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Abington

The Abington YMCA offers various types of programs for our Community members, check out what we have to offer. If you should have any further questions, please contact the Branch.

American Red Cross Certification Classes

CPR AED for the Professional Rescuer

Provides the knowlede and skills necessary to rocognize and provide basic care for breathing and cardiac emergencies for infants, children, and adualts until advanced medial personnel arrive and take over. No prerequisites. Our Fees include certification and all materials. Class Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm. Class Fee: Full Members, $75.00 - Non Members $90.00. For more information on this course, please contact the aquatics office at 215-884-9622 Ext. 1824 or email Lross@philaymca.org

Community First Aid and Safety

This class provides individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic first aid carefor injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medial personnel arrive and take over. No prerequisites needed. Our fees include all materials and certification. Class Fee: Full Members, $75.00 - Non Members $90.00. For more information on upcoming classes, please contact our aquatics office at 215-884-9622 ext. 1824 or email Lross@philaymca.org

American Red Cross Life Guarding

This nationally recognized program teaches participants the skill and knowledge needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. Pre-requisites: must be atleast 15 years old, and able to complete a standard swim test on the first day, including a 300 yard swim using the front crawl, breast and backstroke and dive to the bottom of the pool (12 feet) and retrieve a weighted brick before continuing the course. Our class fees include: American Red Cross Lifeguarding certification, First Aid, and professional CPR, American Red Cross Life guarding textbook and CPR mask. We must have atleast 6 participants to run the course. No refunds will be returned after the first day of class. Participants must come to ALL scheduled days in order to get the certification. Class Fee: Full Members, $225.00 - Non Members $275.00. Class times and further details can be obtained by contact our aquatics department at 215-884-9622 Ext. 1824 or email Lross@philaymca.org

Healthy Kidzone

Holy Redeemer and the Abington YMCA have joined together to provide this program for children and their parents. This six-week session, held at the Abington Y, offers nutrition education for both parents and kids, as well as supervised exercise sessions for the kids. Achieving a healthy lifestyle can be challenging for all of us.

Nutrition education appropriate for the whole family
Activity recommendations as well as supervised group activity sessions
Group discussions on the challenges of maintaining healthy lifestyles
Suggestions and encouragement for reducing unhealthy habits and developing new healthy approaches to eating and daily activity

Class Fee: Full Members, $125.00 - Non-Members, $160.00

For more information call 1-800-818-4747. YMCA Scholarships are available to those who qualify. For scholarship information, please contact Missy DiMassa at 215-884-9622 Ext. 1850 or email Mdimassa@philaymca.org

Kids' Night Out Ages 6-12

This special program is designed for school age children to spend time together without their parents and have LOTS of fun! Children will have the opportunity to enjoy music, snacks, sports, crafts and other fun things a closely supervised environment. We ask that participants please pre-register for this event. Class Fees: Full Members: $5.00 per person - Non Members, $10.00 per person. Date of Event: Friday March 19th 6:30 - 9:30pm. For more information on this event, please contact Sean Zearfaus at 215-884-9622 ext. 1859 or email Szearfaus@philaymca.org

Home School Recreation Age 6-12

The Abington YMCA is now offering a program for children between the ages of 6-12 that are home-schooled that need a place to earn your physical education, arts & humanities, science & nature study and enjoy some team-building excercises' and games. Each child will recieve a certificate at the end of the program. Class Fees: Full Members $60.00 - Non-Members $90.00. For more information, please contact Sean Zearfaus at 215-884-9622 ext. 1859 or email Szearfaus@philaymca.org

Special Olympics

Swimming and power lifting are offered through Montgomery County Special Olympics at the Abington YMCA. For more information, please call 610-828-3688. Power Lifting is on Tuesday from 7-9pm. Swimming is on Wednesdays from 8:30-9:30pm.

YMCA Birthday Party Packages

What do you have planned for your childs party??? Well, the Abington YMCA is the spot to have your next party! We offer various types of parties that your child will love! Our parties now include all eating utensils, plates and so much more. Check out what we offer below..

HIP HOP PARTY

Your child and friends will enjoy 1 hour Hip Hop teacher enjoying learning some of the hottest moves in our dance studio and then off to the party room to enjoy your refreshments and gift time. This party includes, Trained Staff, Music and Tables & Chairs.

GYMNASTICS PARTY

SPORTS PARTY

Does your child LOVE Sports????? Well, the Abington YMCA now offers sports parties for children of all ages. We offer Soccer, Basketball, Hockey or Volleyball Parties! Your child will enjoy 1 hour of the sport of their choice and then enjoy some sports music to keep them pumped! Following the sports, you will be headed to the party room to enjoy those special refreshments!

COMBO PACKAGE

Does your like to do obstacle courses, crafts, and other things????? Well, the Abington YMCA now offers this combo package which will give your party 60 minutes of pure fun! Children can take part in one activtity for 30 minutes and then enjoy the other 30 minutes doing something else, led by our trained staff.

