Wellness & Health

In honor of breast cancer awareness month, Community Rec spoke the Peninsula JCC about the “Pink @ the PJCC” program — a workout designed to...

Engaging the corporate demographic can be a challenge for community rec centers — after a long day at the office, local employees often choose home...

The corporate wellness industry has been going through a major shift in the last few years, with employers no longer just providing on-site gyms or...

Relaxation programs are becoming more prevalent in community recreation as the industry shifts toward a greater understanding of recovery and its importance to overall wellness....

As a community rec center, it’s your responsibility to ensure all demographics are being reached. So it’s important to create a welcoming place for underrepresented...

When Trish Harrison, the association health and wellness director of the YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo, found out about the discontinuing of her mother’s Parkinson’s class...

The Rye YMCA, located in Rye, New York, is similar to most local Ys — it offers multiple community health programs, and strives to make...

An increasingly common problem in several communities is food insecurity, and larger metropolitan areas like Greater Boston get hit especially hard. To help counteract the...

To keep current members coming through your doors and invite potential ones, it’s necessary to continuously assess health and wellness trends. Members might get bored...

According to Feeding America, food insecurity is a household’s inability to provide enough food for active, healthy lifestyles. Food insecurity is a way to assess...