Euclid YMCA offers membership incentives

Euclid YMCA offers membership incentives

The Euclid YMCA, located at 631 Babbitt Road, is participating in a member-recruitment drive sponsored by the YMCA of Greater Cleveland.

Through Oct. 9, the normal $100 joiner fee is being waived for new members. In addition, current members are being offered a financial incentive to persuade friends and family members to join the Y and re-energize their lifestyles.  They’ll receive a $25 credit toward their membership dues for each new member they bring in.

As always, members enjoy significant discounts—up to 50 percent--on fees charged to participate in various programs, such as flag football, gymnastics, basketball leagues, and certain aquatics exercise classes.  And many Y activities are offered free to members.

To learn more, contact Euclid YMCA membership coordinator Brian Merkich at (216) 731-7454. Or stop in and talk to one of the staffers at the front desk.

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FALL/WINTER SWIM TEAM – For youngsters interested in competitive swimming, now is the time to sign up for the fall/winter swim team program. A parental information meeting is scheduled for Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. for new swim team members. Practice sessions begin Sept. 19.

To join the Euclid/Hillcrest Y “Hurricanes” swim team, candidates must be YMCA members between 3 and 17 years of age. Practices are held five nights a week – Monday and Wednesday at the Euclid Y and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at Hillcrest (on Mayfield Road near Richmond Road). Team members are required to attend at least one practice per week.

Swim meets, involving competition with teams from other YMCA branches, are normally held on Saturdays, beginning Oct. 22. For more information, contact aquatics director John Graves at (216) 731-7454.

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STAFF CHANGES – Gary Washington, who has been the youth sports coordinator at the Euclid Y for about two years, is leaving to take a position at the Bedford Y.  Among his duties here, he developed a successful youth basketball program. As of the Observer press deadline, no replacement had been named.

Also, John Graves, who had been serving as aquatics director for both the Euclid and Hillcrest branches, is no longer affiliated with Hillcrest, except in his capacity as swim team coordinator. Now, while continuing to oversee the Euclid Y aquatics program, he is also the aquatics director for the Downtown Y.

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NEW EQUIPMENT – The Euclid YMCA’s fitness area was recently upgraded with the installation of new treadmills, elliptical trainers, and other exercise equipment. Mayor Bill Cervenik made an appearance for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 20 and tried out one of the machines. He was greeted at the Y by Executive Director John Reid. 

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YMCA BOOSTER – Mayor Bill Cervenik, who enjoys working out at the Y when he has time, made a recent appearance for a dedication ceremony to celebrate the refurbished exercise equipment room.  Here, he is welcomed by Y Executive Director John Reid.       (Photo by Mark Derubies)