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Strong Kids Campaign Kick Off – February 18th

H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre, 4075 Gordon Drive Kelowna, 250.764.4040
9am-5pm is $2 swim from 9am-5pm

Kelowna Family YMCA-YWCA, 375 Hartman Road, Kelowna, 250.491.9622
9am-5pm Family fun, bake sale, fitness classes by donation. Check out the schedule online, 250.491.9622

Silver Lake Kids Camp, 15km up in the mountains of Peachland, 11am-3pm Forest adventure and snow games

In the meantime, check out our Try the Y Pass. Walk in and talk to Member Services about receiving one week free to try out all the benefits of becoming a member to the Kelowna Family Y.

Information Session on Saturday February 4 9:30-10:30am

Not a Y Volunteer? Check out the steps and benefits of joining our volunteer team.

Volunteer week, Jan 23-28, is a great time to learn about the rewarding volunteer opportunities offered through the Y and to include a new type of exercise to the New Year – exercise for the spirit!

At the YMCA-YWCA, volunteers offer their time and skills to our programs because they understand that the Y is so much more than a gym. It’s a community for better health and development for ALL; turning no one away because of financial hardship. Everyone can belong at the Y. Without volunteers offering their talents to programs and operations, the Y could not subsidize memberships or expand on programming that prove to change lives everyday. And without volunteers, we definitely could not grow to help those that need us tomorrow.

Learn more about volunteering at the Kelowna Family Y, the H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre or community programs by talking to Membership Services at your location of choice or by exploring the opportunities on our volunteer page. If you have a talent or volunteer role that you think is missing or would like to further discuss, we will help you to create the role that fits you and your goals.

Taking place in YMCAs across Canada, YMCA Peace Week is an opportunity to join people of all ages in activities focused on exploring peace from a local and global perspective.

YMCA Canada Peace Week Activity Guide: this Activity Guide is filled with educational activities designed to involve children, youth and adults in exploring peace from a local and global perspective. Choose an activity each day of Peace Week and discuss your experince on the YMCA-YWCA Facebook page with Kelly Howard, Marketing Director. “I am excited to build each day a different feeling or meaning of peace. A counscious effort to act and reflect on what peace really mean to me and the space around me,” said Kelly Howard.

For peace activities happening at your member branch visit the events calendar of Kelowna Family Y at www.KFY.ca or the H2O Centre at www.h2okelowna.com.

Join Facebook conversations on peace .

Friday, November 11th, a parade and commemoration is being held at Kelowna’s Kerry Park for the generations of soldiers who served and sacrificed in Canada’s military. Ceremonies begin at 10:25am.

YMCA has a rich history with the world’s military past. Through two Great Wars and beyond, service men and women have relied on YMCAs as a place of refuge & resource. From the YMCA’s advocacy for soldier welfare, emerged the symbolic “memorial poppy” first campaigned in 1918 by Moina Michael, a member of the Overseas Y.M.C.A. War Secretaries. Moina was moved by the stories of men returning from WW1 and vowed to always wear a red poppy as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in the war after reading In Flanders Fields, written by Canadian military doctor and poet John McCrae.

Remembrance Day Commemoration – Kelowna

This special event is in conjunction with
YMCA World Peace Week, Nov 19-26.

Imagine for a moment that our world was at peace. What would peace look like? How would your life change? The YMCA-YWCA of the Central Okanagan marks YMCA World Peace by dedicating a week in November to engaging people of all ages in exploring peace and integrating peace building activities into in their personal lives, their community and overseas.

As a values-based charity, a large part of YMCA World Peace Week focuses on teaching children and youth about the dimensions of peace such as caring, cooperation, inclusion, respect, community, equality and justice.

Peace starts at home. By incorporating these dimensions into our daily lives, people become aware of how they can change their own community and also others. Parents and educators are encouraged to download the Peace Week Activity Guide or visit www.ymca.ca for activities and games that demonstrate these dimensions in meaningful ways.

Sincerely,

CBC Battle of the Blades, 8pm, Sunday Live Performance Show & Monday Live Results Show

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Twitter:    @CBCBattle @toddsimpson27 @ymyw_okanagan

Facebook:   Battle of the Blades Todd & Marcy YMCA-YWCA of the Central Okanagan

Y Spin for Strong Kids was our greatest success to date and we could not have done it without the support of our sponsors and corporate Spin Teams, as well as the hundreds of families who came out in spirit on September 10th.  Thank you!

Donations are sitting at $32,000 and still trickling in. From this, hundreds of kids can receive memberships to the Kelowna Family Y or H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre, or subsidized child care after school, or a week at camp or access to new development programs all from the funds raised at Y Spin for Kids. See you next year!

Go to the Y’s FACEBOOK PAGE to check out or share pics of the event.