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Walla Walla YMCA

The Walla Walla YMCA strengthens the foundations of our community through well-being and fitness, camps, family time, swim, sports and play, and other activities for people of all ages, incomes and abilities. We’re more than just a place to work out. At the Y, we help build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all with the core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility at the heart of everything we do.

With a commitment to nurturing youth development, promoting healthy living, and fostering a sense of social responsibility, the Y ensures that every individual has access to the essentials needed to learn, grow and thrive.

NEWS FROM THE Y

Set New Year’s Resolutions that Strengthen Your Life and Your Community

The New Year is a time for new beginnings! For the Y – a leading nonprofit that strengthens community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility – one of the most important resolutions is to resolve to make positive changes that strengthen individuals as well as entire communities. Following are five New Year’s Resolutions the Y recommends for 2012:

Live Healthier – Achieving greater health and well-being is all about

Rates stay the same for 2012!

THE WALLA WALLA YMCA WILL NOT INCREASE MEMBERSHIP RATES FOR 2012

The Walla Walla YMCA is happy to announce that at the November 2011 Board meeting, the Volunteer YMCA Board of Directors approved a proposal made by the YMCA Membership Committee to keep membership rates the same for 2012!

Ski Bluewood Partners with YMCA

15 December 2011

Ski the slopes of Bluewood Mountain while helping local youth!! The owners of Ski Bluewood have teamed up with the YMCA for a fundraiser in attempt to get families to spend more time together while experiencing the fun to be had on the ski slopes! The Walla Walla YMCA along with the YMCA of Greater Tri-Cities will be selling discounted lift tickets with proceeds benefitting the YMCA's Youth Development Programs and Youth Scholarship Funds.

Not a Skier/Snowboarder but still want to help!? Contact us and find out how!

Travel Opportunities

15 December 2011

Do you need a vacation, but don't want to hassle with all the planning? Let us do the planning for you! The Y's Travel club provides several opportunities to travel the world. Here are a few upcoming trips:

CUBA – For the first time in nearly a decade, you can now travel to Cuba…legally!
AFRICAN SAFARI – Visit the most popular places in Kenya and Tanzania – where safari dreams are made.
KILIMANJARO CLIMBS – Machame Route – Test your stamina and endurance against one of the highest mountains in the world.
CLIPPER VACATIONS - The Pacific Northwest’s fastest, most scenic, first-class mode of travel from Seattle to the picturesque destinations of Victoria, BC, the San Juan Islands, and connections throughout the Northwest and Canadian Rockies.

Click Here for more information

2011 Halloween Spooktacular

01 November 2011

The Y was filled with ghosts, goblins, pumpkins, princesses and more last night for the 2011 Halloween Spooktacular! The event featured several game stations, arts and crafts and a very scary haunted maze! Thank you to all that attended. View Photos here.

Promotions earned in Karate

28 October 2011

Congratulations to the participants that earned promotions in Karate!

This is the Advanced Karate Class. Beginners Class can move to advanced class after earning a promotion.

Instructor: Clinton Streifling
Left to right: Charlie Relaford, Lauren Adams, Connor Murphy, Lauren Hollopeter, Olivia Isenhower, Dominic Keene, Drew Hollopeter

Kickboxing the Calories Away

03 October 2011

-Leah Robinson’s Focus on Fitness at the Y

Let’s set up a scene here: an average-sized young woman enters the third gym of the Y one fine afternoon, feeling somewhat unconfident of what she is about to experience in the new cardio kickboxing class. Will she be able to keep up with the rest of the participants? Does she actually have to kick anyone or anything? She’s definitely never done this sort of a class before. One hour later, this same woman strides confidently from the gym, glowing from head to toe with unexplainable radiance and pride. She has just spent the best hour of her life training to become the next Chuck Norris equivalent; perhaps a world class superhero; or, at the very least, someone with a very swift ability to kick your butt should you give her reason. This woman is me. This woman could be you. In fact, man or woman, this new class offered at the Y holds the opportunity for greatness in all aspects of one’s physical being.

Health & Wellness Award Recipient

30 September 2011

The Walla Walla YMCA is proud to be the recipient for the Baker Boyer Business Showcase: 2011 Health & Wellness Award. The Health & Wellness award recognizes a business for outstanding commitment to employee wellness and development in the workplace.

Suzie Aldrich: Setting Records and Winning Gold Medals

06 September 2011

Suzie Aldrich swam her way to the record book. On August 14, 2011 the 68-year old swimmer from Walla Walla broke all of the state records while at the Alaska International Senior Games held in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Changes Made to Babysitting

29 August 2011

The YMCA's Kids' Korner will now take infants as young as 6 WEEKS old! This change will take effect September 6, 2011(the Kids' Korner used to require to be a minimum of 6 months old).

There will also be FREE BABYSITTING on Friday evenings, Saturday and Sunday.

Walla Walla YMCA

340 S Park
Walla Walla, WA 99362

Phone: (509) 525-8863
Fax: (509) 529-0977
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Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday	5:00 am. - 10:00 pm. 5:00 am. - 9:00 pm. 7:00 am. - 6:00 pm. 7:00 am. - 6:00 pm.

Amenities

• 3 Full Court Gymnasiums
• 4 Handball/Racquetball Courts
• Large wellness center with state-of-the-art cardio & strength training equipment and trained, helpful staff
• 25 Meter Pool
• 2 Warm Water Pools
• Child Care Center for ages 6 weeks - 6 years
• Youth Action Zone for ages 6-18 years
• Men's & Women's "Center Locker Rooms including Sauna, Steam Room & Jacuzzi
• Men's & Women's Locker Rooms
• Family/Handicap Locker Rooms
• Group Exercise Rooms
• Outdoor Track & Field
• Climbing Wall
• Technology Learning Center

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The Y is committed to providing programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. We make every effort to ensure that no child is turned away due to inability to pay. Click to read more about our financial assistance.

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