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Fitness Fun and Fundraising at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA

Open to the community!

Fitness Fun at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA
Fitness Fun at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA (Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA)

The Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA has a variety of fitness opportunities open to the community throughout the month of April.

All classes are donation based to support the 2024 Annual Campaign, Find Your Reason to Give. Our goal is to raise $150,000 to support the Y’s financial assistance program. Donations to the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA help ensure that life-changing programs and services are available to every member in our community, regardless of their ability to pay.

Class Details:

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Dancing Thru the Decades: Cardio Dance

Friday, April 19, 6:30 -8:30pm

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Get your groove on! Dance through the decades with moves and music designed for aerobic fitness fun. Drop in for one song or stay for the full set! Shake, rattle, and roll with the FSPY community for good! Teachers include: Lila Gordem, Karen Perez, Nancy Wong, Sonal Nohria, Sophia Gershman and Nancy Barnes

Minimum donation is $20 per person.

Cycle for Community

Saturday, April 20, 7:30-9:15am

We have got a ride for you! Join a 45-minute cycle class with Tali Axelrod (7:30am) and Alan Ennis (8:30am). Ride for distance, strength, hills, drills, and of course fun! Empower yourself with great spin workouts while helping others.

Minimum donation is $20 per person/per class

Yoga Day

Sunday April 21, 9am-12pm

Our full day of yoga classes will inspire you to embrace a healthier and more balanced lifestyle. Enjoy a day filled with peace, harmony, and inner strength. No experience is needed. Please bring a mat.

Join us for the entire day or a portion:

9-9:45am - Power up! w/ Jen Campion

9-45-10am - Craft project to remember our day w/ Roberta Catuogno

10-10:30am - Laughter Yoga w/ Sharon Waldman

10:30-10:45am - Healthy snack break

10:45am-12pm - Melt into the mat w/ Michele Gorka and Blase Sylvester

Minimum $20 donation per person.

Register for classes here: https://fspymca.as.me/2024-annual-campaign

All classes are open to the community. Adults 18 and over must show a government-issued photo ID and sign a guest waiver.

Additional events available in April and May including Macaron Making, Paint and Sip Mocktails, and more. More details here: https://fspymca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Annual-campaign-events_Updated_04_01_24.pdf

Thank you for your support for the Fanwood- Scotch Plains YMCA 2024 Annual Campaign. Whatever your reason to give to the Y, you are making a difference in someone’s life. Whether it is helping a senior stay socially engaged and physically active, a cancer survivor finding strength and support after treatment, or giving a child the opportunity to experience summer camp for the first time, your gift can change a life.

fspymca.org/give-today

The Y is the nation’s leading nonprofit committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. For information on membership or programs, or to request a schedule of classes, please call the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA at (908) 889-8880 or visit www.fspymca.org. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify.

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