Y News

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F A M I L Y Y M C A

Upcoming events: Tues., July 28: Adventure

Guides Base Camp @ Main Y

Thurs., July 30: Home Depot Grand Opening

Sat., Oct. 24: 19th Annual Ira D. Calvert Distinguished Service Awards Dinner

Community events: Fri., July 31: Good

Morning Corona with the Corona Chamber of Commerce

Thurs., Sept. 24: Riverside County Women’s Conference

Tues., Sept. 29: SACK Imagine Dinner

Sat., Oct. 17: Inland Empire Navy Birthday Ball

Y STAFF meetings: Mon., July 27 @ 11am

Front Office Meeting

Mon., July 27 @3:30pm

Admin Meeting

Wed., Aug. 6 @ 9:30am.

Site Supervisor Meeting

Y BOARD meeting: Thurs., July 23 @ 5pm

Parent meetings: Parent meeting schedules

are coming soon!

Job Openings:

Accounts Receivable &

Payable

Van Drivers

Teacher Aides

Teachers

*See page 7 for details

Download job application

from the Y website: and

return to Main Y, Attention:

Monica Hunter, Child Care

Programs Director.

www.ymcacornor.org

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WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR STATE PRESCOOL PROGRAM

FOR MORE INFORMATION,

CALL 951-734-8026

Harada THEME: TRAINS & MOTORCYCLES

YMCA Birthdays

Last week, the children were exploring about different careers and learning how to be ready to go to college and choose the right career for them. This week we chose to re-search more about the transportation field, specifically trains and motorcycles. So this is some of the information about that.

Lately the last 2 decades the science and technology has been improved amazingly in the transport industry. This week, we will research and learn some facts about the history of the Trains and Motorcycles. It will be interesting to find out when and where the first train and first Motorcycles were invented; the difference of old and modern transportation; the variety of ways they are used now; and how convenient each type of transportation is. In addition to all the research that will be provide to the children they will be making a 3-D train and a card board motorcycle. Friday we will have share day, children will bring their trains and motorcycles to share with their friends. For literacy we will read the book: The Underground Railroad. The children will listen to the story, retell, draw and write their own story.

To Our Y NEW EMPLOYEES

Yolanda Vera 05-06-2015: Main Y

Jessica Calderon 05-21-2015: City Park

Leah Miller 05-27-2015: Merrill

Maria Chihuahua 06-22-2015: Admin

Moses Cruz 06-29-2015: Admin

Alfredo Ramiro 07-27-2015: Jurupa

Let us all welcome our newest staff to the

Corona Norco Family YMCA

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Merrill

Christina Moore-Peters 3-Jul

Ivonne Yanez 7-Jul

Martha Sanchez 17-Jul

Alana Lomeli 18-Jul

Carmen Valdez 19-Jul

Isaac Garcia 21-Jul

Crystal Alvarado 30-Jul

Tuesday, August 11 - Corona-Norco Unified Back to School Wednesday, August 12 - Jurupa Unified School District Back to School Friday, August 28 - Track Change Monday, September 7 - Labor Day Holiday - all Y sites will be closed. Tuesday, September 1 - State Preschool starts

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Jurupa Toddlers – This week we will be working on a theme about Summer Fun. Some activities we will be doing include: making play dough from scratch, sandal painting, and sticker art. Some outdoor activities that we plan on doing include: a beach ball toss, limbo, and sensory tables with sand toys while we enjoy some fun in the sun!

Preschool 1 – This week our classroom will be learning about our environments and our survival ways. For art we will be creating our own environment pictures using paint, construction paper, cardboard, cereal, glue, markers, scissors, and tissue. We will also do an activity where we will add sea animals to water. Our book for the week is the “Shyest Fish.”

Preschool 2 – This week the children in our class will be talking about numbers. Children will learn how numbers can add and subtract to small sums. We will also be measuring the height of each child and seeing the difference between the children and making a graph. Friday is our mix-match day.

Preschool 3 – This week we will be exploring the difference in different cultures in each of our families. We will be doing all about me and get to know the students and their families. We will also explore their tradition we want to introduce diversity to our students.

School Age – Multicultural fun, the children will be doing activities exploring different cultures and learning some different customs. The children will continue to work on their tiki’s for the end of the summer luau. Children will enjoy swimming this week at City Park in Corona.

City Park Happy Summer from City Park. As we finished up talking about Camping, our class made a log

cabin. It came out so cute. Last week we talked about The Solar System. The children made an

assortment of different planet crafts. On Wednesday, the children made Astronaut helmets.

The children had so much fun making them. This week, we are talking about the things that we

do with our families in the summer. If any families have pictures of vacations they have taken,

please bring those in so your child can share with their friends. The children will be making a

pretend watermelon with hair gel and a baggie, umbrellas and beach balls. Starting this week, on Wednesday, we will

be having water play day. Please bring a swimsuit, a towel, sun screen and water shoes. All children must have water

shoes. NOTCIE TO PARENTS: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON WILL BE HAVING A TEMPORARY POWER OUTAGE

BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 AT 8:00PM AND ENDING THURSDAY, JULY 23 AT 6:00AM. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT

OUR PROGRAMS. JUST A NOTICE TO THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN THE AREA.

