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Armed Services YMCA and Department of Defense partnership gives military families access to youth development, family strengthening, and health and well-being programs As part of the new Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) and Department of Defense (DoD) Outreach Initiative, the Northfield Area Family YMCA will provide military families with access to youth development, family strengthening, and [...]

The Northfield Area Family YMCA is now accepting registrations for it’s Fall II programs which will run October 20 through November 23.   Play with your preschooler at Wiggles and Giggles open gym or let them run free in Basketball or Super Sports!  Exercize their brains through art and science in Messy Play and Young Scientists.  [...]

The YMCA Health & Wellness Center is very pleased to announce it’s first line-up of Group Fitness Schedule. Classes are designed for beginners or for people who have never taken group exercise classes before. Come in your favorite oversized t-shirt and sweatpants! We’ll work with you to step-to-the-beat, stretch or strengthen your way to a [...]

What can be more fun than watching 55 kids (ages 3-5 and K-1st grade) meeting their new Flag Football coach and beginning to learn the basics of simply having fun while playing flag football? I watched the boys and girls last night as they began to figure out how to hold the ball and throw [...]

GRAND OPENING ! Tuesday September 9th 5:30 am – 11:00 am and 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ! Check out our newly constructed Wellness Center – includes a Cardio Equipment area (treadmills, ellipticals, recumbent bikes and upright bikes), Group Fitness Room and Child Watch room.  Check out our list of our Memberships Benefits! Sign up to be [...]

Health insurance companies are partnering with YMCAs across the country.  These partnerships support you in healthy lifestyles which benefit your health and your pocketbook.  The Northfield Area Family YMCA has partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medica, UCare and HealthPartners.  Participate and you could be reimbursed $20 per month.  At the YMCA, our focus is family health so you could receive [...]

Our newly opening Northfield Area Family YMCA Wellness Center will bring Jobsto Northfield.  We are looking for a variety of staff team members to include Wellness Center staff, Child Watch staff, Exercise Fitness staff and Youth Development staff.  Wellness Center Staff, Fitness Exercise and Child Watch staff will work at our newly opening Wellness Center located at [...]

We have reached a mile marker!  In one single week we had 43 kids per day in our camping programs (20 in Day Camp and 23 in the Y Navigators program), 50 kids are in the Tue and Thur Soccer program (our collaboration with the Soccer Association) and 19 parents/children are signed up for Preschoolers in the [...]

In August, the YMCA is collaborating with Northfield Public School Community Services and Emmaus Church to provide the PLUS program.  PLUS is open to many low income kids and kids at risk of academic failure.  Over ½ of the children are from our Latino community.  This program hits at the very heart of what a YMCA can [...]

Summer Camp programs at the YMCA have proven to be a phenomenal success this summer.  Participation has been beyond expectation and feedback has been wonderful from both parents and kids!  The Y Navigator participants spent today at Read’s Sheep and Cheese Farm just outside Northfield.  This is a working farm and kids received an excellent educational tour from [...]

1.  Wednesday Preschoolers in the Park (ages 0- 5). Themed activities will provide loads of entertainment for your preschooler.  Come one Wednesday or all summer long.  Check out the schedule below and mark your calendar for some great fun in the park with your preschooler! Date:  Theme: June 18th  Scavenger Hunt June 25nd Young Artists July 2nd Wheels [...]

Wednesday June 18th will be loaded with GOLD – gold coins that is at Oddfellows Park for a Playground Scavenger Hunt.  This program is a parent/child program for kids under the age of 5 – free for YMCA members.  We’ve put together activities to make you and your kids giggle and laugh each Wednesday.  Wednesday [...]

Our first week of daily programming has been a big success!  Kids enjoyed a scavenger hunt at Caron Park on Monday, swimming at the outdoor pool on Tuesday (the water was warmer than the air!), a trip to Mills City Museum on Wednesday (the kids couldn’t stop talking about all they saw) and today they [...]

YMCA Y Navigators program begins June 9th – first week includes a scavenger hunt at Caron Park a trip to the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis and a weekly trip the public library for the Summer Reading program.  Calendar located on our website – come 3, 4 or 5 days and join us for the fun!  [...]

Our camp programs have over 80 individual kids signed up (so far) this summer.  We have also awarded 10 families (or 15 kids) financial scholarships so they could attend camp!  I just could not be more proud of these programs.  They are simply going to be a ton of fun.   Day Camp (for kids [...]

What?  Kids Night at the Y (this Friday (Apr 25)). Where?  National Guard Armory Gym (519 Division Street) Who?  Kids ages 3-10 (ages separated) When?  Friday April 25th 6:00 – 9:00 pm The YMCA is adding Friday nights to our popular Kids Night at the Y evening.  Kids get their own special night away from parents, and [...]

Join over a half-million people and celebrate the nation’s largest health day for kids—YMCA Healthy Kids Day—Saturday, April Twelfth!  It’s a free, fun-filled morning of interactive games, family activity, health give-aways and more…The Y is helping families play more and embrace healthy new life choices.  Fire Truck! Police Car! Sheriff Car! Sheriff Boat! Bike Rodeo!Ambulance! [...]

Soccer Golf! Oscars Trash Can! Cats in the Corner! Beanbag Ball game and MUCH more - Wee Super Sports starts Tuesday or Thursday (April 1st and 3rd) and a few spaces are still available.  Sign up your 3-5 year old for a 5 week session of fun ball games, all sorts, all sizes and all kinds of fun. Dodgeball included!    At the [...]

Imagination is a wonderful thing.  Let your little girl experience the wonders of imagination in our Princesses in Training class.  Past participants STILL wear their Princesses in Training Tiara and t-shirt.  Come join our princess trainers for some enchanted fun. Our princesses trainers will explore the world of imagination with etiquette and graceful walking, how to throw a royal tea [...]

By early April, spring programs will be in full swing and approximately 450 kids will have experienced activities and programs at the YMCA in Northfield already.    As our programs continue to grow, we are committed to making quality programs available to all in the community, regardless of ability to pay. In order to fulfill this [...]