Y Dot Challenge
The Y Dot Challenge is back! This dedicated, over-time training
challenge requires you to work out 3 times a week for 30
minutes each over 12 consecutive weeks to receive a free,
specially designed YMCA T-shirt. Get Moving, Get Healthy!

Date: March 1 - May 23

Fee: FREE (members only)

8th Annual Leprechaun Loop
Join us for our annual 5k/10k Run/2k Walk celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! Early Registration open through March 1. Pick up your packets beginning Thursday, March 11.

Date: Saturday, March 13
Time: 9:00 am
Adult Fee: early registration $20, late registration $25
Student Fee:  early registration $15, late registration $20

Exercise & Diabetes
Join marathon runner Bill King for a program that will challenge, inform and motivate people with diabetes to begin and continue a “physically active” life. Bill, who happens to have Type 1 diabetes,
brings his expertise both as an athlete and as diabetic to this program. Anyone who does a regular physical activity program, whether walking the neighborhood or working out at the Y or competing, is an athlete. The key to ANYONE being healthy and happy is regular physical activity. The program will include an “Ask the Expert” session that will provide guidance for safe, regular and available activities for those with diabetes. Vendors will be present from companies serving people with diabetes. Co-Sponsored by Port Huron Hospital and the Blue Water YMCA. Please register register by calling HealthAccess at 800-228-1484.

Date: Saturday, March 13
Time: 8:00 am - noon
Fee: $5

Family Read and Fitness Night
Reading is the key to success in school. Family Read Nights were developed to get kids excited about reading and offer a families a positive fun evening together. New this year is a combined activity for students from Cleveland, Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson schools at the Blue Water
Y! The event includes celebrity readers, celebrity fitness trainers, crafts and a book walk (similar to a cake walk). Every child receives at least one new book to take home. Sponsored by the Women’s Initiative and Community Foundation of St. Clair County.

Date:  Thursday, March 18
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Kids Night Out!!!!!

Children ages 5-13 are invited to come to the YMCA for an evening of swimming, sports, games and FUN! Participants will be supervised by YMCA staff and given a snack while they enjoy an evening of new friends and new games. Children must bring swimsuit and towel, and wear clothes to play in.

Register early - space is limited!

Date:  Fridays, March 19

Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm

Fee:  $8 for members, $15 for non-members

Free Wellness Seminars

Understanding and Preventing Non-Contact Knee Injuries

Presenter:  Dr. Murphy, Orthopedics Associates
Date:  March 25
Time:  6:00 - 7:00 pm

Fat Burning Nutrition

Build muscle and burn fat with optimal nutrition! Learn about incorporating a nutritious, balanced diet that will help you achieve your wellness goals.

Presenter:  Cheryl Keaney, YMCA Personal Trainer
Date: Thursday, April 15
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Teen Night
Come join us for a night of fun! Pool games and gym competitions, free snacks and beverages. Must bring student ID. Doors will be locked at 9:00pm - any student exiting the building after this time will not be let back in!

Age: 6th - 10th Grade
Date: Saturday, April 17
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm
Early Registration Fee: $8 for members, $10 for non-members
At the Door: $12 for everyone

Healthy Kids Day
Improving the Blue Water Area’s health and well-being happens one person, one family, one community at a time, and YMCA Healthy Kids Day provides a festive, engaging and active way to get started. Watch the website and around the Y for more details.

Date:  Saturday, April 24

Salmon Stakes
This event is a fundraiser for the Blue Water YMCA, a fun family event in St. Clair and a fishing tournament. Raffle tickets are $10 and each ticket is entry into the raffle for wonderful prizes, registration for the tournament, a discount coupon for the Voyageur AND a guest pass for the Y. Coordinated by the Blue Water Sportfishing Association, the Salmon Stakes Fishing Tournament is one of the largest tournaments in the area. Come to St. Clair the day of the tournament to watch the fishermen weigh in their catch as well as participate in family activities, entertainment and fun.

Date: Saturday, April 24
Location:  The Voyageur Restaurant, St. Clair