Teen Center

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The Teens had a really fun week doing many fun crafts and activities they did abstract name designs, mosaic masterpieces, and recycle magazine art. This week the Teens will be doing many fun crafts and activities like making pliiows using emoji symbols, T-shirt bags, Melting perler beads crafts, Tissue paper roses, shell crafts and much more and to end our fun Friday we will be having a water day Friday and they will be enjoying a nice Snow cones.

Come and support our YMCA Teen Center we will be selling yummy, fresh, and delicious popcorn along with sweet and tasty churros. Call the us for more information.

We offer Zumba Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10-11am and 6-7pm. The classes are only $3.00. From week to week the Zumba classes range from classic Latin salsa to today’s modern pop music. We have large and smaller classes to fit your

Citrus Circle Last week we had a fun week making a volcano. Everyone worked together to make the volcano. We took a 2-liter bottle and paper maché around it. The volcano took longer that we had expected so we will continue to work on the volcano this week. We will finish painting it and then we will make our volcano erupt using baking soda, dish soap and vinegar. We cannot wait for this experiment.

We will also continue our study on ocean life and their surroundings. We will be examining sharks and octopuses. We will be making sharks out of paper bags and octopuses out of toilet paper rolls.

We have a week of themed days: Monday is Hat Day, Tuesday is Orange Day, Wednesday is Wacky Wednesday (wear mixed matched outfit), Thursday is Water Day, and Friday is Movie Day.

need as well as multiple classes throughout the week. It is a wonderful way to unwind and relax after a long day as well as dancing your way into a better lifestyle.

We also offer Senior Classes $5.00 the class. We have Core Workout with Pilates and Yoga on Thursdays from 9:30am to10:30 am. There is also cardio fitness on Mondays from 11-12 noon. We would like to invite all seniors in our community to our classes. This class is perfect for anyone who is just starting off or to those who’ve been doing this for a while.

The Home Gardens Public Library is proud to serve the community with the following free and educational programs! Their toddler story time, commonly known as “Wiggles and Giggles” is a fun bi-weekly event (Wednesday & Fridays) for infants and school aged children. Bilingual story time, “Aventura’s de Lecture” takes place ever Wednesday afternoon at 4pm and children are introduced to the world of literacy and culture, with arts and crafts that follow. All community teens (ages 10 and up) are invited to form part of Anime Club, every Tuesday at 4pm. Home Gardens Library is gearing up for its annual summer reading program, Junto’s Leemos. Our theme this year is Read to the Rhythm, and we're looking forward to collaborating with our local YMCA on some lively activities. Along with our regular events, we have special programming every Thursday from 4-5pm. Our big summer event will be a talent show on July 30 (sign up at the library). For more information, contact the library at 951-279-2148.

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Main Y Summer Program: Monday was full of music and fun! CAT Lights up the stage with music from different eras. The preschool children and the summer day camp children enjoyed their performance and got to dance and learn new moves. Thank you CAT for a wonderful performance. Full Day We have been enjoying getting to know the new friends in our class! We have been working like little scientists in our classroom lately, experimenting with growing seeds and making hypotheses as to what will happen. We have found out that just because it is called “bird seed” does not actually mean that birds will sprout from it when planted and watered! Preschool let us know that, “seeds are gonna live in dirt when they are alive.” The children are learning valuable skills such as cause and effect. They are using their fine motor skills to plant seeds and draw pictures representing what they have observed in the planting process, as well as develop their language by dictating their guesses (hypotheses) of what might happen verbally to the class. Thank you for sharing your children with us! CALVERT This week we are exploring under the sea. We will be focusing on Various Ocean animals. Children will create animals such as Jelly Fish, killer whales, puffer fish, squid. We will be observing sea animals and sea shells for sensory. They will be able to observe, touch and smell a real fish and a lobster. Later on in the week they will be journaling their experiences.

Home Gardens Theme: Multicultural Fun

We will be exploring our own ethnic backgrounds. We will discuss things we like to do, eat, and wear. We will share what music we like to listen to, dance to, and the places we like to go. This week our art projects we will be making are chop sticks and flags. The children will be experiencing different fruits

from different cultures. For example, from Africa we will be experiencing figs and discuss different ways people prepare and eat figs. From Mexico we will try mangos and make a mango salad or a mango shake. From Japan we will try the pyramid shaped watermelon. From America we will try oranges and discuss different ways we can use oranges in cooking and eating. We will have outside play with bike races, sponge races, dances, musical chairs, limbo, and water play. Our field trip this week will be going to the movies.

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Upcoming Events

Did you know that the Corona-Norco Family YMCA is helping children and families weather the economic storm? Every day we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. The Y now operates eight program sites with a continuum of care for children in the Corona-Norco and Jurupa Valley Unified School Districts ages 18 months to high school. We are always looking for support from our community. If you would like more information of how you can help, please contact Lorena Gomez (951) 736-1415 or gomez@ymcacornor.org The Corona-Norco Family YMCA is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization classified by the Internal Revenue Service.