PARTY INFORMATION & PRICING

All of the above parties are offered for boys & girls of all ages. When booking the party, be sure to mention your childs age so your child receives the age appropriate music and instruction. Here is what we include in our pricing.. When you arrive at the front desk, our staff will assist you with carrying your things into the building along with providing all paper products along with utensils. Your two staff members will greet your party members when they arrive and direct them to your party areas. You also have the option to upgrade your party package with our Moon Bounce as well.

Cost: F/P Members - $225.00 Program Members - $250.00 Non Memers - $260.00

Party Package Add-ons

Face Painting (25 children) $30.00 ~ Moon Bounce (whole party) $50.00

For More Information regarding the above parties, please contact Ramon Ryan, Senior Program Director at: 215-884-9622 Ext. 1822 or email: Rryan@philaymca.org

Pool Parties

The Abington YMCA offers an excellent package for you and your friends and family! Come to the Y and enjoy 45 minutes of recreational swimming and then off to the room you go to eat, open gifts and PARTY! For more information, please contact the Abington aquatics department at 215-884-9622 Ext. 1824

YMCA Achievers Program

What is Y Achievers?

Y Achievers is a program that was built on the notion that community and corporate involvement are critical to building networks and opportunities for youth, especially those from underserved communities. To that end, the program centers on the relationships established between volunteer mentors and youth through specialized career development networks and workshops.

History of Y Achievers

YMCA Achievers Program was launched in 1971 at the Harlem YMCA by Dr. Leo B. Marsh, a financial consultant with the YMCA of Greater New York. The purpose of the program was to motivate African American youth to set education and career goals. The Harlem YMCA sought to achieve these objectives by creating a forum to foster ongoing interaction between African-American youth and adults who had distinguished themselves in their professions.

In 1991, the YM CA of Philadelphia & Vicinity implemented the Achievers program in its inner city branches. In 1994, the program was expanded to several suburban Philadelphia branches, enhancing mentoring opportunities and serving over 150 minority youth in Philadelphia, Delaware and Montgomery counties.

Why We Need Y Achievers

Education statistics show that high school drop out rates are higher among African-American and Hispanic students compared to their Caucasian counterparts. Research also shows that teens are more motivated to success academically when encouraged and guided by adults who look like them. The Y Achievers program addresses these issues by pairing students with successful role models of color and providing academic and career-related mentoring and support services.

How Y Achievers Works

Teens, by nature are struggling to define their identities. The Y Achievers program taps into this natural curiosity to connect youth with adult role models with similar cultural and racial backgrounds in an effort to help guide the Teen Achievers toward bright and secure future.

The core component of the program is relationship building between the volunteer Adult Achievers and the Teen Achievers during career cluster workshops. Clusters workshops are dedicated to specific areas of professional interest. Teen Achievers work with Adult Mentors, who are experts in their fields, to complete projects that are designed to provide students an opportunity to explore their career interest through real-life applications of skills.

Y Achievers current career clusters include:

Arts & Entertainment
Business
Communications
Computer & Technology
Education
Entrepreneurship
Health & Medicine
Human Services
Law & Government
Science & Engineering

Teen Achievers

The Y Achievers program is open to youth in middle and/or high school from all social, economic and academic levels. The program is offered at free of charge and Teen Achievers are eligible for a discounted YMCA membership. Teen Achievers must submit an application, along with a copy of their most recent report card. The only requirement for youth participation in the Y Achievers program is a desire to succeed in school and pursue an advanced academic education.

Adult Achievers

Volunteer Adult Achievers are crucial to the on-going success of the Y Achievers program. Adult Achievers are often nominated for the Y Achievers program by their employers and/or colleagues. Responsibilties of an Adult Achievers include facilitating workshops and career clusters, mentoring, providing career advice and hosting a worksite tour. Adult Achiever volunteers demonstrate high standards in both their personal and professional lives, and possess the desire to inspire young adults.

Y Achievers cluster workshops are held the first and third Saturday of every month, from October through June. Cluster workshops are conducted from 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM at Drexel University.

For more information about getting involved with Y Achievers, contact Kelly Sheard, Advanced Program Director, at 215-884-9622 ext. 1865 or email Ksheard@philaymca.org

THE YMCA OF PHILADELPHIA & VICINITY OFFERS FREE MEMBERSHIPS TO ARMED SERVICES FAMILY MEMBERS

The YMCA of Philadelphia & Vicinity is proud to support our area men and women who are actively serving in the United States military. To show these service men and women how much their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their family members mean to us, we’d like to remind everyone that immediate family members of active duty military service members are eligible for free memberships at all ten branches of the YMCA of Philadelphia & Vicinity. The membership is valid for six months with proof of active military status.

The military membership is fully funded by the Strong Kids annual support campaign. The Strong Kids Campaign enables the YMCA of Philadelphia & Vicinity to fully realize its mission “to translate the principles of the YMCA’s Christian heritage into programs that nurture children, strengthen families, build strong communities, and develop healthy spirits, minds and bodies for all.” Affordability is essential to making the YMCA financially accessible. The Strong Kids Campaign generates funds to subsidize costs for people who otherwise could not afford to pay full price for YMCA programs and services, such as quality childcare and day camp.