School Year Programs

today is the day!!! CIT applications are open! 🤩🤝🤸🏾‍♀️ Our Counselor In Training program provides leadership experiences specific to camp for rising high school juniors. If you’re trying to have the best summer of your life check the link in bio to view the application. Spots fill quickly so apply soon! ☀️🤪🔥🏀🏹🚣🏻‍♀️🩰🎭🛶🐴⛵️🌅🎉🤟🏻

Summer 2022 overnight camp registration is now open!! Visit the link in our bio to view session dates & rates. We look forward to spending the summer with you on the sunny shores of Lake Wylie ☀️💛✨

Summer 2022 registration for overnight camp is now open! To view session dates & prices visit the link in our bio. We look forward to spending the summer with you on the sunny shores of Lake Wylie ☀️💛✨

We were happy to host Clover AME Zion Church last Saturday for their pastoral appreciation day. Please join us again soon.

In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re celebrating leaders who make a difference in our YMCA and beyond! Valeria Bermejo joined the YMCA of Greater Charlotte in 2017. Valeria’s parents are Mexican, and she grew up in a Mexican American home in New Jersey. Valeria shared: “I have always identified more with being Mexican American (Chicana) than Hispanic or Latina. It is the culture I have always felt more connected to. It is the way I speak Spanish, cook, the art I know, and love. It is a very specific experience.” Valeria is a Parent Educator with the Y’s Parents as Teachers (PAT) program, serving families in Charlotte’s South Blvd. corridor. Valeria first learned about the Y’s PAT program in an education class during her junior year of college: “At the time, I was a single mom to a baby girl. As I listened to the PAT team's presentation, I remember that I felt so inspired by the work they do.” After graduating, Valeria began looking for jobs with nonprofits that helped children and families, and reconnected with the Y and PAT. “I began working with Parents as Teachers in 2017 and most of my case load were teen moms. For my first 3 years I served 15 families and did home visits every week. I still keep in touch with some of them even though they are no longer on my case load.” As a PAT Parent Educator, Valeria works with families with children under age five to help parents learn about their child's development, connect families to community resources, and teach families how to advocate for their child in school.

Day Camp LIT interviews for the Summer 2022 will begin in two weeks. Group interviews will be held at Camp Thunderbird on the following Friday evenings: October 15, 22, 29 and November 5. Please click the link below to request and schedule an interview. https://share.hsforms.com/15U_6aRjzTq60_lqllGNdMg2ed0x?__hstc=108357085.1bd3c12d1b0d2909ebc04637aa8fe417.1614708951531.1633112741640.1633355747496.29&__hssc=108357085.2.1633355747496&__hsfp=1689240307

In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re celebrating leaders who make a difference in our YMCA and beyond! Sergio Chisaca has been with our Y since 2018 and currently serves as Sales & Service Lead at the Harris YMCA. Sergio provides bilingual customer service for members and families involved in fitness, programs and summer camps, as well as Parents as Teachers and ESL programs and events. In addition, he currently teaches a digital literacy class in Spanish, and is actively involved in Harris YMCA’s annual Welcoming Week celebrations each September. Sergio is from Bogota, Colombia and is a proud Colombian. He shared: “I think our history shows that Colombians and Latinos in general are a persevering people.” He’s proud to be from a beautiful region with amazing landscapes, extraordinary food and culture, and a rich history. Sergio wants people to know about the good things happening in and through Colombia—including world famous coffee; art, music and culture; and Nobel Prize recipients—but most of all, that it’s home to “a warm, hardworking and welcoming people.”

We have such a great instructor crew - thanks for being here, Fall 2021 staff!