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SPRING
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Programs | Youth
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Volleyball
We are always in
need of coaches for our youth programs.
Participants receive a free t-shirt with their team's color.
Your support makes these sports a smash hit!
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| Track | Summer
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Birthday Parties
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Check out allplayers.com!
You'll find all the information you need for the youth sports programs that will be coming
to the Grand River Area YMCA in the future, along with program
registration dates, coach's information, and picture dates. And,
it's FREE! Click on the link and create an account to keep
posted on what's happening.
The YMCA provides an indoor Play Park
area for children ages 3-10. Staffed hours are Monday thru Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.
During those hours, parents may leave
their children in the Play Park while they exercise. During other hours, adult Y members
over 18 may check out the key to the play park, but must stay to supervise their children.
Ask for the key at the front desk! The
Exergaming room is open and staffed weekdays from 5:00 to
8:00 p.m. Games include sportwall, Wii, trazer, bike racing, poly
pong and dance, and dance revolution. The room is for children
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Birthday Parties! |

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Pool, Play-Park and Open Gym Birthday Parties are 2 hours in
length and include cake, drinks, balloons, decorations, party favors plus the use of the party room, pool, or play park.
Parents are responsible for supervision, schedule, and activities
other than the pool, play-park or gym.
- Cost: 12 children plus 2 adults = $55.00 Members
/ $85.00 Non-Members
- Additional children are $3.00 each.
A $25.00 non-refundable deposit is
required which will be applied toward your bill.
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For pool parties, there must be one adult in the pool water
for every two children under the age of 8. Bring your own pool flotation devices.
Themes
include... Primary Colors, Bug's Life, Elmo, Under the Sea,
Pokemon, and others
(additional fee of $6.00).
For more information,
call 646-6677 or e-mail
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Gymnastics Birthday Parties!
Like the Pool/Play Park Birthday Parties, it is 2 hours in length and includes cake, drinks, balloons, decorations, party favors plus the use of the Gymnastics Center. Gymnastics parties include gymnastics staff members who will supervise kids in the Gymnastics Center.
- Cost: 12 children plus 2 adults
= $85.00 Members / $115.00 Non-Members
- Additional children are $3.00 each
A $25.00 non-refundable deposit is required, which will be applied toward your bill. Call us for more information at 660 646 6677 or email
Matt.
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Create a Program
We can create a program to fit the needs of your pre-school, daycare, or youth
group. Right now, we are developing swimming and gymnastics programs for several local
daycare facilities and pre-school classes. If your child is not being offered this class,
have your teacher or daycare provider contact us to set up a program that is affordable,
safe, and fun for your class. Reduced rates are offered to large groups of children. We
design the class to meet the time constraints and safety needs of the age group. Our
instructors are trained and certified, and lifeguards are always on duty when children are
in the pool.
We are also a popular place to hold church group lock-ins
and retreats. Our facility is available for rent for these purposes, and our staff is here
to make planning these events easy and fun. Please contact us if we can help you plan one
of these programs for your special group.
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SPRING VOLLEYBALL
7th & 8th grade volleyball players -
bring your team and coach to the YMCA for a 5-week season followed by a
single elimination tournament. Games played on Monday nights at the Grand
River YMCA in Chillicothe. Call the Y for more information. All forms
available at the schools in your area as well as at the Y. Financial
assistance available for those who qualify.
- $25 per member / $45 all others
- Jersey provided with fee
- Game Times: 6:00-9:00pm
- Dates: March
25-April 29
- Registration Deadline: March 10, 2013
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T-BALL, SOFTBALL,
BASEBALL
T-Ball Clinic
To learn the fundamentals of fielding, batting and throwing. Takes place in North
Gym.
Who: Kids Ages 4-6 (Kindergarten)
When: 4 Year Olds-Tuesdays 5-5:45p.m.
5-6 Year Olds-Tuesdays 5:50-6:35p.m.
Class Begins: March 19th-April 9th
Cost: $12.00 members/$25.00 non-members
T-Ball
Who: Kids ages 4-6 ---->
Must be 4 yrs. old as of June 1st. (If there are enough 4-year-olds, they will be kept in
a separate league from the 5-6 year olds but still play on the same night.)
