Y News C O R O N A - N O R C O

F A M I L Y Y M C A

Upcoming events: April 29-30, Home Depot

Project at Main Y (see page 7)

Community events: April 18, Day of a Child at

Corona City Park (see page 9)

April 25, Helping Hands Service Project : City Park, Jurupa and the Main Y Sites (see page 6)

Admin Office meetings:

Thurs., April 23 Site

Supervisors Training

Parent meetings:

Merrill: Tues., April 21 @

6pm. Topic: Nap SACC Program Nutritionist, guest speaker is Cheri Blucher

Home Gardens: Tues., April

21 @ 6pm. Topic: Health &

Safety Concerns

Main Y: Thurs., April 23 @

8:30am. Topic: Nap SACC

Program Nutritionist.

City Park: Thurs., April 30

@ 6pm. Topic: Make and

take match activities

Job Openings:

Van Driver

*Passenger endorsement

*Class B driver license

Teacher Aides

*Jurupa Center

*Merrill Center

*Must have 6 units

Teacher

*City Park Center

*Merrill Center

*Teacher’s Permit (CA) required

*1 yr. experience with desired

results and environmental

rating scale

Download job application from

the Y website: and return to

Main Y, Attention: Monica

Hunter, Programs Director.

www.ymcacornor.org

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WHAT WHEN TIME WHERE COST

CPR/1st Aid Class Sat, May 9, 2015 8:30am Main Y Call 800-325-4468 for pricing info

Cardio Fitness Monday 11:00am - 12:00pm Y Community Center

$5 per class

Core Workout with Pilates/yoga

Thursday 9:30am - 10:30am Y Community Center

$5 per class

Health & Safety Class

Sat, May 2, 2015 8:30am Main Y Call 800-325-4468 for pricing info

Karate Monday & Wednesdays

Beginners 6:15pm - 7:00pm

Int/Advanced 7:15pm - 8:00pm

Call Main Y to register

Cost $45 Member, $55 Non members. Cost is per month.

Music Lessons One-on-one lessons drums, piano and

for woodwinds/brass, guitar.

Call Main Y 951-736

to register -9622

Youth Sports - Flag Football

Starts: April 21st Tuesday & Thursday

Ages 4-6 6:15pm - 7:00pm

Ages 7-10 7:15pm - 8:00pm

Call Main Y to register

Cost $45 Member, $55 Non members

Zumba Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 10:00am - 11:00am

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Y Community Center

$3 per class

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www.facebook.com/YMCACorNor And find out what’s going on

behind the scenes.

It’s the best way to keep up to date with what’s going on at the

Corona-Norco Family YMCA!

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We are continuing our study of clothes. Last week, Miss Irene’s class made a washer out of cardboard boxes. After they made the washing machine, they washed their clothes and then thy hung them on the clothes line to dry. The children had lots of fun. This week, they will be looking at how people make clothes. Miss Martha will be bringing in her sewing machine to show the children how it works. They will be working on a class-room quilt and Miss Martha will sew it to-gether. The children will be using clothes pins to spell their names. In the discovery center,

they will be mixing dif-ferent colors of paint and see what colors they can make. Miss Bousha’s class also made a washer and dryer in their class. The children are enjoying

City Park washing and drying their laundry as well. This week they will be exploring the fea-tures of clothes. They will be practicing how to button a shirt, tie shoes, zipping up jackets, snapping snaps and lacing strings. Miss Bousha will be introducing the concept of measuring by adding rul-ers, yardsticks and measuring tapes in her classroom. When your child is getting dressed in the morning, encourage them to do their buttons and snaps on their own. To all our families, please remember the Day of the Child event at the City Park on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 10:00 am.

Main Y

Pre- School Part Day, Full Day:

This week in state, we will continue our study of trees and nature by investigating what grows on trees. Children will have the opportunity to collect items from the trees at our school and to use them in art and discovery. We will also be using fruits that grow on trees to make a fruit salad.

Calvert:

This week we will be learning about who lives on a tree?...Our theme is trees, bugs and nature. Our letters this week our P, R, N, triangle and number 15 and the col-or green. Children will be painting, collaging and creating various animals/bugs with various material. The kids will have sensory play in a mud tub with squishy plastic worms. They will observe which water melts their baby egg chick, salt water or warm water. For science children will see and observe worms and non harmful insects every day in the science area. We will also be pattering various bugs and animals as well as sorting.

School Age:

We are continuing with the Spring theme and what this season has to offer. We start off by learning what type of animals and insects come out at this time. Our crafts will consist of abstract art to depict Spring time while also learning about symmetry. As for our literacy practice we will be writing short stories and learning about sequenc-ing and acronyms. The outdoor activities we have planned are a nature hunt, relay races and other fun games.

Teen Center

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Monday-Friday homework help. Tutoring: Tuesday’s & Wednesday’s 3:30-4:30pm Our activities this week are Magazine Art, They will make a Finger print and write about themselves, they will be making past, present, future collage, straw painting, they will create a mural painting, perler beads crafts to

end a fun week they will be playing a nice game of Apples to Apples and Uno game and a fun just dance and Basketball game.

Harada THEME: SPRING TIME This is our third week of spring activities. This week we will explore the Life Cycle of the Butterfly, the process of the metamorphosis, how many kinds of butterflies, how long does the butterfly live, what do the butterflies eat, where the butterflies spend the winter when the temperatures drop drastically? For arts and crafts we will make a 3-dimensional caterpillar, a cocoon and a butterfly, a butterfly mask and butterfly painting. We will have dictation and illustration based on the Very Hungry caterpillar book.

Home Gardens This week we will be leaning about people in our community. The children will dress up as a doctor, nurse, police person, or teacher. The children will decide as to who they will dress up as. We will have face painting, planting, riding on the bikes, building puzzles, learning music & movement with CAT and have a movie day. This week homework will be learning storytelling, numbers and math. We will also have a parent meeting next week about health and safety concerns.

Merrill

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Jurupa

Toddlers - For the week of April 20-24, 2015 we will be working on a weather theme where we will be doing an ice art activity, spray bottle painting, salt painting, watercolors on coffee filters, lacing rain boot cutouts with yarn, and singing songs such as Blow, blow, blow the wind to the tune of Row, Row, Row your boat. Preschool - This week our preschool classroom will be learning about what buildings are made of and what makes them strong. We will be creating pictures with materials that are used to build strong buildings and adding them to our centers. Some materials we will be using are things like mud, sticks, and cement. School age - The children will be planting this week. Children will continue art projects of rainbows and spring. They will be playing games in small groups such as dominoes, checkers etc.. Children will continue to work on art projects.

We are working on a brand new curriculum study called, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Study. We will study, different materials we can use for the study of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. The children will learn about several reasons, why it is important for people to recycle and reuse materials. The children will have an opportunity to name one material they will like to reuse and how they can reuse it. The children will play a game called, what’s inside the box? They will be able to find small objects inside the box that usually gets thrown away, and not reused. They will be able to identify the item, and think of a way to reuse it. The children will be able to see the objects names on a paper. They will be asked ques-tions, such as, what do we know about reducing, re-using, and recycling? The children will be able to share their ideas and thoughts, and their ideas will be written on a paper, for the class to see. We will ask the children what items they would place inside a recycling bin. They will be able to share their ideas, and learn from other peers ideas and thoughts.

The children will learn new vocabulary words, such as

empty carton, something,

nothing, poster board, and

heavy paper. The children look for materials inside the classroom that can be recycled and reused, instead of

throwing away in the trash can.

Welcome to Our Y

NEW EMPLOYEES

Carla McSwain 02-03-2015: Main Y

Nayeli Garcia 02-16-2015: Merrill

Margaret Faleafine 02-18-2015: Main Y

Rebekah Foltz 03-02-2015: Jurupa Valley

Yesenia Beltran 03-02-2015: Merrill

Indoor Causey 03-07-15: Home Gardens

Martha Sandoval 03-08-15: Main Y

Rebecca Spiegel 03-16-2015: Administration

Let us all welcome our newest staff to the

Corona Norco Family YMCA

YMCA Birthday Corner

Elena Morales - April 9

Karina Oblea - April 10

Ana Narvez - April 17

Guadalupe Gaeta - April 21

Yvonee Leon - April 28

Susa Der - April 29

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C.A.T. at the Y.M.C.A. Each week, we will include pictures of our students at the various sites

City Park Center

Merrill Center

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Youth & Government

On Saturday, April 11th, Y&G volunteered at the SACK Foundation Color-a-thon. We even had two runners sponsored to run, by our Board President, Dave LaVelle. Thank you Dave! The delegates had a blast! (pictures below)

We had a great year and look forward to starting up again in August!

