Tag: community wellness
Corporate wellness is a way community rec centers can serve the local workforce and benefit the whole community as a result. Through classes and services aimed at getting groups of employees active and healthy, such ...
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 at a local gym, she decided to step in and ...
Offering stand-out personal training programs begins with the trainers in your facility. At the Deland Branch of the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA in Florida, all trainers are certified with at least a bachelor’s degree in ...
Even with 22 locations across the Big Apple, the YMCA of Greater New York has had room for significant growth. In Fall 2020, the New York YMCA is expected to complete a $100 million construction ...
International Water Safety Day, held annually on May 15, helps spread drowning awareness and water safety education. In Part 2 of a three-part series, aquatics professionals in the industry share how they implement best pool ...
A lot can change through the years. Communities constantly change, and the neighborhoods of Louisville, Kentucky are no different. As the community’s needs have changed, the YMCA of Greater Louisville has been evolving to meet ...
The Rye YMCA, located in Rye, New York, is similar to most local Ys — it offers multiple community health programs, and strives to make its members and community happy and healthy. And Tanya Stack, ...
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 effects of food insecurity and childhood hunger on its community, ...
The world’s first three YMCAs were founded in the heart of heavily populated cities: London in 1844, Boston in 1851 and Montreal in 1852. The world’s fourth Y, however, doesn’t reside in a booming metropolis. ...
LifeBridge Health and the Baltimore JCC have partnered together to promote wellness to the JCC community and beyond. The plan is simple: to provide health and wellness resources to the community, including screenings, education and ...