When: Monday evenings (Tuesdays also if needed)
Where: Danner Park (Soccer Field)
Begins: June 3rd and runs 6 weeks
Early Registration (March 1st - April 24th):
$25.00/members and $45.00/non-members
Regular Registration (April 25th - May 1st):
$30.00/members and $50.00/non-members
Coach Pitch
Who: Boys and Girls ages 7-9 ---->
Must be 7 yrs. old as of June 1st.
When: Tuesday and Thursday evenings
Where: Danner Park (Red Field)
Begins: June 4th and runs 6 weeks
Early Registration (March 1st - April 24th):
$25.00/members and $45.00/non-members
Regular Registration (April 25th - May 1st):
$30.00/members and $50.00/non-members
Baseball Clinic
Participants will work on proper throwing, batting and fielding fundamentals. If the weather is adequate, we will go outside to practice.
Who: Boys in grades 1st-4th - 5pm-6pm
When: Thursday’s in the North Gym
Clinic Begins: March 21st - April 11th
Cost $15.00/members; $25.00/non-members
Softball Clinic
Participants will work on proper throwing, batting and fielding fundamentals. If the weather is adequate, we will go outside to practice.
Who: Girls in grades 1st-4th - 4pm-5pm
When: Thursday’s in the North Gym
Clinic Begins: March 21st - April 11th
Cost $15.00/members; $25.00/non-members
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SUMMER
TENNIS
Time will be given to instruction, practice, and games each day. Classes will be
offered during both of our 4 week summer sessions.
Deadline to sign up: First Session June
3rd ~ Second Session July 8th
Who: Boys and Girls ages 6 and up
Where: Simpson Park
When: Times vary for different classes; contact the YMCA for more details.
Cost: $25.00/members and $45.00/non-members ~ Fee pays for one session only!
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SUMMER
TRACK
This program involves both training and competition. The season will conclude with
the Show-Me State Games in Columbia (not included in fee). Boys and Girls ages
7-16yrs., Tuesday and Thursday mornings (6:30-7:30am)
Class begins the first week in June and ends the last week in July. Rain-outs are not made-up. Information regarding rain-outs is available by contacting the YMCA in the morning.
Cost: $25/members and $45/non-members
Instructor: Kaycee Kaufman
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5TH-6TH
SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
For Boys and girls that will be entering the 5th or 6th grade in the fall of 2013.
Tuesday nights beginning May 28th and ending June 25th.
Games are played at the Grand River Area Family YMCA.
Cost: $33.00 per player
Included: T-shirt / guaranteed 6 games over the 5-week period.
Team rosters due by Friday, May 3rd.
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YOUTH
STRENGTH & CARDIO
Build your strength and endurance with
a fun and motivating workout for boys and girls grades 5-8. Class
limited to 10 and is held upstairs Monday and Wednesday, 3:45-4:15
p.m. Certified Instructor: Vicky Burns; Fee is $15 for members and $25
for all others.
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YMCA Flag Football
September 7, 2011 CT

C-T Photo / Catherine Stortz Ripley, September 7, 2011
The YMCA-sponsored flag football season kicked off at Danner Park Tuesday evening,
September 6, with 104 youths in kindergarten through fifth grade participating. The kindergarten/first grade, and second/third grade teams played Tuesday evening, and the fourth-
and fifth-grade teams will have their first games this Saturday. The YMCA program lasts six weeks.
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YMCA Basketball Starts
Published: Tuesday,
January 13, 2009, C-T
CAPTION: All basketball courts at Grand River Area Family YMCA were filled Saturday as the 2009 basketball season began. The Iddy Biddy basketball teams up through third- and fourth-grades opened the season Saturday and the Y Winners teams through seventh- and eighth-grades will start this coming Saturday. In all, there are 550 players and 63 teams. The season lasts for six weeks with begin at 8 a.m. and ending at 8 p.m.
C-T Photo / Catherine Stortz Ripley

C-T Photo / Catherine Stortz Ripley
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On Saturday, October 25, we hosted the Punt Pass Kick Sectional event at our YMCA. We had 33 participants ranging in age from 8-15. The regional area director attended and took the photo here of our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.
Pictured Left to Right: Shelby Sires of Moberly First Place in the 8-9 year old division; Kennedy Ellis of Cosby First Place in the 10-11 year old division; Allie Lemmons of
Marshall First place in the 12-13 year old division; Cyrsten Lollar of Chillicothe First Place in the 14-15 year
old division; Ashton Aronson of Chillicothe First place in the 14-15 year old division; Alex Curtis of Trenton First Place in the 12-13 year old division; Clayton McGinnes of Amazonia First Place in the 10-11 year old division; Walker Graves of Chillicothe First place in the 8-9 year old division.
