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Sports Clinics

February 23, 2023|Categories: Ballentine Family YMCA, Blog, Event, Featured Home Button, Home Program, Home Slide, News, NorthWest Family YMCA|

Sports clinics are designed for the development of sport fundamentals, skills and sport training. They are ideal if you are looking to improve sport specific skills, while also engaging in a fun and social group atmosphere. Most of our clinics are held at our Jeep Rogers, NorthWest and Orangeburg location and focus on volleyball, basketball, football, tennis, and adult pickleball.

NORTHWEST FAMILY YMCA (IRMO) CLINICS

Youth Tennis Clinics —  Summer 2023

Join Tennis Pro Jon Wheeler at the NorthWest Family YMCA for a month long youth clinic! This 4-session clinic is designed to teach quick start tennis format, forehand, backhand, volley, […]

NBC’s TODAY Show Spotlights the Importance of Safety Around Water at the Jeep Rogers Family YMCA

May 17, 2022|Categories: Blog, Featured Home Button, Home Program, Home Slide, Jeep Rogers Family YMCA, News|

COLUMBIA, SC – The TODAY Show visited the Jeep Rogers Family YMCA in April to spotlight the importance of water safety and learning to swim.  The story featured an interview with NBC’s TODAY Show Anchor Craig Melvin and his brother Ryan (age 36), who is taking swim lessons at the Jeep Rogers Y.

It also included information about the Y’s Safety Around Water (SAW) program, which teaches 2nd graders at Richland Two Schools basic lessons on safety while in and around water.

Two segments aired on the TODAY show on Tuesday, May 17.

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Welcome Barry Neville – YMCA of Columbia Swim Club Director and Head Coach

October 22, 2021|Categories: Jeep Rogers Family YMCA, News, NorthWest Family YMCA|

The YMCA of Columbia is  happy to announce that Barry Neville joined our team as the new Competitive Swimming Director and Head Coach of the YMCA of Columbia Swim Club (Mudcats) on Monday, Oct. 18.

Barry comes to us from the North YMCA in Davenport, IA where he was the Aquatics Director and Head Coach.  He has over 30 years of experience with various programs. He has coached 29 YMCA National, 157+ Sectional & Junior National, 31+ Senior National, and 2 Olympic Trial qualifiers. Over 73 […]

Jim Vietti Named VP of Operations and Development at DowntownYMCA

July 8, 2021|Categories: Blog, Downtown YMCA, Home Slide, News|

The YMCA of Columbia is excited to announce that Jim Vietti has been named Vice President of Operations and Development. He will oversee Operations at the Downtown YMCA and serve as the Head of Development for the YMCA of Columbia.

“Jim is the consummate professional that embraces The Y’s core values: Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility and Faith. I have known Jim for the past four years and always hoped we could lure him back to South Carolina,” says YMCA of Columbia CEO Bill Price. “We are very fortunate to have a servant leader like him and we’re excited to welcome Jim and his […]

YMCA receives land donation at Townlee Lane

March 5, 2019|Categories: News|

LUGOFF, SC – The YMCA of Columbia is celebrating the gift of 12.79 acres (Townlee and Cameron Lane) in Lugoff, SC. The Y has been exploring advancing their mission (To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.) into Kershaw County since March 2017. Formal studies and community conversations continue to guide Y leadership in the future undertaking of programs and services, a capital campaign and major building project.

“We are thrilled to have received such a generous donation. Although there is still much work to do, this is a huge milestone in […]

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