Category: Youth & Family
For the last decade, the Mankato Family YMCA has hosted a multitude of youth socials for kids in the community. But on Saturday, March 18, the Y combined resources to host YPalooza — its largest ...
Judi Christy, the director of marketing and communication at the Akron Area YMCA, shares her insights on supporting youth mental health with breathing exercises and more. When my children were young, Fred Rogers and Barney ...
Youth recreation leaders share their most successful afterschool activities for children. Above: YMCA Camp Tockwogh has several attractions for youth including rock wall climbing. TV host and author Fred Rogers once said, “Play is often ...
Parks and Rec director, Jason Schaitz shares tips on how to handle conflict among campers. Regardless of how much time you put into acclimating your campers to life at camp or within a child care ...
Parks and Rec director, Jason Schaitz shares six tips for effective communication in youth sports programs. In order to run a program at a high level, you have to be an effective communicator. Keeping your ...
Managing risk is never fun but it’s essential in preventing a catastrophic incident that could cause serious harm and shut your recreation program down for good. Risk management is not just a hazard or physical ...
Parks and Recreation director, Jason Schaitz, provides examples of necessary camp documentation and record keeping advice to improve camp operations. It is extremely important to keep well organized documentation and records on your camp operations ...
Images courtesy of the Keith Family YMCA. In its continued mission to serve the community, the YMCA of Greater Charlotte recently opened an adaptive playground for children at the Keith Family YMCA Branch. The playground ...
Parks and Recreation director, Jason Schaitz, shares tips for staying organized in recreation programs. With so many moving parts within your leagues, it is a task itself just to stay organized. You have to constantly ...
Part One of coordinating successful camp activities provided 20 points to help you successfully coordinate any activity with a focus on planning, having fun and keeping kids engaged. Part Two outlines additional points, including how ...
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