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Find Your Spark at the YMCA this New Year

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Find your spark this January when you join the YMCA! The Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA and YMCA of the Suncoast have convenient locations across Tampa Bay for the entire family. Because they offer childcare, parents and caregivers can exercise while the expert staff watches the littles.

When you become a member, you are introduced to a wide selection of programs from group exercise classes to personal training, swimming, youth sports and so much more.

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YMCA of the Suncoast

“The Y helps people meet their goals through community,” notes Summer Cruff, vice president of Healthy Living, YMCA of the Suncoast. “We connect people and families to what gets them motivated and moving!”

The YMCA of the Suncoast has experienced and knowledgeable wellness staff, including personal trainers who provide education and coaching and specialty programs such as the Power Zone, a new functional group training space at the Greater Palm Harbor YMCA. All branches have individual and group personal training opportunities, group exercise classes and health education programs to help individual objectives.

“The New Year provides everyone a great opportunity to think about their goals and have additional motivation to get started or restart,” Cruff says. “Not only do we have a $0 join fee in January and an introductory personal training offer you can take advantage of, but it’s the perfect way to jumpstart your New Year’s health/wellness targets! Come in and get connected to your community and let us help you reach your goals.”

Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA

The Tampa Y offers a wide variety of options to help everyone attain their health and wellness goals along with support through this fitness journey. Members can use a variety of modern equipment for different workouts on the wellness floors.

“We watch families with young children who start in our stay and play, then join sports or swimming as toddlers, then go to summer camp at school age, then join Leaders Club or other Y teen programs in high school,” shares Dawn Kita, Tampa Y’s operations director, Community Health. “Meanwhile, the parents get to know one another and become lifelong friends. On the other end of the spectrum, our older adults come to us later in life and build a community of support. As spouses pass, this community of friends at the YMCA lifts them and keeps them engaged to stay strong and healthy.”

Get your YMCA membership today and SPARK that goal! Both associations offer financial assistance to those who qualify – helping all feel included and part of the Y. We are always here for our communities with a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Suncoast Y has a $0 join fee for January. Tampa Y’s $0 join fee runs from Jan. 1-15; the join fee from Jan. 16-31 is only $5.

For more information, visit: tampaymca.org and https://www.ymcasuncoast.org/.

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*Presented by the YMCA | Originally published in the January 2025 issue of Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine.