Camp Chief Hector YMCA

RUN! BBQ! YMCA Family Fun Run!

5th Annual Family Fun Run Camp Chief Hector YMCA Bring the whole family to enjoy the Family Run Run in a beautiful mountain setting followed by a BBQ lunch. A great way to get out to the mountains while doing …

All Sport One Day

Sport Calgary’s All Sport One Day, on Saturday, June 16, 2012, provides an opportunity for your children to participate in a sport discovery session at one of ten partner facilities throughout Calgary… for FREE! Shawnessy YMCA and Saddletowne YMCA are …

YMCA Healthy Kids Day – A fun, free family event!

Please join us on Sunday, June 3 when we will be celebrating YMCA Healthy Kids Day.  This event will be taking place at all YMCA Calgary locations, as well as at Camp Chief Hector in Kananaskis where we will be having a Family …

Make a Bracelet with Chinese Characters

Hi! Looking for something to do? Get crafty! A website called MakingFriends.com has lots of cool and easy craft ideas. Use stuff you probably have sitting around the house anyhow. Check out this craft, Bottle Camp Magnetic Bracelet with Chinese …

Fun Run at Camp Chief Hector

5th Annual Family Fun Run Camp Chief Hector YMCA Bring the whole family to enjoy the Family Run Run in a beautiful mountain setting followed by a BBQ lunch. A great way to get out to the mountains while doing …

Eau Claire Volunteer of the Year Award

The 2011 Adult Volunteer of the Year for Eau Claire was awarded to Teresa Saliba. Teresa has been a member of the YMCA for 10 years and has been a volunteer for 8 years. She currently volunteers on the weight floor. Her dedication to …

YMCA Helps Children Grow

Yesterday at the YMCA Aboriginal Buddies program, kids learned about totem poles and worked diligently to create their own beautiful totem poles. In the Aboriginal Buddies cultural discovery program, Aboriginal elementary school students meet twice a week to learn about …

Superfruits or Super Myth?

In a recent article on the Los Angeles Times online, writer Karen Ravn takes a look at whether or not superfruits really are a great as people tout. “Over the years, a lot of produce has been given the “super” …

Fill out your Camper Information forms at Family Zone

Families of all registered campers were sent an E-newsletter on Friday May 11. Follow the link in the newsletter to FAMILY ZONE to fill out your camper information forms for Camp Chief Hector YMCA. If your email has blocked the …

Toe-tal transformation

OK, I’ll admit it, I only joined the Y because my husband nagged me into it. I was always happy with the wine and whine approach – enjoy a glass and later complain my jeans wouldn’t fit. So it was …