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Offers a variety of programs and services for people of all ages. The department also manages an extensive parks and trails system. Facilities include city parks, Municipal Swimming Pools and Valley Junction Activity Center. Recreational programs for preschoolers to senior citizens with activities for a variety of interests offered. Rooms are available for rental at the Activity and Aquatic centers. Call for availability.

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Team Sports/Leagues
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Public Parks
Adult programs include sports leagues, fitness classes, basketball tournament, and weight room orientations.

Youth programs include sports including t-ball, flag football, volleyball, and soccer, lessons (tennis & golf), day camps, sports camps, fitness classes.
Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

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Boys/Girls Clubs
Team Sports/Leagues
Tutoring Services
Mentoring Programs
Literacy Programs
Offers a variety of activities for youth and adults on a year round basis: swimming lessons, open swims, water exercise, wading pools, fitness swims, arts programs, dance classes, preschool classes, physical fitness (aerobics), and more. Adult evening programs as well; tennis, softball, basketball, volleyball, and other sports offered.

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Arts and Crafts Instruction
Physical Fitness
Recreational Facilities
Team Sports/Leagues
Offers various recreational and educational programs for the entire family.

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Team Sports/Leagues
Youth Enrichment Programs
Nutrition Education
Y Facilities
Community Wellness Programs
Offers recreation programs and services to the residents of Des Moines. Parks, trails and public recreation facilities are available throughout the city.

The Recreation Division offers instruction in various sports as well as youth sports camps, outdoor aquatic centers and spray grounds. Red Cross swimming instruction is also available at some facilities. GRASP card offers discounts to low income families (up to 50% off).

Community Centers offer a variety of activities, open recreation, meeting space and are barrier free to allow for participation by persons with a disability. See individual listing for Community Centers.

Parks Division includes cemeteries, floral gardens and displays, golf courses, tennis courts, bike trails, picnic parks and shelters, swimming pools, and public boat ramps.

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General Recreational Activities/Sports
Public Parks
Youth Enrichment Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Recreational Facilities
Recreation, sports, and fitness activities offered year-round. Programs are offered at a variety of locations including The Life Fitness Center, Community Center, Palmer Hills Golf Course, and the Splash Landing community pool.

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Team Sports/Leagues
Recreational Facilities
Physical Fitness
Provide the community with as many meaningful recreation opportunities as possible for preschool through older adults. Physical fitness and sports are the goal of the programs. The senior citizen center offers a variety of year round programs at their facilities. The department also operates an outdoor family aquatic center, activity center, skate park, ballfield complexes, tracks and 14 park areas and facilities.

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Recreational Facilities
Public Parks
Team Sports/Leagues
Family and youth health enhancement programs.

Facilities contain pools, gyms, tracks, weight rooms, handball/racquetball courts, sport parks, resident and day camps for youth, and conference facilities.

Youth services include aquatics, school-age child care, weight training, teen programs, skill classes, softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, flag football, and sports camps and clinics.

Adult services include fitness, aquatics, classes for seniors, skill classes, aerobics, weight training, racquetball, and leagues.

Camp Kitaki offers summer and year round camps.
Youth and adult sports and fitness classes.

Water therapy classes.

CPR classes.

Preschool program.

Summer child day camp.

YMCA Adventure Camp after school program is offered in each of the Gering Public Schools.

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Disability Related Sports
Y Facilities
Extended Child Care
Day Camps
Team Sports/Leagues
CPR Instruction
Early Childhood Education

Works with youth, adults, and seniors in the areas of health and wellness, family programs and services, recreation, sports activities and childcare.

Sports leagues and activities, aquatics facilities and lessons, wellness and fitness classes, and youth and family activities. Nursery care available.
Family and youth health enhancement programs.

Facilities contain pools, gyms, tracks, weight rooms, handball/racquetball courts, sport parks, resident and day camps for youth, and conference facilities.

Youth services include aquatics, school-age child care, weight training, teen programs, skill classes, softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, flag football, and sports camps and clinics.

Adult services include fitness, aquatics, classes for seniors, skill classes, aerobics, weight training, racquetball, and leagues.

Camp Kitaki offers summer and year round camps.
Assists individuals to reach their potential through recreation, fitness and sports programs. Offers summer day-camp with open enrollment, various recreational and educational programs for adults and youth, school age child care and camping programs.

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Day Camps
Team Sports/Leagues
Y Facilities
Extended Child Care

All locations offer a wellness floor with cardio and weight equipment and wellness staff to assist. Most locations offer a range of group-exercise classes (high intensity, challenging, low impact, chair-assisted, fall prevention), active older adult and youth programs, open swim and lap times, swim lessons (including adaptive and adult), open gymnasium hours, pickleball, child watch, youth sports, and summer day camp.

Other programs and features vary by location (See notes below and visit website for more details and hours):
-- The Buena Vista YMCA Express is a co-op project in conjunction with Omaha Public Schools, located on the Buena Vista High School campus. It includes a unique wellness floor featuring eGYM and MX4 equipment. This location is a wellness-only 14+ facility.
-- The Westview YMCA offers youth sports and sports camps, a splash pad, and it is attached to Omaha Public School's Westview High School. Visit other locations to learn more about summer day camp opportunities.
-- The YMCA Healthy Living Center is an adult-only location designed for individuals 30+, with a therapeutic warm-water pool and a wider variety of low impact classes and equipment as well as social clubs and activities geared toward active older adults.
-- The Charles E. Lakin YMCA offers eSports.
-- The Butler-Gast YMCA and Downtown YMCA locations accept registrations for youth sports and host practices and games in collaboration with the Maple Street YMCA.
-- The Gretna Crossing YMCA has eGYM equipment and a splash pad. It is part of the Gretna Crossing Park that offers trails, disc golf course, and a water park (open 2024).