If you would like to speak with the Y & G delegates or assist them with their research, please contact Lorena Gomez at (951) 736-9622 or gomez@ymcacornor.org

Team Jurupa. We are proud of all of you and your State of California Community Care Licensing accomplishment of receiving a 100% at your annual review. We're confident that you will continue with even more successes. Congratulations!

P A G E 7

This week we got a call from Thoro Packaging to donate printed popcorn boxes for our Corona-Norco Family YMCA. We will be receiving the in-kind donation of 2,500 printed popcorn boxes. Thank you Thoro Packaging!

We are always working on improving our sites to protect our families we serve. This week at the Harada site, the new fence was finished! Isn’t is beautiful?

Communication Corner On Saturday, April 25th this organization, JustServe Helping Hands/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and their volunteers will be at the City Park, Jurupa, and Main Y sites to assist in clearing out and organizing the storage containers/areas. Key staff will be at each site to assist and to inventory everything in each container/area.

The main contacts from JustServe are Shandra Carlsen for the Corona area and Curt Seymore for the Jurupa group. This group has a day every April that they have volunteers serve different agencies/projects in their area.

Home Depot Community Project has approved a grant to renovate the existing soccer stadium at the Main Y Facility. The in kind donation gift is worth $50,000 plus in-kind labor to do the project in two days: April 29 and 30. The Home Depot Team will provide materials, supplies, and labor through their Team Depot staff volunteers.

We are proud supporters of buying local! Every week we get a delivery from the Griffith Family Farms of oranges so that we ensure our students are eating fresh fruit daily.

Thank you Lisa and Walt Edmiston for the donation of paper to our Harada Center.

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Zumba Come join the fun in our Zumba classes! Only one hour long!

Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri at 10am and 6pm. Only $3 per class.

Call the Y Community Center for more info: (951) 280-0783

Core Workout with Pilates & yoga Come join the fun in our Core Workout with Pilates & yoga classes! Only one hour long!

Thursdays at 9:30am. Only $5 per class. Call the Y Community Center for more info: (951) 280-0783

Cardio Fitness

Looking to get fit and a group to join? Come join our Cardio Fitness classes!

Mondays at 11am. Only $5 per class Call the Y Community Center for more info: (951) 280-0783

Flag Football

Coming up! Register now to join the fun! Season will start April 21st!

Tuesdays & Thursdays : Ages 4-6 6:15pm-7:00pm Ages 7-10 7:15pm-8:00pm

Call the Main Y to schedule: (951) 736-9622

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Karate

Location: YMCA Main Office:1331 River Road, Corona, CA 92880 Cost: Y-Members $35.00/mo Non-Members $45.00/mo Classes available for Adults and Children age 5 & up! Call the Main Y to schedule: (951) 736-9622

Come visit our booth! Activities for the whole family!

CORONA-NORCO

FAMILY YMCA

1331 River Road

Corona, CA 92880

If you have questions or suggestions about this newsletter,

please email Rebecca Spiegel at spiegel@ycornor.org.

Phone: 951-736-1415

Fax: 951-736-6759

Website: ymcacornor.org

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www.facebook.com/YMCACorNor

Music Lessons Private music lessons taught by professional musicians/instructors with performance and teaching experience. 1/2 Hour Lessons $20 Members $25 Non Members.

Call the Main Y to schedule: (951) 736-9622

Adventure Guides April 14th: Board Meeting at the Main Y

April 28: Base Camp at 7pm at the Main Y

If you are interested in this program, contact Kathleen Murphy at (951) 736-1415 or murphy@ymcacornor.org