Tag: family time
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Join us for a spooktacular night of fortune telling, not-so-scary stories, healthy treats, obstacle courses, haunted locker rooms, games, crafts and more! All the Halloween fun is centered around family togetherness and health-centered activities. Halloween at the Y is a great way for families who are new to the Y to get to know our…
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Father’s Day is right around the corner! The very first Father’s Day celebration took place at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington, in 2010 when Sonora Smart Dodd, whose mother died when she was 16 years old, wanted a day to celebrate her special dad. Mother’s Day was already a day dedicated to moms, but Dodd…
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By Joseph Wilson, father of Girls on the Run participant Girls on the Run and the YMCA hold a special place in my heart. Whether it was shooting baskets at my local Y as a kid, or watching my daughter, now 13, enjoy two seasons of Girls on the Run a few years ago, I…