EUGENE FAMILY YMCA	Eugene Family YMCA 2055 Patterson Street Eugene, Oregon 97405 P 541 686 9622 W eugeneymca.org Fall 2011 Newsletter
What's Happening Farewell Darryl Diabetes Prevention Division 1, Here She Comes Winter Tennis Tournament Lights at the Grotto Thanksgiving Schedule Youth Basketball New Ys Update
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	ONE CLICK, HUGE SUPPORT The Y needs your help to spread the word today! Here's a great chance to support your Y and a healthier you! As long as you believe that living well and supporting health in our community are good things, we don't care if you are a Duck or a Beaver. We're just asking that you click here and choose your Eugene Family YMCA from the drop down list to be the recipient of PacificSource's generous "dollar per vote" donation. With your help, this could really add up to some great Y support! Thank you! http://www.healthylifechallenge.org/
	DIVISION 1, HERE SHE COMES! The Eugene Y’s own Ellie Grossman recently signed her Letter of Intent to play division 1 tennis at Southern Miss University. She is receiving a full ride scholarship to play tennis for the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss. In the last nine years there have only been 2 other Eugene players to receive a division one tennis scholarship. Ellie's personal coach and Y Tennis Pro, Mike Kingsley was one of them. We are all very proud of Ellie and her accomplishments in tennis. In December Ellie will be returning to the Y from the John Newcombe Tennis Academy. Please tell her congratulations and wish her good luck on her upcoming college tennis!
	LET'S PLAY! Our Winter season offers leagues for players 3 years old through 5th grade. The coaches, players and parents are all getting ready for a fun season of learning new skills, making new friends, building confidence and having fun. Are you ready? Registration is going on now. Check here for more information and registration. Itty-Bitty Basketball Ages 3, 4 & 5 year olds Parent and Child participate together. Registration Deadline Monday, November 21, 2011. Basketball Camp Grades Kindergarten and 1st Graders (Coed) All skill levels. Registration Deadline Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Individual Basketball Registration Grades 1st - 5th (Boys and Girls Divisions for each grade) Registration Deadline Monday, November 28, 2011. Please don’t let finances be a barrier to your participation with the Y. Talk to us about financial assistance. 4th graders through High School, your time is coming in the spring. Check our web site in March for registration information.
HEALTHY LIVING	YES YOU CAN Diabetes Prevention One out of every three Americans will be diabetic by 2050. Are you one of them? You don’t have to be. You can take control now. “I've made many changes in my eating habits since starting the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. I snack less often. My portions are smaller. I'm eating more vegetables. It is good to know that I don't have to be perfect, and I can still reduce my risk. Being in a program that works makes the cravings manageable.” -YDPP PROGRAM PARTICIPANT, EUGENE, OR Next Class Begins Nov 29th – Tuesdays 6-7pm The YMCA is committed to helping prevent chronic disease by giving individuals of all ages tools for healthy living. Contact Kari Porter to learn more about this year-long, evidence-based program. Kari Porter, YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinator
	A GREAT START Morning Workout Class Our 6 week trial of “Y Morning Workout” was a success. You showed us that you enjoyed the class and so we are adding it to the rest of the Fall Schedule. If you haven’t been yet, this is a total body workout that combines cardio, strength and stretching. Working major muscle groups, core training and active stretching sure beats that extra cup of coffee to get your day started. Jump start your mornings with us: Wednesdays, 6:15am-7:15am- with Courtney L. in the Movement Center
	THE JINGLE MINGLE Save the dates for our holiday doubles tournament! The Jingle Mingle: December 15th and 16th Join in! More info and registration forms will be out soon. So mark your calendar, find a partner and get ready for some winter tennis fun! Note: The Y will host a tournament for singles, mid-February.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY	MAGIC IS IN THE AIR Festival of Lights at the Grotto Come and be surrounded by the lights, sights and sounds of the holiday season at the breathtaking Grotto in Portland. Decorated with over a half a million lights, this is a holiday tradition for thousands each year. Choral performances, carolers, sanctuary tours, theatrical performances, and seasonal foods and beverages await you. We’ll have an early dinner at Sweet Tomato. Food is an added cost. Our evening out involves walking so please dress for comfort and weather. This trip is co-sponsored with Willamalane. When Nov 30th (Wed) 2pm-10pm Where Meet at Willamalane @ 1:30pm 215 W “C” Street, Springfield, OR Cost $39.00 Register at Membership Desk at YMCA
	WHAT'S UP WITH THE NEW YS? Two New Ys—Still in the Works Although the movement is slow and the setbacks have been many, we still have reason to be optimistic about developing Y facilities on the Civic site. Conversations continue with 4J and with new leadership in the district, we are witnessing renewed attention to this opportunity for our community to do something great on that site. We still plan to conduct our feasibility study soon after the start of the new year; to do so, we need to know where we will be building, so we are pushing for a speedy resolution to the current conversations. Stay tuned… and keep the faith: there will be a new Y here in South Eugene! And in Bethel. Accommodating a Y in the parkland adjacent to MeadowView School requires a change to the City’s Master Plan, which is a process that the City is well into, but has a ways to go. They are halfway through the public meeting and input phase, having hosted two public meetings and distributed and reviewed two surveys. Two more meetings and surveys are scheduled for the first quarter of 2012 and then, assuming green lights, the application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) begins and is ideally approved and resolved by the end of 2012. We are working with an exceptional and dedicated City staff team, who are diligent and thoughtful about the feedback they are receiving from Bethel neighbors. They are neutral partners—neither in favor nor opposed to the Y project itself, yet their ability to collect, analyze, and respond to data is certainly a tremendous benefit to our ability to best serve the Bethel area.
	THANK YOU AND FAREWELL It is with a bit of sadness for our Y that I announce Darryl Wisner has taken the Head Pro position at Eugene Swim and Tennis Center. We'll miss Darryl, but we are also very excited for him! Darryl has been a great mentor, leader, friend to me—and all of us at the Y. When you see him again, be sure to give him a hug and a thank you. Wish him well on his new adventure! We will be working on the staffing schedule at the Tennis Center—I’ll keep you updated as to what is going on. Take care Darryl! Have fun! Susan Niles Eugene Family YMCA Tennis Center Director
	THANKSGIVING SCHEDULE So much to be thankful for! Enjoy your day with those close to you. We'll be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Check here for the rest of the schedule changes and updates. If you haven't had a chance to fill out an "I'm thankful for" card, please do next time you are at the Y. They are at the front entrance and in the Tennis Center!