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CAPTION: The YMCA flag football program for youth in kindergarten through third grades got its official start with the first games of the season being played Tuesday evening at Danner Memorial Park. In all, there are 152 children in grades kindergarten through fifth-grade playing flag football. The kindergarten through third-grade teams play Tuesday nights at Danner Park and the fourth- and fifth-grade teams play Saturdays at the YMCA. For tackle football, there are four teams and 54 youth participating.
C-T Photo/Catherine Stortz Ripley
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C-T Photo/Butch Shaffer
CAPTION: Y Winners and Iddy Biddy Basketball at the Grand River Area Family YMCA began on
Saturday, January 12, 2008. Y Winners basketball is for students in grades 1 to 8 and Iddy Biddy Basketball is for children ages 4 to 6. Approximately 560 children are participating in the basketball programs this year. Games are held every Saturday at the YMCA for six weeks.
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C-T Photo / Catherine Stortz-Ripley
CAPTION: With
Tuesday night's (June 10, 2008) games over, these youngsters decided
to help speed cleanup by packing up a make-shift bench used by YMCA
T-ball players during games at Danner Memorial Park. The cleanup crew
consisted of, from left: Faith, Grace and Benjamin Hollon, children of
Michael and Valerie Hollon, and Peyton Phillips, son of Jason and
Brandi Phillips. Danner Park is busy each Monday and Tuesday night
with around 150 children enrolled in the 16 teams of T-ball. The
T-ball season, for children ages 4 to 6 years of age, began last week
and continues through July 8, 2008.
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CAPTION:
An estimated 300 children gathered in Simpson Park Saturday morning for the annual community Easter Egg Hunt.
Those participating were dressed warmly with temperatures only in the lower 40s.
The event is sponsored by the Chillicothe Parks and Recreation Department and the Grand River area Family YMCA.
C-T Photo/Laura Schuler
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C-T Photo/Andrea Graves
Sixty-five youth participated in a “flag football mini camp”
September 12, 2007, at the Grand River Area Family YMCA. During the mini camp, youth involved in the YMCA's flag football program were taught on the fundamentals of the game by Chillicothe High School football coaching staff and some CHS players. The YMCA's flag football program is open to children ages kindergarten through fifth grade.
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Tee-ball Action
Provides Many an Interesting Moment
YMCA baseball program's emphasis on participation, learning, exercise, and fun
By Lindsay Jacobs, C-T Staff Writer, Thursday, June 7, 2007 CAPTION:
Hesston Campbell dashes for home plate during Monday's first night of 2007 play in the Grand River Area Family YMCA's Tee-Ball League.
C-T photo / Laura
Schuler As the batter steps to the plate, the pitcher jumps in a circle, the left fielder twirls her hair, and the girl in center field isn't keeping her eye on the ball.
Once the batter hits the ball the outfielder puts carefully puts his hat back on and adjusts it until it's perfect before he throws the ball in.
In most cases this scenario would could be considered a coach's nightmare.
However, this is tee-ball. The Grand River Area Family YMCA's Tee-ball League runs through July 10 with its first games having taken place this past Monday night.
This year 16 teams of 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds will play each other on Monday and Tuesday nights at Daryl Danner Memorial Park. Eight teams play on Monday and eight play on Tuesday, said Pam Peetz, YMCA program director.
Twelve of those teams consist of mainly 5- and 6-year-olds, and the remaining four consist of 4-year-olds. Those teams of 4-year-olds only play each other, but some teams with 5 -and 6-year-olds also have 4-year-olds on them because their older siblings play on that team, Peetz said.
Approximately 32 coaches, helped by numerous parents, contribute their time,
knowledge, and, yes, patience to the children in the league Peetz noted. The purpose of tee-ball is to allow kids early exposure to baseball and softball while learning sportsmanship and the different positions on the field said, she explained.
"Tee-ball is a great opportunity for young kids to kind of get started in baseball and softball," Peetz said.
Monday night, inexperience was apparent as one boy had a hard time containing his excitement as he yelled from the bench "I hope we win." That boy's wish would not come true, but not because he and his teammates didn't perform well. It was because a score is not kept during the games, Peetz said. That removes one type of pressure from the playing atmosphere, helping to keep the focus on skill development and, most of all, fun.
