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Call 231-933-9622 with any question about the New YMCA!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Y Needs your help!
Through the generosity of Harbor View Center, the Grand Traverse Bay YMCA has been allowed to create a fundraiser to benefit the Y through providing parking for a fee for the National Cherry Festival. Volunteers are needed for shifts during specific times of the National Cherry Festival to gather parking fees, guiding cars to parking spots, and work concession sales of donated Coca Cola products.
Proceeds from this activity will benefit the YMCA.
Parking lot is located at 333 Grandview Pkwy, Traverse City. It's across from volleyball courts on the West Bay.
Each shift will have a team of a YMCA staff member or board member and 4 volunteers.
Your help will make this successful! Bring yourself! Bring your friends. Call Dave at 933-9622 or dave@gtbayymca.org . We are in particular need for this weekend. And we have fun doing it!
Click here for schedule
Proceeds from this activity will benefit the YMCA.
Parking lot is located at 333 Grandview Pkwy, Traverse City. It's across from volleyball courts on the West Bay.
Each shift will have a team of a YMCA staff member or board member and 4 volunteers.
Your help will make this successful! Bring yourself! Bring your friends. Call Dave at 933-9622 or dave@gtbayymca.org . We are in particular need for this weekend. And we have fun doing it!
Click here for schedule
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Community Benefit Report
Our 2011 Grand Traverse Bay YMCA Community Benefit Report is an excellent resource in describing the work of our Y as a charity to the Grand Traverse Bay region.Click here to see it for yourself!
At the Y we are for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Y closed 4th of July
The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA announced that its main facility, gymnastics center, day care center, and programs are closed on Monday, July 4, 2011 for the US observance of Independence Day.
The main facility located at 3000 Racquet Club Drive, just south of Airport Road, in Traverse City, will be open again on Tuesday, July 5 at 6:00 am.
Summer hours are Monday – Friday from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday from 8:00 am to noon, and closed on Sundays. These hours are effective from Memorial Day to Labor Day each year.
More information about the YMCA’s 65 or more programs can be found at the organization’s website at www.gtbayymca.org. The Y is a powerful association of men, women and children of all ages and from all walks of life joined together by a shared passion: to strengthen the foundations of community. Come join us!
Here to help at the Y!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Rent the Y?
Birthday Parties?Meeting Room?
Dance Studio?
Fitness Rooms?
Canoe Rental?
Tennis Courts?
Pickelball?
Rent the Y. More information at http://bit.ly/k9HgWQ
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
NO Y SUMMER FAMILY FUN NIGHTS
Grand Traverse Bay YMCA announces that there will be no Family Fun Nights in July or August, but these nights of family programming will make a return in September. Be sure to be on the lookout for the startup date on the events calendar at http://www.gtbayymca.org/ !“It’s more than just a membership … It’s the YMCA!”
Y Teen Dance August 20 - No dance in July
Grand Traverse Bay YMCA announced that the next Y Teen Dance for grades 6- 8 will be held on Saturday, August 20. There will be no July dance.
Dance to the tunes of a professional DJ, open gym and socialize with hundreds of your friends! Don't miss it!
Dance is from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Y Main Facility located 3000 Racquet Club Drive in Traverse City just south of Airport Road.
Admission is $8.00 and free to YMCA members. Pictured ID, proper conduct and attire are required. Call Katie Winslow at 231-933-YMCA (9622) for more information or check our website at www.gtbayymca.org. Volunteers are always needed. Parents always welcome to chaperone.
“It’s more than just a membership … It’s the YMCA!”
Dance to the tunes of a professional DJ, open gym and socialize with hundreds of your friends! Don't miss it!
Dance is from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Y Main Facility located 3000 Racquet Club Drive in Traverse City just south of Airport Road.
Admission is $8.00 and free to YMCA members. Pictured ID, proper conduct and attire are required. Call Katie Winslow at 231-933-YMCA (9622) for more information or check our website at www.gtbayymca.org. Volunteers are always needed. Parents always welcome to chaperone.
“It’s more than just a membership … It’s the YMCA!”
