Jerry Long Family YMCA
Family
Parents’ Morning Out
Our Parents’ Morning Out program is new and improved this year. A new space with monthly themes and curriculum will make this year better than ever! Your child will participate in creative craft activities, fitness time, story time, age appropriate swimming and sports themed activities.
Ages: 12 months to 5 years old
When: Parents’ Morning Out will begin on September 6th and is offered weekdays, Monday through Friday from 9am to 12pm. See belowfor important dates.
What to Bring: A change of clothes, snack and something to drink. Due to food allergies, no peanut products. Please label all belongings.
Fees
Monthly rate 5 days: $162 Members, $182 Potential Members
3 days: $120 Members, $145 Potential Members
2 days: $91 Members, $119 Potential Members
Daily rate: $25 Members, $40 Potential Members
Registration: Registration begins August 22nd
Contact: Julie Peache, Youth and Family Services Director, j.peache@ymcanwnc.org
Important Dates to Remember:
We follow the WSFC School calendar.
All dates below are days Parent’s Morning Out will be closed.
OCTOBER
October 28 & 31* End of quarter
NOVEMBER
November 11* Veterans Day
November 23* Thanksgiving
November 24 – 25 Holiday
DECEMBER
December 21 – 23 Winter Break
December 26 – 30 Winter Break
JANUARY
January 2 Holiday
January 16* MLK’s Birthday
January 23* End of quarter
FEBRUARY
February 20* Professional Day
MARCH
March 30 Spring break
APRIL
April 2-5 Spring break
April 6 Good Friday
MAY
May 25 Last day of program
Kids Night Out
Ages: 6 weeks to 11 years old
Registration: Any time
Time: 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Days: Saturdays, 1/28, 2/25, 3/24, 4/21 and 5/19
Cost:
Members: $15
Potential Members: $30
Family Literacy
The YMCA Literacy Initiative offers El Nido (“The Nest”), which is a family literacy program that takes place on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. at Hall-Woodward Elementary School. El Nido, which is based on the Mother Read curriculum, provides book-based activities for children while their parents participate in ESL classes. There is also Parent and Child Together time (PACT time) built into the curriculum, which provides an opportunity for parents and children to work together on book-based projects.
Contact Information
Julie Weber, ESL/Family Literacy Coordinator at (336) 727-9850
Adventure Guides
The YMCA has a long history of bringing parents and children together for life enriching experiences. This history has left a legacy of strengthened relationships and close bonds in many families and communities around the country. The YMCA of Northwest North Carolina has been a part of the Y-Indian Guide/Adventure Guides program for more than 30 years. Adventure Guides currently serves 20 tribes with over 400 participants in Forsyth, Stokes, Davie, Yadkin, and Wilkes Counties. Collectively, these tribes form the Adventure Guides Saura Nation.
The Adventure Guides Program aims to strengthen the bond between fathers and their children through activities that allow them to spend quality time together. Based on strong traditions of the Native American Culture including dignity, patience, endurance, spirituality, concern for the Earth and family values, these programs are tools that will help build memories that will last a lifetime.
What are some benefits to participating?
Through Adventure Guides, the YMCA provides the following benefits to father and child:
- Foster companionship and understanding and set a foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between father and child
- Build a sense of self-esteem and personal worth
- Expand awareness of body, mind, and spirit
- Provide a framework to meet a mutual need of spending enjoyable, constructive, and quality time together
- Enhance the quality of family time
- Emphasize the vital role parents play in the growth and development of their children
- Offer an important and unique opportunity to develop & enjoy volunteer leadership skills
- Opportunity to meet other families with children the same age
Learn more about Adventure Guides »
For further information, please contact Andrew Plyer, Adventure Guides Director, at (336) 721-2100 x 6267 or a.plyler@ymcanwnc.org.