Your Y and Tennis and Pickleball Center will be CLOSED from 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27, through Friday, Aug. 29, for deep cleaning and facility upgrades. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we make these important improvements!
In addition, the Gymnasium will be CLOSED all day on Wednesday, Aug. 27, and the Gymnasium and Indoor Track will remain closed through Sunday, Sept. 7, to allow the newly refinished floors to fully cure.
YOUTH LEADERS LEARN ROLE OF TRAUMA Sixty-five Youth Development Staff from your Y’s afterschool, early learning and playcare programs recently attended a professional development training focused on trauma-informed care for youth, led by Elaine Walters from the Trauma Healing Project...
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS VITAL TO HEALTH It’s obvious that the Y’s fitness classes promote healthy habits and physical activity, which is shown to improve cardiovascular health and reduce the risk of chronic disease. What’s not obvious is what happens in those...
Y STAFF HELPS COMMUNITY, SHARES EXPERTISE Y staff work diligently within their Y roles to support families and youth and to connect with individuals. But the Y’s impact goes far beyond the walls of our current building or the programs...
TENNIS KEY TO LONG LIFE FOR DON WEAVER It’s no secret that daily exercise and community connections are linked to a long, healthy life. Longtime Y member Don Weaver understands that firsthand. Don has been coming weekly to the Y...
GROWING UP AT THE Y The Eugene Family YMCA touches the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids in Lane County—through youth sports, swim and tennis lessons, afterschool programs and summer camps. All of those children are impacted by the...
SUPPORTING AN AMBITIOUS FUTURE BERNICE KRAKANI is raising two sons, working full-time and attending graduate school at the University of Oregon full-time. It’s a heavy load, and one that is made more complicated by the fact that she came from...