YMCA of Northern Alberta
10211 105 St NW T5J 1E3 Edmonton, AB, Canada

If you're new to fitness or just getting back into the routine, you'll want to make sure that you ease your way in to avoid injury. To make sure you still get a workout in, try these great low-impact classes that we usually offer in-person: http://ow.ly/ebu050D7YDd!

Now that school's in session, Judy is helping us with back to school lunches! She'll walk us through different recipes with your health in mind and share some school lunch tips along the way! Thanks to the Edmonton Community Foundation, you can watch the first video here: https://youtu.be/lzVf-tqDl_I.

Remember the storybooks where, at each turn, you were able to choose your next steps and create your own adventure? Here is a collaborative game that focuses on verbal storytelling and literacy while adding a twist to create your own adventure, thanks to our YMCA Child Care team! As a family, sit down together and create your own story by having each member take turns adding their own lines one at a time. Maybe build your own make-believe indoor campfire to sit around, or a f...un indoor cozy fort to sit in. Once you are settled, start the story with an easy sentence such as Today we walked to the park and when we got there, we and then continue to build on it together, remember the sillier the story, the better. Enjoy! It is never too early to introduce children to books. In early childhood, children show their growing awareness of literacy in three ways listening, participating, and doing imitative, or what is sometimes called emergent, reading. (Martin and Huggins, YMCA Playing to Learn, 2015)

Have you heard YMCA Youth Exchanges Canada/Échanges Jeunesse Canada has gone virtual! Instead of travelling to a new community, youth will create and participate in activities, share their community and building relationships virtually. Visit northernalberta.ymca.ca/YEC to register for their last two information sessions!

It’s at times like these that the YMCA remains deeply committed to doing what we do best: creating communities where everyone can connect, belong and thrive. Not only can you support people here in the Edmonton region, but together we can also help our friends at YMCA Bogotá. Make your local or international gift to the YMCA by visiting northernalberta.ymca.ca/give. #YGivingIsBetter

You can now visit the Don Wheaton Family YMCA until 8pm on weekdays! If you need more motivation to get a workout in today, our William Lutsky and Jamie Platz Family YMCAs are open late during the week as well. Visit northernalberta.ymca.ca/HFAFAQ for more information on how we can keep our community safe together.

YMCA at Home's YWell series brings mental health supports to your home, with videos for a variety of levels. In this session, Bonnie is taking us on a nature walk to help us be in the present moment by connecting with our senses. Visit https://youtu.be/-76AKjKrFcM for today's video!

Tabata with Jasmyne