Ever wonder what happens behind those doors at your local YMCA? Saturday, April 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. is a good time to find out.
Twelve branches of the YMCA of Greater Seattle will throw open their doors to the public as part of the nearly 150-year-old local Y’s annual Healthy Kids Day celebration.
The free event will include a variety of family-friendly activities to encourage healthy kids, healthy families, and a healthy start to the summer season. Activities vary depending on location, but most locations will have healthy snack demonstrations, information about water safety, prizes, summer camp crafts, sports challenges, bounce houses, and more. Here’s what’s happening on Healthy Kids Day at the 12 participating YMCA facilities.
Auburn Valley
Featured Activities
- Bowl with rubber ducks
- Climb the alpine tower
- Create wooden necklaces and lanyards
- Dance in family ZUMBA®
- Fish from a canoe
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Make a snack to take
- Practice CPR on a mannequin
- Score a goal on the mini pitch
- Touch a fire truck
Belleuve Family Y
Featured Activities
- Compete in a basketball contest
- Create wooden necklaces and lanyards
- Enjoy a balloon artist
- Get your face painted
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Jump around in the bounce house
- Learn about water safety
- Listen to 2023 Grammy Award Winning Song Writer, Medearis Dixon
- Practice self defense
- Reach for new heights in a vertical challenge
- See young ballerinas dance
- Stretch out in yoga
Coal Creek Family Y
13750 Newcastle Golf Club Rd, Newcastle
Featured Activities
- Challenge yourself to a sports circuit
- Compete in giant board games
- Create a calm down jar
- Get your face painted
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Jump around in the bounce house
- Make and take banana boats
- Play gaga ball
- Pop all the bubbles
- Run a life jacket safety relay course
- Tee up mini golf
- Touch a fire truck
Dale Turner Family Y
Featured Activities
- Brush up on pickleball skills
- Climb the rock wall tower
- Enjoy the popcorn station
- Get your face painted
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Learn about water watchers
- Run the egg spoon relay
- Spin the fitness challenge wheel
- Watch a cooking demo and take away tastes
Kent Y
Featured Activities
- Compete in pop-a-shot basketball
- Enjoy a balloon artist
- Find germs with black lights
- Get smart about saving
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Learn about water safety
- Make a snack to take
- Plant some peas and decorate your pot
- See a rescue boat
- Stretch out in yoga
Matt Griffin Y
Featured Activities
- Climb the rock wall tower
- Compete in a free-throw competition
- Create wooden necklaces and lanyards
- Dance in family ZUMBA®
- Find your creative side with food art
- Get your face painted
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Jump around in the bounce house
- Learn how to properly fit your life jacket
- Make your own trail mix
- Practice your skills in pop-a-shot basketball
- See a CPR demonstration
- Watch a smoothie demonstration
Meredith Mathews East Madison Y
Featured Activities
- Compete in a basketball contest
- Dance in family ZUMBA®
- Experience zoo animals from 10:15-11:15 am
- Get your face painted
- Hear about reptiles from zoo between 10:15-11:15am
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Jump around in the bounce house
- Learn about water safety
- Make a snack to take
- Meet a black & white Tegu from the zoo before 11:15 am
- Test your strength with a giant kettle bell
- Touch a fire truck
Northshore Y
Featured Activities
- Climb the rock wall tower
- Get moving in family fitness classes
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Kayak in the pool
- Learn how to properly fit your life jacket
- Make a snack to take
- Plant some peas and decorate your pot
- Stretch out in yoga
- Touch a fire truck
- Try a variety of court sports
Sammamish Community Y
Featured Activities
- Create wooden necklaces and lanyards
- Dance in family ZUMBA®
- Get moving in a family Pound® class
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Learn about water safety
- Make and take boat snacks
- Play gaga ball
- Run in the obstacle course
- Stretch out in yoga
Snoqualmie Valley Y
Featured Activities
- Create wooden necklaces and lanyards
- Dance in family ZUMBA®
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Learn how to properly fit your life jacket
- Make a snack to take
- Paint rocks
- Soak up river safety information
- Stretch out in yoga
- Touch a fire truck
- Try out t-ball
University Family Y
University Heights Center Park
5001 University Way NE, Seattle
Featured Activities
- Brush up on pickleball skills
- Dance in family ZUMBA®
- Get moving in a total body conditioning demonstration class
- Learn healthy eating habits
- Plant some seeds and decorate your pot
- Practice CPR on a mannequin
- See how to draw blood, how an IV works, and how to suture
- Try new steps in a dance fitness demonstration class
West Seattle
3622 SW Snoqualmie St, Seattle
Featured Activities
- Compete in a basketball contest
- Enjoy fruit and vegetable snacks
- Get your face painted
- Hula hoop and play outdoors
- Learn about water safety
- See a CPR demonstration
- Shoot a goal in soccer
Nationally sponsored by Eggland’s Best. Locally, Healthy Kids Day is presented by UnitedHealthcare and Coordinated Care and sponsored by Bank of America. For more information, visit seattleymca.org/hkd.