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Day Camps
Team Sports/Leagues
Swimming/Swimming Lessons
Therapeutic Exercise
Fall Prevention Programs
Y Facilities
Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

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Boys/Girls Clubs
Team Sports/Leagues
Tutoring Services
Mentoring Programs
Literacy Programs
Small fry basketball is a competitive youth basketball league with teams being sponsored by local business and tryouts held seasonally.

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Day Camps
Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers
Extended Child Care
Team Sports/Leagues
Social development, social recreation, art, dance, drama, and physical education.

Education support (grades K-12) including tutoring and computer training. STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

Career development (7-18 years), including non-traditional careers.

Family counseling

USDA Meal Program, nutrition education, gardening

Adolescent pregnancy 4-component prevention program for girls 9-18 years old.

Pathfinders Mentoring Program matches girls, ages 5-16, with professional women in the Omaha business community to work on academic and personal goals. Scholarships may be awarded at the end of the successful completion of high school and the Pathfinders program.

Transportation to programs.

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Prejob Guidance
Youth Enrichment Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education
Offers cultural and recreation programs, including: youth sports leagues and clinics, kids cooking, ZUMBA and Senior Card Club. Harbach Center and Public Library now available, offering recreational activities and library servicesfor the residents of Clive.

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Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Team Sports/Leagues
Public Parks
Recreational Facilities
Sports Program Participation Expense Assistance
Offers recreation programs and services to the residents of Des Moines. Parks, trails and public recreation facilities are available throughout the city.

The Recreation Division offers instruction in various sports as well as youth sports camps, outdoor aquatic centers and spray grounds. Red Cross swimming instruction is also available at some facilities. GRASP card offers discounts to low income families (up to 50% off).

Community Centers offer a variety of activities, open recreation, meeting space and are barrier free to allow for participation by persons with a disability. See individual listing for Community Centers.

Parks Division includes cemeteries, floral gardens and displays, golf courses, tennis courts, bike trails, picnic parks and shelters, swimming pools, and public boat ramps.

Categories

General Recreational Activities/Sports
Public Parks
Youth Enrichment Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Recreational Facilities
Social and recreational activities include:
Fitness, sports facilities and programs include gym, pool, and weight room
Youth programs
Skill training classes
Parent-child activities
Senior Citizen fitness
Child Care and summer school age child care
Pre-school on site

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Early Childhood Education
Day Camps
Team Sports/Leagues
Extended Child Care
Child Care Centers
Y Facilities
Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Boys/Girls Clubs
Team Sports/Leagues
Tutoring Services
Mentoring Programs
Literacy Programs
Family and youth health enhancement programs.

Facilities contain pools, gyms, tracks, weight rooms, handball/racquetball courts, sport parks, resident and day camps for youth, and conference facilities.

Youth services include aquatics, school-age child care, weight training, teen programs, skill classes, softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, flag football, and sports camps and clinics.

Adult services include fitness, aquatics, classes for seniors, skill classes, aerobics, weight training, racquetball, and leagues.

Camp Kitaki offers summer and year round camps.

All locations offer a wellness floor with cardio and weight equipment and wellness staff to assist. Most locations offer a range of group-exercise classes (high intensity, challenging, low impact, chair-assisted, fall prevention), active older adult and youth programs, open swim and lap times, swim lessons (including adaptive and adult), open gymnasium hours, pickleball, child watch, youth sports, and summer day camp.

Other programs and features vary by location (See notes below and visit website for more details and hours):
-- The Buena Vista YMCA Express is a co-op project in conjunction with Omaha Public Schools, located on the Buena Vista High School campus. It includes a unique wellness floor featuring eGYM and MX4 equipment. This location is a wellness-only 14+ facility.
-- The Westview YMCA offers youth sports and sports camps, a splash pad, and it is attached to Omaha Public School's Westview High School. Visit other locations to learn more about summer day camp opportunities.
-- The YMCA Healthy Living Center is an adult-only location designed for individuals 30+, with a therapeutic warm-water pool and a wider variety of low impact classes and equipment as well as social clubs and activities geared toward active older adults.
-- The Charles E. Lakin YMCA offers eSports.
-- The Butler-Gast YMCA and Downtown YMCA locations accept registrations for youth sports and host practices and games in collaboration with the Maple Street YMCA.
-- The Gretna Crossing YMCA has eGYM equipment and a splash pad. It is part of the Gretna Crossing Park that offers trails, disc golf course, and a water park (open 2024).

Categories

Day Camps
Team Sports/Leagues
Swimming/Swimming Lessons
Therapeutic Exercise
Fall Prevention Programs
Y Facilities
Activities for youth and adults in Geneva and surrounding communities, including athletics, CPR classes, swimming lessons, investing, and welding.

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Financial Literacy Training
Hunting Safety Education
Team Sports/Leagues
CPR Instruction