Glacial Community Ymca Inc

Programs: Healthy living for youth and adults: great effort is continually made to offer a variety of programs for every age that promote a healthy spirit, body and mind. We continue to offer services and programs to engage health seekers throughout their health and wellness journey, as well as providing fitness programs for youth and teens in our communities. More than 8,000 children were involved at the ymca during hours outside of the school day. Sports programs for youth, families and adults promote teamwork, interaction, and the development of social, as well as physical skills. We offer our programs at affordable fees with financial assistance available for those who may need a scholarship. The y partners with local schools to help expand the students' knowledge of sports in an encouraging, fun and energetic atmosphere, while promoting mental, physical and social development. More than 2,500 children came to the y after school to participate in programs. We are fortunate to have many prominent healthcare organizations in our communities. The ymca at pabst farms has established strong partnerships with the hospitals, schools and assisted living and retirement facilities in our communities. Through these collaborations we are showing the ymca at pabst farms commitment to changing and improving, healthy and functional living in families and individuals in our communities. The following are our current partnerships. Aurora health care: parkinson exercise group - this is an exercise group for people with parkinson disease. The program meets two times per week and includes aquatic exercise, treadmill training and amplitude based exercises to improve or maintain balance, walking, and functional activities. It is led by a physical therapist from aurora and a ymca wellness center coach. The ymca's collaborative diabetes prevention program since its start in june 2013, with an average weight loss per participant of 4. 5%. This year-long program is a community-based lifestyle improvement program for adults that are at risk for diabetes. The purpose is to empower adults with lasting lifestyle changes that will improve their overall health and reduce their chance of developing type 2 diabetes. Aurora hospital collaborates with the y in providing meeting space for some of the classes we offer. Roger's memorial hospital-behavior health hospital we provide scholarship memberships to patients of rogers during their stay at the hospital to aid in their recovery process. The y helps facilitate individual treatment for patients to become independent in a fitness center setting. We provide yoga class 5 days week at the herrington facility for patients in the recovery program. Yoga and the mindful practices associated is known to be beneficial in their recovery process. Habit hero's new program collaboration with aurora, oasd and the ymca, with the objective to positively impact a child's total well-being by holding him/her accountable to proven daily healthy habits. The 60 minute class meets once per week after school, spending equal amounts of time on the weekly focus topic/log book and physical activity. The habits that are worked on through the 8 weeks are: getting less than 2 hours of screen time daily eating 5 servings of fruits and veggies daily accumulating 60 minutes of physical activity daily eating breakfast daily not drinking soda or sugary beverages - writing down how much water consumed practicing the weekly focus topic youth/teen the ymca at pabst farms works closely with local schools to help students grow in leadership development and engage the youth/teen in the community through volunteer service opportunities. The leadership volunteer program has reached 12 oconomowoc high school students within the first year and will be growing into the oasd intermediate schools in 2018. Through this program youth/teen will understand the importance and significance to giving back, both at the y and throughout the community. Youth sports the y partners with local schools to help expand the students' knowledge of sports in an encouraging, fun, and energetic atmosphere. This is an area where they will develop mentally, physically, and socially. After school, more than 2,000 children have been involved at the ymca through the various programs we offer. With affordable fees and financial assistance, there are sports programming offered to youth, families, and adults. Swim team the piranha swim team provides a safe environment where scholar athletes can grow, develop and be challenged. We aim to inspire personal and competitive excellence through the sport of swimming. We teach life skills as well as swimming skills by employing the ymca core values of respect, honesty, caring and responsibility. We offer opportunities for all who wish to be a part of the team from the fitness swimmer to those who have goals of nationals and beyond. Optum fitness advantage ymca at pabst farms has partnered with united health care to provide optum fitness advantage, a membership option that is based on reimbursement from insurance. Eligible seniors are provided a membership at no charge to themselves that opens up physical activity opportunities, such as group exercise classes as well as social activities that ensure our seniors are not isolated in their homes. This program has allowed over 410 seniors in our area to access the y for free, contributing to their health in spirit, mind, and body.

