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Typically from the time volunteers initially gather to the day a full-facility YMCA grand opening, is about 6-10 years (according to the YMCA of the USA).  Volunteers gathered in 2005 initially to look at the possibility of bringing a YMCA to Northfield. We’ve worked diligently these last 5 years to follow best practices in the evaluation of [...]

Eat Smart, Live Well Maintain a Healthy Weight Presented by Kristi Von Ruden, RD, LD and Courtney Eby, RD, LD Northfield Hospital Medical Nutrition Therapy Four TUesdays in February 6:30-7:30 pm Join us.  See the Hospital Nutrition Flyer for more details!

RICE COUNTY 320 N.W. Third Street Faribault, MN  55021 January 14, 2010 – Press Release Healthy Rice County: Achieving Wellness in the Workplace Coalitions Forming to Help Worksites with Employee Wellness Rice County Public Health is pleased to introduce Healthy Rice County: Achieving Wellness in the Workplace. The purpose of Achieving Wellness in the Workplace [...]

Join us for this amazing film examining the educational and social inclusion of youth with disabilities.  January 28th, 7:00 at St. John’s Lutheran Church (500 Third St W, Northfield). Dan Habib’s award-winning film Including Samuel examines the educational and social inclusion of youth with disabilities.  The documentary chronicles the Habib family’s efforts to include Samuel [...]

Eat Smart, Live Well, Maintain a Healthy Weight.  People are continually asking about food and nutrition these days. The Northfield Hospital is offering a series of 4 classes on nutrition for only $40! Tuesday November 3 – Portion Sizes & Label Reading Tuesday November 10 – Fats Tuesday November 17 – Fiber & Sugar Tuesday [...]

The Northfield Area Family YMCA is pleased to announce a NEW collaboration with the Northfield Senior Center!   Y members can gain access to the Senior Center pool for … Open Swim (lap swimming, water walk or just enjoy the water!) Family Swim Aqua Fitness (Water Exercise) Please see the Y’s Swimming Brochure Flier or our website [...]

If you enjoy debating important issues, if you are creative and open-minded…You may want to consider being a LEGISLATOR 9th-12th Grades Humphrey House, Stassen Senate, Sibley House or Ramsey Senate (grades 9 & 10) Sanford House or Knutson Senate (grades 11 & 12) Legislators are the people who are in the forefront of the legislative [...]

Kids Night at the Y – Hurry!  First one This Friday! (ages 3 - 10) This program has been an overwhelming success. Once your kids try it, they’ll be asking for more! We call it the Kids Night IN and Parents Night OUT program! Kids get their own special night away from parents, and parents get [...]

The Northfield Area Family YMCA is very proud to be participating in this year’s Tour d’Art – Ride with the Mayors.  The YMCA will be providing lots of fun things for the kids to put on their bikes – at each of the 6 stops so grab your family and join us Saturday morning!

Northfield Area Family YMCA Summer Day Camp Virginia Kaczmarek Hello Everyone,  We have our summer staff hard at work on summer curriculum and the Day Camp team has finalized the Day Camp themes (listed below).  For full details, visit the “Day Camp” tab under “Camps” on our website (www.northfieldymca.org) or call 507-645-0088. Weekly Themes for [...]

Gloom and doom is all over the news – my question to you is, where DO you have the power to make a positive difference?  My advice is to focus in three important areas; your health & well being, family and our community.  At the Y, I work with kids, adults and families on a [...]

The Northfield YMCA is pleased to announce the 2009 YMCA Healthy Kids Day Volunteer Award winner — Machelle Kendrick. Star Tribune Article: YMCA honors a dedicated volunteer

I think the best kept secret in Northfield in definitely a Youth Membership at Y.  Most our new members are Family or Adult Members and I think that’s because we are still working hard to get the word out – so every one knows what we have to offer. For those of you not interested [...]

Tailor-designed with the preschooler in mind, the YMCA Child Watch Area cares for your child(ren) during your time in the Adult Health & Wellness Fitness Center*.  Child Watch offers crafts, reading time, imagination play, puzzles and more.   Each month, our trained staff offer new activities, while keeping the YMCA principles: Caring, Respect, Honesty and Responsibility [...]

Witnessing 19 of our high school students debate, pass bills, try court cases, lobby, work with the media and the senior cabinet is an amazing experience.   These students are passionate and get amazing experience in public speaking and articulating their opinions in a logical manner.  This past weekend, Minnesota YMCA Youth in Government (YIG) took over the Capitol building [...]

January is the perfect time of year for a new lease on life – Let us support your Health Resolutions! Our Hours are expanded in January to include longer evening hours, lunch hours (Mon & Wed) and Sunday night hours.  We’re working to provide hours just when you have those precious few minutes to get [...]

As the Northfield Area Family YMCA becomes established in our town, more people are asking “Where’s the Y?”  It’s a fair question, no doubt, because the answer changes frequently as the YMCA grows it’s programs and it’s progress. The YMCA has recently opened a Health and Wellness Fitness Center on the campus of the Northfield [...]

The Northfield Skating School and the Northfield Area Family YMCA have teamed up to provide more fun and fitness for adults! Fun as it is, skating contributes directly to improving the most sought-after exercise goals: improved aerobic fitness, strength, endurance and body fat reduction. Fast-paced skating has been proved to be just as aerobically beneficial [...]

The Northfield YMCA’s Health & Wellness Center has been a great place to connect with old friends, meet new people, and get in shape all at the same time! It has been several years since I’ve exercised on a regular basis, but that has changed since September when I joined the Y. Over the past [...]

Don’t miss out on exciting new programs with the Northfield Area Family YMCA this fall! Register now for Fall II programs which will run October 20 through November 23. In collaboration with the Northfield Basketball Association, the YMCA is now offering coed youth basketball for ages K – 2nd grade! This is a new program [...]