Other special rules in tee-ball include no leading off a base, no stealing, bunting, or sliding. While outs are called during the game in order to fosster development of defensive skills, each runner gets to run the bases until they reach home, even if the opponent got them out. This helps them learn about running the bases. Batters stay up until they hit the ball and the team's entire lineup bats once each inning. When the other team is batting, everyone plays defense, no matter how many that puts in the field. Kids participate in at least half the game. Each game lasts 45 minutes.
"It's basically kind of an instruction-type of league, instead of a competitive kind of a league," Peetz explained. Monday's action began Garrett Hall's second season of tee-ball. His dad Jason says Garrett enjoys it so much he starts asking his dad on the weekends when his game is.
"I think it's important kids participate in activities for physical and social benefits," Jason said. "It's just good to be part of a team." Monday was 5-year-old Abby Jones' first tee-ball game. She said she was excited to play and likes playing tee-ball because her friends play and just "because."
Her mother, Kate Jones, says she signed Abby and her sister up for tee-ball to get them into sports. It's better than just sitting around, she noted.
"It's pretty well run and organized," Kate said. "We've really enjoyed it. Monday marked Angel Dennis' second year of coaching tee-ball. She said she
teaches the kids to play the game through repetition and lots of pointing. Dennis coaches the Tangerine Team.
"It's (tee-ball) is a neat way for kids to get exercise in the summer," Dennis said. This is Dan Forck's first year of coaching and he says it's going well so far. He's coaching the Orange Team that his son Payton plays on.
"We've all had fun, it hasn't been too hot and they're (the kids) all excited about being out there," Forck said.
He said his strategy is to teach the youngsters on his team the basics of the game while making it fun for them. As the games wound down Monday night and teams sat in circles sipping from juice boxes and munching on snacks one of their teammates' family provided, coaches emphasized what a great job they had done and reminded them when the next practice was.
Maybe next time they will remember which way first base is. If not, it will be OK because they are still learning.
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C-T Photo and Caption May 23,
2006...
Children involved in the Grand River Area Family YMCA's Summer Day Camp program enjoyed making windsocks during craft time. The summer day camp will be held the rest of this week for school-aged children through 13 years. Four week-long sessions will be also held from July 10 to Aug. 4. The camp is held from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and activities include indoor and outdoor activities, cooking, games, field trips, swimming, arts and crafts, skits, Play Park and special events. For more information on the YMCA's Summer Day Camp program, contact the camp director, Roberta Jones at 660-646-6677.
C-T Photo/Megan Neis
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CAPTION: These youngsters found a fun way to put play in their day by visiting the YMCA Saturday, April
1, 2006, as part of the organization's Healthy Kids Day. With 9 million U.S. children overweight - more than double the percentage in 1980 - increasing the levels of physical activity in the lives of children is a critical component in the effort to fight childhood obesity, according to Pam
Peetz, program director for Grand River Area Family YMCA. The day's events included healthy snacks, an obstacle course, jump rope contest, Hula-Hoop contest, and a basketball shooting contest. Also Saturday, the Chillicothe Police Department fingerprinted children so that their families could have a record of their children's fingerprints.
C-T Photo
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Lock-Ins
Your school group, church or youth organization can rent the YMCA
for Lock-Ins on either Friday or Saturday nights. Cost is $5 per student; there is a minimum charge of $225 & and a maximum charge of $450.00.
The facility is available from 11 p.m. to 6
a.m. The renting group must provide chaperones and proof of insurance
. Advanced registration is required.
To schedule a Lock-In or for more information contact Dave Rogers:
660-646-6677.

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ACTIVITY CENTER
The YMCA has added a few things that our members should enjoy. In the
Sally Welch Young Memorial activity center, we have:
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Air Hockey Machine
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Electric Dome Hockey Game
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Pinball Machine
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Two Dell Computers with Internet
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Big-Screen TV
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VCR
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Bookcases with Sports Paraphernalia
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Large Section Couch
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Tall Tables & Chairs
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PlayStation
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Pop and Candy Machines
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Babysitting Area (which can be closed off separately) with
its own TV and VCR, toys, and games
Software for these activities is at the front
desk and can be checked out with a membership card. Playstation is limited to 30 minutes.
Computer Programs/Games
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