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| 300 - 500 middle schoolers attend our Y Teen Dances! |
For kids, families, and communities ... the New Y
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| Click picture to enlarge. Donations recieved online at http://www.4good4ever.org/ |
Monday, June 20, 2011
Record Eagle: Volunteers Needed
Appeared in the Traverse City Record Eagle this morning ...
Volunteers are needed for a Y fundraiser during the National Cherry Festival. Eighty volunteers are needed to serve in 16 shifts of five people each to help park cars, collect fees and sell concessions from July 2 to July 9. Shifts include weekdays, weekends and Independence Day. Money raised will be used toward Invest in Youth, which provides financial assistance and scholarships for YMCA programs. For more information, contact Dave Eitland, 933-9622, dave@gtbayymca.org or Carrie Rollenhagen, 933-9622 or carrie@gtbayymca.org .
Click here for hours needed.
Volunteers are needed for a Y fundraiser during the National Cherry Festival. Eighty volunteers are needed to serve in 16 shifts of five people each to help park cars, collect fees and sell concessions from July 2 to July 9. Shifts include weekdays, weekends and Independence Day. Money raised will be used toward Invest in Youth, which provides financial assistance and scholarships for YMCA programs. For more information, contact Dave Eitland, 933-9622, dave@gtbayymca.org or Carrie Rollenhagen, 933-9622 or carrie@gtbayymca.org .
Click here for hours needed.
June 20 - Why the New Y?
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| The Y is for Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility Click on picture to enlarge |
Friday, June 17, 2011
Y Family Fun Night Tonight!
Y Family Fun Night
Friday, June 17, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Y Early Childhood Center, 1100 Woodmere STE B, Traverse City
Free Food, Fun, and Family Time geared toward pre-school families.
Free to Y members, $15/family for non-members
More information -
http://www.gtbayymca.org/news.php?type=E&id=410
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Camp continues rain or shine!
"Y Day Camp continues either rain or shine. We are fortunate to have gymnasiums at our fieldhouse at our Main YMCA facility," according to Katie Winslow, Y Summer Day Camp Supervisor.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Got Photos? Got Video?
The Y is constantly looking for photos and videos of people doing Y programs and activities. Please forward yours to dave@gtbayymca.org where they will be used on the web and in our publicity and media.
Y LACROSSE SUMMER SKILLS CLINIC
The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA announces a skills clinic for lacrosse for grades 1 – 4 to be held Saturday and Sunday, July 23-24, from 9 am to 12:00 pm each day at the Y Main Facility, 3000 Racquet Club Drive in Traverse City.
Lacrosse is one of the oldest sports in North America and the fastest sport on two feet.
The clinic will cover lacrosse hand-eye coordination, running, teamwork, fitness, rules, safety, proper competition, and the Y four core values.
Featured coaches will include Liberty Provost, the TC Thunder Varsity Lacrosse Coach. With him will be Steve Cerrone, TC Bucks Varsity Lacrosse Coach. “We are training the next generation of lacrosse players,” says Barb Beckett, YMCA sports director.
Cost is $50 for Y members and $75 for non-members. Registration is due at the Y by July 15.
Players must bring stick, cleats, gloves, and helmet. They must have proper protective gear to play!
The Y is for youth development. The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA provides a safe environment for children to learn the proper values based conduct and competition.
“It’s more than just a membership … It’s the YMCA!”
Lacrosse is one of the oldest sports in North America and the fastest sport on two feet.
The clinic will cover lacrosse hand-eye coordination, running, teamwork, fitness, rules, safety, proper competition, and the Y four core values.
Featured coaches will include Liberty Provost, the TC Thunder Varsity Lacrosse Coach. With him will be Steve Cerrone, TC Bucks Varsity Lacrosse Coach. “We are training the next generation of lacrosse players,” says Barb Beckett, YMCA sports director.
Cost is $50 for Y members and $75 for non-members. Registration is due at the Y by July 15.
Players must bring stick, cleats, gloves, and helmet. They must have proper protective gear to play!
The Y is for youth development. The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA provides a safe environment for children to learn the proper values based conduct and competition.
“It’s more than just a membership … It’s the YMCA!”
Canoeing on the Boardman
Group Two day campers are featured in this Facebook Album of their experience this morning canoeing on the Boardman River near Y today, June 15, 2011
Click here to see all the the album.
Click here to see all the the album.
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