youth development: our ymca nurtures the potential of every child through both full and part-time care options designed for the families we serve. Youth build meaningful relationships, lifelong memories, find a sense of accomplishments, and gain experience to discover the best version of themselves. Families and children across our programs learn how to build and enhance lives in our communities as strong kids, healthy families and capable citizens. Our early learning programs focus on holistically nurturing the child's development by providing a safe and healthy place to learn foundational skills, develop healthy, trusting relationships and build self-reliance through our five core values: caring, faith, honesty, respect and responsibility. On-site we offer accredited and licensed child care for children ages 6 weeks-6 years of age, preschool programs, children's movement programs and drop-off care for over 3,200 children. Off-site we provide a safe and nourishing environment for school age children where they have the opportunity to explore nature, discover new talents, try new activities, gain independence and make lasting friendships and memories for a lifetime. Serving 1,650 children, youth between 4k and 8th grade utilize our 7 state-licensed before and after school locations, 2 summer day camps, 2 summer school clubs and schools out days programming. Our talented and intentionally trained staff are role models and professionals who serve with a caring heart. Staff complete value-focused activities with all youth while our inclusive care settings are centered on best practices for care and education for all. The ymca provides tuition assistance for child care services and programs. Over $75,000 was awarded to families applying for assistance with fees.

social responsibility: engaging our youth, teen and families is our full time job. We provide a friendly environment with structure and willing mentors, who lead and teach a variety of activities, helping to form relationships, encourage communication and promote an enriched healthy life. * our special programs department provides programming for individuals with cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities in the areas of recreation, physical activity and sports, socialization and community integration. This department continues to expand; we have over 200 individuals participating in programs under the direction of our special programs director and have added a special programs coordinator to continue to provide excellent service to our participants and their families. * our service without boundaries program is a community service based day program for adults with disabilities. The group is dedicated to doing service projects for community organizations and for the ymca. We have established great relationships and currently volunteer weekly at the oconomowoc food pantry, zachariah's acres, oconomowoc public library, lake country caring and the watertown family center. This program meets a great need within the community that families had been asking for, they were looking for a place to send their adults, with disabilities, during the day that would be safe, fun, and would give them something meaningful to do. This program provides all of that and more. * social programming offers respite opportunities for families while encouraging independence and community integration for individuals with varying abilities. * adaptive sports programs and adaptive fitness programs provide athletes with varying abilities an opportunity to develop their skills while focusing on teamwork and sportsmanship. Special olympics/adaptive sports teams include; softball, miracle league t-ball, flag football, swim team, bowling, basketball, track and field and bocce ball as well as a weekly fitness class. * active older adults are an important part of our mission here at the ymca at pabst farms. We offer both land-based and water-based exercise programs that enhance the lives of our seniors by increasing mobility and keeping them active. Not only do we offer programs for physical conditioning, but we also include a wide variety of social opportunities to keep the senior engaged spiritually and mentally. Our senior club is active with birthday celebrations, monthly fish fry's, shuffleboard, card games. We also partner with the oconomowoc area senior center to offer both local travel opportunities, as well as larger tours that take them to destinations around the u. S. In addition to these programs, you will find our seniors gathering in our cafe, our senior center, the indoor track, and other areas of our facility for coffee, a snack, or a walk, connecting with others in conversation and laughter. Our active older adults are at home here at the y. * the ymca at pabst farms is wholeheartedly committed to our christian mission. We do this through leadership development; onboarding, training, and engaging our staff to love, care, and serve our membership and community. We also uphold our mission through a variety of programs that support our christian mission. These programs include small group bible studies for both men and women, programs that engage the community in prayer and worship opportunities, and avenues for the member to exercise his or her gifts of service. The y is an organization that promotes volunteer service in the community, and programs like our community garden, our thanksgiving meal, adopt-a-highway, and international partnerships are just some of the programs that provide our members a way to serve through our christian mission. As a ymca, we seek to provide opportunities to grow not only in body and mind, but in spirit as well.