Cansler Family YMCA
Newsletter . November
"Building a healthier community, one person at a time! ______________________________________________
Newsletter . November
"Building a healthier community, one person at a time! ______________________________________________
News & Events
YMCA Trivia
In how many countries does the YMCA operate?
120...wow!
************
RUMMAGE sale time!
We are proud to announce that our rummage sale netted $250.oo! All proceeds will go to our "Change a Life" scholarship fund.
************
Trunk & Treat
Celebrate Halloween with the Y! Our Trunk & Treat will be held on October 30th from 5 to 8pm.
Bring your car, a trunk load of candy and participate! There will be a costume contest judged by our Staff. Lots of fun & goodies for all of the community kids.
************
COMING IN NOVEMBERCHRISTMAS SHOPPING CHILD CARE OPPORTUNITY!
The last 4 Sundays in November we will offer child care for any one potty trained to age 12.1:00 to 4:00 pm
$5.00 per child for members
$10.00 per child for Non-members
Reserve you spot & get some relief and a chance to Christmas shop without the kids. We will have fun crafts, sports and movies for them to enjoy!
************
World Celebration
Mark your calendar
Saturday November 8th
11am to 3 pm
The YMCA will be celebrating the World with a trip for you to 20 countries! It's a just a short walk around the parking lot instead of hours of travel time. You will pick up a passport and be on your way to a grand adventure! You will experience sports & games from each country, learn the local culture & dress and see stage performances from several different places.
***********
Tuesday November 25th we will host a Thanksgiving Pot Luck feast for our members. The YMCA will provide the meat and our guests bring their favorite coverd dish to share. Join us from 11 - 1pm in the community room to give thanks for all of our blessings!
************
Happy Turkey Day
The YMCA will be CLOSED Thanksgiving Day
NO PM Classes Wednesday Nov.26
No Classes or Child Watch
Friday Nov. 28th or Sat. 29th
************
FREE SAT/ACT Testing
December 6th the Cansler YMCA will host a SAT/ACT test. Please contact Stephen Jeter if you are interested in taking this test. We currently have about 40 teens involved. A great opportunity to see where your strengths and weeknesses are.
************
Party at the Y!
The YMCA is a great place to have your next birthday party, baby or wedding shower or family gathering! With a variety of options and packages to choose from including private parties, and room/pool packages, we've certainly got something for YOU! Call for our facility rental rates and come party at the Y!
************
Fitness
NEW Water Resistance training!
Want to be faster?? Need more fluid motion?? Why not try personal training in the water?? Aquatic training improves all of your physical skills for any sport, get the advantage over your competition- get into your best shape ever.
************
Line Dancing Class
Join us Friday evenings at 6:00pm to learn and enjoy the latest line dances. Come shuffle, slide and cha cha your way through a fun exercise class. You'll be ready for your next class re-union, wedding or family get-to-gether
************
It's time for SWIM LESSONS!
Swim lessons begin November 3rd!!
Keep the kids learned skills of summer swimming in tack with fall swim lessons. It's not too late to sign-up for your next session!
************
Synchronized Swimming
Join our Synchro team !
If you enjoy doing somersaults, flips and handstands in the water and would like a fun sport to get involved in during the winter months, Synchronized swimming may be the sport for you! Synchro improves your fundamental strokes and builds endurance and breath control. Synchro is often referred to as a combination of gymnastics, dance and swimming and....it's FUN!
************
NEW Water Resistance training!
Want to be faster?? Need more fluid motion?? Why not try personal training in the water?? Aquatic training improves all of you physical skills for any sport, get the advantage over your competition- get into your best shape ever.
************
Adult Swim lessons!
It's never too late to learn to swim or conquor your fear of the water. These 45 minutes lessons are for those over 15 who are intersted in learnig to swim or gaining comfort in their current abilities.
8 classes- $45.00 for members
8 classes - $65.00 for non-members
***********
Kids Korner
Fun with Fitness!
Our Child Watch kids will get a chance to enjoy some real exercise on a daily basis. Our staff team will be teaching basic fitness fun several times a day so the kids can learn to enjoy exercise and that it is fun, at an early age.
************
“I’ll Be Showing Off for the Next 10yrs Years”
How many times are we afforded the opportunity to sit with GREATNESS? Not the social standard of greatness but a genuine moment to sit at the feet of our elders. I knew that this would be one of those times. On September 24th of this year Mr. Robert Sphar turned 90 years old. To celebrate his birthday he spent it at the YMCA swimming a mile. This has been the tradition for the past three years.
Now you understand how I anticipated having a chance to glimpse in his eyes and see greatness up close and personal. Fourteen years ago Mr. Bob and his wife joined the North Side Family YMCA as a birthday gift to himself. This decision was made as a referral from Bob Temple, who Mr. Sphar has been friends with for many years. He comes from the time where you took a man at his word. I say this because Mr. Sphar joined the North Side Y without looking at the pool, which was the only thing he had planned on using, 76 years ago.
Robert retired from South Central Bell as a Transmission Supervisor. He did this after his tour in the Armed Forces where he served in Africa and Italy during WWII. Mr. Bob is married with four children, four grand children and two great-grand children.
Mr. Bob loves the come to the Y six times a week to swim half a mile. He admits that some mornings he doesn’t feel like it, but comes any way. He openly confessed that it wouldn’t be right for him not to come and “Look for something new to make them (members and staff) laugh”. Mr. Sphar feels that it is a “whole lot better to laugh than to cry”. So he lives. I could see this as he had to keep moving during our interview. There was not a second that he didn’t pat his feet, twirl his thumbs or wave to other members. I could feel the beat of this great man’s drum for he marches openly for others to see.
Bob told me a story of one of his most memorable moments at the Y. It was the friendship that he fostered with the late Charles Sharrid, another Y-member. He explained to me the day that the two men met. Mr. Sphar had walked into the locker room and Charles was just sitting on the bench trying to get his socks on. Bob had seen Charles before and knew that he was battling some debilitating health issues. Showing the true heart of a friend; Bob sat down at the feet of Charles and helped him put on his socks and shoes. That was the beginning of a friendship that lasted until the Good Lord took Charles home.
If this isn’t GREATNESS what is? We are blessed to have members like Bob Sphar. They are the ones that help us to carry out our MISSION. He is Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility, which makes him the core of who we are!
Written by: Tiara N. Wilson, Mission Impact Director
