Our Garden at the Davis Y was all a buzz with activity this week. YMCA Day Campers from Beaumont Elementary stopped by for a Lunch & Learn session. View this short video and see Y kids excited about vegetables.
Contact Dustin at the Davis Y if you would like to bring a group to tour and learn about our Community Garden.
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Serving Up Summer From Our Garden
Your Place to Play This Summer
SWIM, SPORTS & PLAY
Make Your Summer Count at the Y. We will keep you active this summer!
Competitive Swimming
Summer Sports
North Side Marlins Swim Team
West Side Marlins Swim Team
Soccer
Flag Football
Adult Sports Scramble
Swim Lessons
Play
Downtown & East Knoxville
North Knoxville
West Knoxville
Farragut Area
Summer Day Camp
Kool Kidz - ...
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Deals & Perks with your Y Membership Card
Your Y Membership card will help you save this summer!
Free Bicycle Share Program at the Cansler Y It's easy and a great way to see Knoxville. Check out a bike for you and your family. For details on this new program, click here and go for a ride!
The Knoxville Force & Lady Force soccer teams will be attending several Y events this summer, ...
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Enjoy a Day in the Park with KnoxGives
KnoxGives - A Non-Profit Celebration - Giving back to Knoxville through music, fun, and art will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2013 on the World's Fair Park Festival Lawn from 2:00 pm until 10:00 pm. The Y is proud to help sponsor this event; to help bring the community together to support our local art culture while helping to raise funds for multiple organizations that serve many facets of ...
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Salamander Splash & Dash Youth Aquathlon
Register now for the Salamander Splash & Dash Youth Aquathlon!
Race Day: Saturday July 20, 2013
Race Location: West Side Family YMCA Knoxville, Tennessee
Start Time: 8:30 am
Race Details:
Age 7-10 Swim 100M, Run .75 miles
Age 11-15 Swim 200M, Run 1.5 miles
Fees:
$20 before July 8th
$25 before July 20th
$30 day of race
Register online at Race Day Events - ...
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Coming Soon! More Knox County Schools added to the Y After School Child Care Program
We would like to welcome 5 more schools to our After School Child Care Program!
Fall 2013 will see the following schools added to our After School Child Care Program:
Northshore Elementary School
Farragut Intermediate School
Cedar Bluff Elementary School
Ball Camp Elementary School
Halls Elementary School
Learn, Grow, and Thrive with us!
To read the May 15, 2013 Letter to ...
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Our Community “Pools Together”
BECOMING A CHANGE AGENT
Sabrina was struggling when she joined the Y. She was in poor health and lacked the self confidence and motivation to get better. As part of the Y's Aqua Aerobics Class, she found a community that challenged and inspired her - a community that gave her faith in herself.
"Big change can happen in a community by transforming one person at a time. Sabrina is a ...
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Downtown Cardio Floor Has New Equipment
View the story with this short video from WATE:
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Hydroponic Gardening at the Davis Y
Besides soil gardening, the Davis Y started hydroponics gardening. This year the Y will grow tomatoes, lettuce and strawberries to be served at local food banks and in the Y’s Summer Day Camp Program.
"While hydroponic growing takes more technology than typical growing in soil, it can be very rewarding and a great way to produce safe food, close to the end consumer without taking up a lot ...
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How Does A Community Garden Grows?
The Davis Y is blessed to have several Master Gardeners as members. Dustin works in our membership department and in youth sports. While enjoying his work, he is thinking about his future. He volunteered to work in our community garden so he could help children learn about growing, harvesting and preparing fresh vegetables while learning how to improve his skills from our master gardeners. ...
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