EUGENE FAMILY YMCA

Eugene Family YMCA
2055 Patterson Street Eugene, Oregon 97405
P 541 686 9622 W eugeneymca.org

Fall 2011 Newsletter

What's Happening

YOUTH

DEVELOPMENT

ONE CLICK, HUGE SUPPORT

The Y needs your help to spread the word today!
Here's a great chance to support your Y and a healthier you! As long as you believe that living well and supporting health in our community are good things, we don't care if you are a Duck or a Beaver. We're just asking that you click here and choose your Eugene Family YMCA from the drop down list to be the recipient of PacificSource's generous "dollar per vote" donation. With your help, this could really add up to some great Y support! Thank you!

http://www.healthylifechallenge.org/

DIVISION 1, HERE SHE COMES!

The Eugene Y’s own Ellie Grossman recently signed her Letter of Intent to play division 1 tennis at Southern Miss University. She is receiving a full ride scholarship to play tennis for the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss.

In the last nine years there have only been 2 other Eugene players to receive a division one tennis scholarship. Ellie's personal coach and Y Tennis Pro, Mike Kingsley was one of them.

We are all very proud of Ellie and her accomplishments in tennis. In December Ellie will be returning to the Y from the John Newcombe Tennis Academy. Please tell her congratulations and wish her good luck on her upcoming college tennis!

LET'S PLAY!

Our Winter season offers leagues for players 3 years old through 5th grade. The coaches, players and parents are all getting ready for a fun season of learning new skills, making new friends, building confidence and having fun. Are you ready? Registration is going on now. Check here for more information and registration.

Itty-Bitty Basketball
Ages 3, 4 & 5 year olds Parent and Child participate together.
Registration Deadline Monday, November 21, 2011.

Basketball Camp
Grades Kindergarten and 1st Graders (Coed) All skill levels.
Registration Deadline Tuesday, January 3, 2012.

Individual Basketball Registration
Grades 1st - 5th (Boys and Girls Divisions for each grade)
Registration Deadline Monday, November 28, 2011.

Please don’t let finances be a barrier to your participation with the Y. Talk to us about financial assistance.

4th graders through High School, your time is coming in the spring. Check our web site in March for registration information.

