make long-term decisions. From countless experiences, I can definitely say that it is important to always be optimistic, and even if things don’t go as planned, there will always be a lesson to be learned.
Kaysie Leong, YAC Active Member
Everyone has thoughts about what they want to do in the future, whether it’s being a successful entrepreneur or someone who is there for others. But to get to that goal in the future, being optimistic in
every situation will be a great help. For me, I have been in a few situations where I needed to stay with a positive view to help me get to my goal at the end. For instance, I have always been on a swimming team since I was young, I have been to multiple meets that tested my competitiveness, but every time I stand behind the diving block, getting ready for my event, I always have a thought in the back of my head saying that there will be something that will mess up. One of the meets that I attended in the summer wasn’t going as well as I thought it would be. This was my first meet away from my family, but I had my teammates and my coach with me. I was already a little nervous because there might’ve been something that I had forgotten at home, or that something had happened at home while I wasn’t there. I knew that I was just getting nervous from being away from my family. Instead I didn’t think about it and just blocked it in the back of my head. But this was a four day meet, so by the second day I was already drained from all of the emotions. I had to keep going because I couldn’t just scratch all of the events. There was no one who could drive me all the way back home. So, I kept going through the meet, but I was just there, I didn’t have any thoughts that could’ve helped me go through until the end of the meet. Looking back at how I handled it, reveals that if I had been thinking about all of the positive things that could’ve happened to help me to go through the meets could be easier than only thinking about the bad things that made me (drained me?) feel tired after only a few days. So now in the future I have a new way to help me (to achieve) my goal, even when I’m not feeling confident it is always better to have positive thoughts and views.
Julianna Bristol, YAC Active Member
To me, being optimistic means to always keep hope and look on the bright side. It means being positive about the future. For me, no matter what the situation is, I always have hope that the situation will get better. If I don’t do very well on a test, I stay optimistic and tell myself “I’ll do better on the next one.” I like the idiom “seeing the glass as half full instead of half empty.” This is what I thought about when I didn’t do very well on a test. Instead of being upset about my poor grade and focusing on that, I was optimistic and knew I would do better on the next one. Although some people are pessimists, I always chose to be an optimist. I believe that optimism can help (motivate?) people (do well?). When having a situation that turned out well, optimists will think about how this positive result can possibly lead to another. When a situation doesn’t turn out as well, or doesn’t go as expected, an optimist will not be very upset but will instead think about what they could do to succeed next time. I have found that in my life, optimism has helped me a lot when faced with a disappointing result, as I use the result to give me the strength to try again next time. I don’t blame myself when something goes wrong, but rather “see the glass as half full” and keep a positive mindset.
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CRC Facility Hours
Mon-Fri: 5am - 9:30pm
Sat/Sun: 6:30pm - 5pm
AC Facility Hours
Mon, Wed: 5am - 9pm
Tues, Thurs, Friday: 5am-8pm
Sat/Sun: 7am - 1pm
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