YMCA of Lincoln

Welcome to the Lincoln YMCA!

Air Conditioning at YMCA Camp Kitaki

YMCA Camp Kitaki is proud to announce that we are currently busy installing Air Conditioning in all of our cabin spaces at camp. With this new facility improvement kids and staff will get better nights rest and will be better able to enjoy all of the activities, games, traditions, and fun that Camp Kitaki has going on. Kitaki has spots available for this summer with many different opportunities for any camper age 7-17. For more information please click here or call our office 402-434-9222.

Lincoln YMCA offers free Healthy Family Home Starter Kits

The "Healthy Family Home Starter Kit," a free guide with tips for healthy living, is available at any Lincoln YMCA location and on www.HealthyFamilyHome.org. The Healthy Family Home program is designed to work in any home and in any community, and lets families pick the actions and health goals that make the most sense for them. A sample from the Healthy Family Home Starter Kit:

1) Make family time. Sit down as a family for one meal a day. Research has shown that family meals are more nutritious than "solo" meals and kids who eat with their family end up making healthier snack choices.
2) Sneak in more physical activity. Plan a weekly family breakfast where you are the transportation. Skip the car, bus or train and ride bikes, walk or jog/run.
3) Get more fruits and vegetables in your diet. Have all family members identify their favorite fruit and write each one down on a list. Then fill a family fruit bowl with those fruits and keep it on the counter. This way everyone in the family will have easy access to their favorite fruit when they're looking for a snack.
4) Make getting exercise fun. Turn up the music and do chores together (clean the house, wash windows, do laundry, etc.).

Lincoln YMCA /Weigh Cool® project
Healthy Family Home Starter Kits were distributed at the YMCA Healthy Kids Day fair on Saturday April 12, and this spring to YMCA Youth Sports teams. They are made possible through a collaborative project called the Weigh Cool® initiative with the Community Health Endowment and Nebraska Children and Families Foundation.

Lincoln YMCA Nutrition Seminars

Tired of wading through all of the nutrition myths and information?

The Lincoln YMCA Health and Fitness staff has created nutrition seminars specifically for you. The seminars will be offered at all 3 Lincoln YMCA Branches. For a list of topics and dates that these will occur at the branches please click here.

Spring Into Fitness at your local YMCA

Come in and be rewarded for your efforts with our new Spring incentive. This new incentive runs from March 1st - May 31st.

Simply come in and pick up your first punch card at the Service Center desk. After attending 15 times, you can turn in your completed punch card to receive a YMCA Spring Into Fitness T-Shirt as well as a second punch card.

After completing the second punch card you will receive a YMCA Fitness Pack and your final punch card.

Upon completion of the final punch card, you will be entered into a GRAND PRIZE drawing for a FREE July membership (one winner at each YMCA branch).

Join now and receive these awesome prizes!

Thinking About Summer Fun for the Kids

Summer Day Camp, swimming and swimming lessons, dance, and more. Don't miss out on the summer fun at the Lincoln YMCA.

YMCA Activate America®

Activate America is a national initiative that the Lincoln YMCA is proud to be a part of. The goals of healthy eating and active living will be a part of our YMCA programs, our member activities and in our work in the community.

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