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The coronavirus pandemic has been an ongoing challenge for the community recreation industry and continues to create obstacles for YMCAs, JCCs and rec centers across the country. On June 29, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey announced ...
“Most of our teenagers don’t have access, they’re not able to go on vacations — so we want the YMCA to be a vacation for them.” These words from Victor Nicholson, the executive director of ...
The coronavirus pandemic has been a rollercoaster ride to say the least. As the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have increased again in recent weeks, many states have already begun forcing community rec ...
On June 30, YMCA African American CEOs hosted a virtual town hall to help people unlearn systemic racism. This is Part Two of our top takeaways series from this event. A key part of the Unlearning Systemic ...
Establishing healthy lifestyle habits as a child can be a difference-maker for an adult’s health and wellness. To help kids get invested in their health and wellness early, the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, with 15 ...
The JCC Harlem, an initiative of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York, is thinking inside the box when it comes to creating financially accessible opportunities for families to explore, ...
On June 30, YMCA African American CEOs hosted a virtual town hall to help people unlearn systemic racism. This is Part One of our top takeaways series from this event. Steven Reed, the mayor of ...
Arguably the most prominent challenge community rec centers have faced during the reopening process has been enforcing social distancing guidelines. This challenge is especially difficult to overcome in fitness classes, where participants are in close ...
On June 25, Community Rec Magazine presented a virtual roundtable that addresses reopening after the COVID-19 crisis, and the drastic operational changes happening across the industry. The panelists were Jennifer Harrington, the assistant executive director ...
When COVID-19 forced facilities everywhere to close, most traditional youth programs came to a grinding halt and organizations had to pivot to completely virtual programming. Since mid-March, kids and families have had to adjust to ...
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