C.W. Avery, Central City, Galowich, Morris
Friday, December 15
7-8:30 p.m.
Join us Friday, December 15 as we ring in the holidays at the Galowich Family YMCA! The Grinch will warm your heart during the chilly winter season with holiday crafts, activities and Christmas cheer. Be sure to bring your camera and snap a family picture with the Grinch himself.
Location
Galowich Family YMCA
749 Houbolt Road
Joliet, IL 60431
Free and open to all.
This fall, the Greater Joliet Area YMCA will be introducing a fresh, new swim lesson curriculum, designed to enhance its tradition of keeping the community safe and secure around the water and instilling a healthy lifestyle.
Created by the YMCA of the USA and tested extensively by Y’s across the nation, this new curriculum accommodates varying abilities to help foster a sense of achievement as swimmers progress between clearly defined stages.
Through this approach, advanced swimmers flow more easily to higher levels while swimmers who need more instruction can learn at their own pace. This approach results in more confident swimmers and a newfound admiration for swimming that can last a lifetime.
Learn More About the Curriculum
Related: Swim Lesson Selector
Teaching children how to be safe around water is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Enrolling in YMCA Swimming Lessons can help you make sure they learn essential water safety skills, which can open up a world of possibilities for them to satisfy their curiosity safely.
A typical lesson includes:
Help Keep Your Children Safe
Drowning can happen nearly anywhere with standing water. But, as a parent or caregiver, you can’t keep your children sidelined. You need to equip them with the tools they need to be confident in and around water so they don’t lose out on the health benefits of exercise, the opportunities to bond with family and friends and the sense of accomplishment when they learn new skills.
New Program Alert: Indoor CyclingIndoor cycling is a great way to get your heart pumping and legs moving. Get ready to try the Galowich Family YMCA’s all-new group cycling classes, set to debut this summer!
Group Cycling
Wednesdays, 5:15-5:45 p.m.
This is a standard group cycling class that challenges bikers to ride, climb and sprint. All fitness levels are welcome!
Cycle & Sculpt
Thursdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m.
This cycling class adds intervals of strength training to give you an even more complete workout.
Enroll in summer day camp swimming lessonsYour child can take his/her swimming skills to the next level by enrolling in summer day camp swim lessons, designed exclusively for campers. To ensure campers will not miss any field trips, classes will meet on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
On the first day of lessons, campers will be swim tested and placed in a class according to their swimming ability. We highly recommend registering campers each week they are enrolled in camp so they can continue to improve their skills and swimming endurance.
Camp swim lessons run from June 5-August 11.
Midland States Bank presented the Greater Joliet Area YMCA with a grant of ten thousand dollars in support of the Y’s Teen Achievers program today. Senior Vice President of Banking Dan Stevenson was on hand to present the check to members of the Y’s leadership team, Jim Watts, Maurice Fears and Julie Wilkinson. Jeff Riley and Karla Guseman of Joliet Township High School—where the program is based—and special advisor Larry Weirs were also in attendance.
The gift will directly benefit Teen Achievers, a grant-based program that guides students on their path to graduating high school, attending college and achieving career goals. The rapidly growing program currently serves 130 students in the Joliet area—the most in program history. This spring, an estimated 40 students will embark on an annual out-of-state college road trip that gives students the opportunity to visit several esteemed universities.