HEALTHY

LIVING

YES YOU CAN

Diabetes Prevention
One out of every three Americans will be diabetic by 2050.
Are you one of them? You don’t have to be. You can take control now.
“I've made many changes in my eating habits since starting the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. I snack less often. My portions are smaller. I'm eating more vegetables. It is good to know that I don't have to be perfect, and I can still reduce my risk. Being in a program that works makes the cravings manageable.”
-YDPP PROGRAM PARTICIPANT, EUGENE, OR

Next Class Begins
Nov 29th – Tuesdays 6-7pm
The YMCA is committed to helping prevent chronic disease by giving individuals of all ages tools for healthy living. Contact Kari Porter to learn more about this year-long, evidence-based program.
Kari Porter, YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinator

A GREAT START

Morning Workout Class
Our 6 week trial of “Y Morning Workout” was a success. You showed us that you enjoyed the class and so we are adding it to the rest of the Fall Schedule.

If you haven’t been yet, this is a total body workout that combines cardio, strength and stretching. Working major muscle groups, core training and active stretching sure beats that extra cup of coffee to get your day started.

Jump start your mornings with us:
Wednesdays, 6:15am-7:15am- with Courtney L. in the Movement Center

THE JINGLE MINGLE

Save the dates for our holiday doubles tournament!

The Jingle Mingle: December 15th and 16th

Join in!
More info and registration forms will be out soon. So mark your calendar, find a partner and
get ready for some winter tennis fun!

Note: The Y will host a tournament for singles, mid-February.

SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY

MAGIC IS IN THE AIR

Festival of Lights at the Grotto
Come and be surrounded by the lights, sights and sounds of the holiday season at the breathtaking Grotto in Portland. Decorated with over a half a million lights, this is a holiday tradition for thousands each year. Choral performances, carolers, sanctuary tours, theatrical performances, and seasonal foods and beverages await you.

We’ll have an early dinner at Sweet Tomato. Food is an added cost. Our evening out involves walking so please dress for comfort and weather. This trip is co-sponsored with Willamalane.

When Nov 30th (Wed) 2pm-10pm

Where Meet at Willamalane @ 1:30pm
215 W “C” Street, Springfield, OR

Cost $39.00 Register at Membership Desk at YMCA

WHAT'S UP WITH THE NEW YS?

Two New Ys—Still in the Works
Although the movement is slow and the setbacks have been many, we still have reason to be optimistic about developing Y facilities on the Civic site. Conversations continue with 4J and with new leadership in the district, we are witnessing renewed attention to this opportunity for our community to do something great on that site. We still plan to conduct our feasibility study soon after the start of the new year; to do so, we need to know where we will be building, so we are pushing for a speedy resolution to the current conversations. Stay tuned… and keep the faith: there will be a new Y here in South Eugene!

And in Bethel. Accommodating a Y in the parkland adjacent to MeadowView School requires a change to the City’s Master Plan, which is a process that the City is well into, but has a ways to go. They are halfway through the public meeting and input phase, having hosted two public meetings and distributed and reviewed two surveys. Two more meetings and surveys are scheduled for the first quarter of 2012 and then, assuming green lights, the application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) begins and is ideally approved and resolved by the end of 2012. We are working with an exceptional and dedicated City staff team, who are diligent and thoughtful about the feedback they are receiving from Bethel neighbors. They are neutral partners—neither in favor nor opposed to the Y project itself, yet their ability to collect, analyze, and respond to data is certainly a tremendous benefit to our ability to best serve the Bethel area.

THANK YOU AND FAREWELL

It is with a bit of sadness for our Y that I announce Darryl Wisner has taken the Head Pro position at Eugene Swim and Tennis Center. We'll miss Darryl, but we are also very excited for him! Darryl has been a great mentor, leader, friend to me—and all of us at the Y. When you see him again, be sure to give him a hug and a thank you. Wish him well on his new adventure!

We will be working on the staffing schedule at the Tennis Center—I’ll keep you updated as to what is going on.

Take care Darryl! Have fun!

Susan Niles
Eugene Family YMCA Tennis Center Director

THANKSGIVING SCHEDULE

So much to be thankful for!
Enjoy your day with those close to you.

We'll be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
Check here for the rest of the schedule changes and updates.

If you haven't had a chance to fill out an "I'm thankful for" card, please do next time you are at the Y. They are at the front entrance and in the Tennis Center!