LET'S GET THIS GIRLS-ONLY WELLNESS PARTY STARTED!
YMCA GirlForce is a health and fitness program for girls ages 7 - 12. This innovative workshop promotes physical activity, healthy eating habits, positive body image, and smoking abstinence. The goal of the program is to help all girls achieve their fullest potential physically and emotionally. There are 3 parts to the YMCA GirlForce program.
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In this four-hour workshop, girls are introduced to the joy of movement, healthy eating, self-expression, positive role models, and essential information that reconnects them to body wisdom and inspires fitness. Girls must attend a YMCA GirlForce Retreat in order to participate in an eight-week session. For more information on upcoming retreats please click here.
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| Eight-Week Session |
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Girls meet twice weekly over eight-weeks. Sessions build on the information learned at the retreat. In addition to making friends, girls experience new activities such as recreational sports, a field trip, healthy cooking, and much more. For more information on upcoming sessions please click here.
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Reunion &
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Girls get the opportunity to reconnect with friends and experience a full day of health and fun with their parents at YMCA Camp Thunderbird Outdoor Center. Activities include a cooking class, Zumba, Self Defense, a pool party and much more. Girls will build upon the knowledge gained in the 8-week session while parents will participate in breakout sessions with professionals in the community. To be eligible to participate in this event girls must have attended an eight-week course. For more information on our upcoming Reunion & Parent Day please click here.
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STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR UPCOMING WINTER EVENT
New for 2009...parents get to get in on all of the fun at the GirlForce Reunion at YMCA Camp Thunderbird!!
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The cost for parent/legal guardian and daughter is $35.00, financial assistance is available. Any parent legal guardian who has 2 or more daughters will receive a multi-child discount. For information on financial assistance or the mutli-child discount, please contact Renee Kunnen at 474-4375.
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UPCOMING RETREATS: Sunday, September 27th 2009
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2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Retreats take place at the Chester Family YMCA and the Shady Grove Family YMCA
The cost of the retreat is $15.00 and financial assistance is available. You must pre-register online or at your local YMCA. Registration will open June 15th. You can register online by going to our online programs registration page.
Please make sure your child gets to the retreat on time! Sign-in on retreat day begins at 1:45 p.m. Girls must attend a retreat before they are eligible to participate in an eight-week course. Girls should come fully prepared to take part in the exercise portion of the program, which includes loose fitting clothing and exercise shoes.
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FALL EIGHT-WEEK SESSIONS: September 28th- November 19th 2009
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The eight week sessions are held twice weekly at your local YMCA. Please see the list below for participating branches. Girls must attend a retreat to be eligible to participate in the eight-week course.
The cost of the eight-week course for facility members is $64.00 and the cost for community members is $96.00. Full and partial financial assistance is available.
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Chester Family YMCA
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
For more information, email Renee Kunnen at kunnenr at ymcarichmond dot org or call 474-4375.
Chickahominy Family YMCA
Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
For more information, email Barb Vecchio at vecchiob at ymcarichmond dot org or call 737-9622.
Downtown YMCA
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
For more information, email Carol Marie Crank at crankc at ymcarichmond dot org or call 644-9622.
Goochland Family YMCA
Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
For more informationemail Allison Leynes at leynesa at ymcarichmond dot org or call 556-9887.
John Rolfe Family YMCA
For more information, email Monica Potvin at potvinm at ymcarichmond dot org or call 360-8767.
Manchester Family YMCA
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
For more information email Brett Gauthier at gauthierb at ymcarichmond dot org or call 276-9622.
Midlothian Family YMCA
Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
For more information email William Thornton at thorntonw at ymcarichmond dot org or call 379-5668.
North Richmond Family YMCA
Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
For more information, email Coffee Worelds at woreldsc at ymcarichmond dot org or call 329-9622.
Patrick Henry Family YMCA
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
For more information, email Charlene Lewis at lewisc at ymcarichmond dot org or call 798-0057.
Powhatan YMCA
Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:45-4:45 p.m. at Powhatan Elementary School
For more information, email Krista Evans at evansk at ymcarichmond dot org or call 598-0250.
Shady Grove Family YMCA
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
For more information, email Jeanne Marsh at marshj at ymcarichmond dot org or call 270-3866.
Southside Virginia Family YMCA
For more information, email Tommy Speidel spedielt at ymcarichmond dot org or call 733-9333.
Tuckahoe Family YMCA
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
For more information, email Scott Saint John stjohns at ymcarichmond dot org or call 740-9622.
GirlForce® is a research based health risk prevention program developed by Vanderbilt University: www.girlforce.org
This Program funded in part by Philip Morris USA Youth Smoking Prevention Department.