May is Water Safety Month As a leader in water safety education, the Y teaches more than 1 million kids how to swim every year. We believe swimming and other water-based activities promote youth development and can be lifelong pursuits for staying healthy. However, drowning poses a serious threat to children nationwide. It is the …
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Health & Wellness
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Childhood Obesity is a Family Affair! September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and while the dangers of childhood obesity are well chronicled, many families need support changing their families’ habits with the goal of overweight and obese children obtaining and maintaining a healthy weight. That’s why we, the North Penn YMCA, a leading community-based organization …
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End of Summer Improvements
As part of our quality commitment to your experience, both branches of North Penn YMCA will be sprucing up their facilities over the next few weeks. An outline of events is listed below. Please check back and watch social media for updates. Here are the closures and modified schedules: Indian Valley branch August 25 through …
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Ceil’s Blog – Experiences with the New Diabetes Prevention Program and More
Read Lansdale member, Cecelia (Ceil’s) blog regarding her experiences with our programs. Ceil is unique in the fact that she is the first person to go through all of our current health intervention programs. She is a graduate of LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, is a currently in the Matter of Balance, Fall Prevention Program, and …
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National Senior Health & Fitness Day
Wednesday, May 30, is National Senior Health & Fitness Day! The North Penn YMCA, along with over 100,000 people at more than 1,000 locations will participate in events with the common goal of promoting health and fitness for mature adults. Each of our branches, located in Lansdale and Harleysville, will be holding separate events to …
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Couch to 5K
Is it on your “Bucket List,” or perhaps one of your New Year’s Resolutions to run a 5K? This 8-week Couch to 5K training program will assist the beginning runner to progress to running your first 5K. You do not need any running experience. This program will prepare you to run in the Lansdale Branch’s …
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