Thank you for your continued support of YOUR YMCA!

The Y is proud to partner with SACK for The Inaugural Imagine Dinner:

The Y is proud to partner with the NAVSEA Corona Division for the Inaugural Inland Empire Navy

Birthday Ball

The Y is proud to partner with for the Riverside County Women’s Conference

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Zumba Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri at 10am and 6pm. Only $3 per class. Call the Y Community Center for more info: (951) 280-0783

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

NOW accepting sign ups for Summer Day Camp!

Monday-Friday: 9am -5pm June 9 - August 7

$140 per week Camp includes breakfast, lunch, & a P.M. snack.

Fieldtrips are included in the price of camp. Call 951-736-922 to register.

Spaces are limited and is on a first come first serve basis. Come experience summer!

Core Workout with Pilates & yoga

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

OPENING TUESDAY, AUGUST 11th

The Corona Norco Family YMCA day camp provides an exciting setting for your children to explore the indoors and outdoors. Quality staff will guide them through a day of discovery as they explore the world around them. Weekly themes allow campers to learn more about the worlds ecosystems through art, sporting, nature and character development activities. In addition, homework help, and writing and literacy enrichment. All activities are designed to be fun and stimulating. Campers work together in many activities which lead to the developments of teamwork skills, leadership skills, and lifelong friendships. In addition, campers gain an understanding of the YMCA’s character development values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility.

YMCA YOUTH CENTER AT RIVER ROAD PARK

Karate Location: YMCA Main : 1331 River Road 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

Basketball Season starts July 29th.

Tuesdays & Thursdays

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

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

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Youth & Government We are finalizing our calendar for the 2015-2016 school year. In August, Y & G Delegates will visit different schools to Recruit new members for the 2015-2016 year. If you would like to speak with the Y & G delegates or assist them with their research, please contact Lorena Gomez at gomez@ymcacornor.org or (951)736-9622.

Music Lessons Y Ensemble: Thursdays at 6:30pm practice. Come join us!

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 July 14: Board Meeting at Main Y July 28: Base Camp at Main Y If you are interested in this program, contact Kathleen Murphy at (951) 736-1415 or kmurphy@ymcacornor.org

Cheerleading Practices are on Thursdays

JR STARS (Beg. 5, 6, 7) 6:30pm-7:00pm

SR STARS (Beg. 8 & Up) 7:10pm-7:40pm

$105 Paid in Full for 15 weeks. $55 Paid in 2 payments. $8 Paid at each weekly lesson

www.cyscallstars.com or call (909) 948-3861

Thank you CAT Corona for performing to all of our sites last week! It was so much fun!

We have been collecting items for our upcoming events and fundraisers. We would like to thank the following companies for their generous donations!

BJ’s Restaurant and Brewery

Bobby & Karen Spiegel

Burger Boss

Chick-fil-A Hidden Valley Parkway

Chiropractic Network Injury Care & Prevention

Chipotle of Norco

Citizen’s Business Bank

Corona Chamber of Commerce

Corona Fire Department

Corona Police Department

Corona Rotary Club

Dos Lagos Golf Course

Green River Golf Club

Jersey Mike’s Subs Corona

Kountry Folks Homestyle Restaurant

Lifetime Fence Supply Inc.

Marco’s Pizza

Mantra Restaurant

McDonald’s of Corona, Norco & SAVI Ranch

Miguel’s Restaurants

Monster Energy Company

Pieology Pizzeria

RA Sushi

Richard Nixon Library

Rodrigo’s Restaurant

Round Table Pizza

Sizzler Restaurant

TAPS Fish House & Brewery

Thoro Packaging

UFC Gym South Corona

Vulcan Materials

Yogurtland

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** Accounts Receivable & Payable Clerk: Must have experience in both accounts payable and accounts receivable. Knowledge in QuickBooks and Microsoft Office.

** Van Driver: Must have Passenger endorsement and a Class B Driver license

** Site Supervisors: Must have a Site Supervisor permit and knowledge of Title 5 & Title 22

** Teacher: Must have a California Teacher's permit and 1-year experience with desired results and environmental rating scale

** Teacher Aides: Must have 6 units.

Download job application from the Y website: and return to Main Y, Attention: Monica Hunter, Child Care Programs Director.

www.ymcacornor.org/job-openings

Do you think you have what it takes? Or you know someone who does? We are hiring:

WHAT WHEN TIME WHERE COST

CPR/1st Aid Class Sat, August 8, 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, Sept. 12, 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

Basketball Starts: July 29th 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

Cheerleading Thursdays JR STARS 6:30-7pm SR STARS 7:10-7:40

Youth Center at Harada

Call 909-948-3861

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CORONA-NORCO FAMILY YMCA

1331 River Road, Corona, CA 92880

Phone: 951-736-1415

Fax: 951-736-6759

Website: ymcacornor.org

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