YMCA Recognizes Major Donors at Annual Breakfast of Champions
The YMCA of Columbia held their annual Breakfast of Champions event on August 21, 2018. The event recognized members of the Y’s Chairman’s Roundtable and included a fun performance from Y campers and powerful testimonials from those impacted by the Y.
Donations of $1,000 or more to the Annual Campaign qualify individuals, organizations, and foundations for membership in the Y’s Chairman’s Roundtable. Their support makes it possible for every kid, senior and family, regardless of their ability to pay, to have access to the life-changing programs and services at the Y. 2018 Chairman’s Roundtable Members are:
A1 Rodriguez Tire & Auto
AgFirst Farm […]
Labor Day – All Branches Closed
“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
All YMCA of Columbia branches will be closed on Monday, September 3 in observance of Labor Day. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, September 4 as we resume normal operating hours.
Tai Chi Demo Class
Better Mind, Better Energy, Better Balance
Northwest Family YMCA
Join us for a Tai Chi demo class! Say goodbye to sweating, puffing and panting and say hello to feeling cool, calm, refreshed and energized. Tai Chi’s essential principles include integrating the mind with the body, controlling movements and breathing, generating internal energy, mindfulness, song and jing. The ultimate purpose of Tai Chi is to cultivate the qi, or life energy within us, to flow smoothly and powerfully throughout the body.
Tuesday, August 28 at 10:30 am
FREE for Members
Meet the Trainer
Come Train with the Best
at the Jeep Rogers Family YMCA
Learn more about Personal Trainers’ specialties and small group sessions. Our trainers will help you achieve your health and fitness goals!
Wednesday, August 29 at 6 pm
Stay tuned for more Meet the Trainer nights in the coming months.
YMCA of Columbia Awakens Summer Imagination with Kohl’s Cares at Healthy Kids Day®
Event encourages kids to stay active and keep learning all summer long
On Tuesday, June 19, the YMCA of Columbia, in partnership with Kohl’s, held an event to inspire youth campers to keep their minds and bodies active at the annual YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day®, the Y’s national initiative to improve health and well-being for kids and families. Healthy Kids Day is an opportunity to ignite children’s imaginations so that they can imagine what they’ll accomplish this summer. The day-long event featured games and physical activities to motivate and teach how to develop and maintain healthy routines throughout the summer months.
Healthy […]
YMCA exploring advancing mission in Kershaw County
The YMCA of Columbia is exploring advancing their mission (To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.) into Kershaw County. Their process has included an Expansion Feasibility Research Study (March 2017), and a Capital Campaign Feasibility Study (June 2018). Focus groups, telephone, face-to-face and online interviews were conducted during the studies to gather ideas and comments from individuals interested in the community and the Y.
The studies are guiding Y leadership as to whether undertaking programs and services or even a major building project and capital campaign in Kershaw County would be […]
