THRIVE at the Y! Come to the Y to make friends, get active and give back to the community. YMCA THRIVE is geared toward active older adult YMCA members.
Ongoing Fun
Game Days
Join us the first and third Tuesdays of the month in the Kraft Family Y Coffee Area from 2 - 4 p.m. for cards and board games. Drop in and bring games/cards you'd like to play.
Pickleball, Volleyball and Basketball
See posted Gym schedule or learn more about Adult Sports online.
Group Fitness
Thrive: Chair Strength/Stretch, Cardio Strength, Yoga, Zumba Gold, Pilates, Barre Fusion, & more!
See the Group Fitness Schedule.
Ballroom Dancing
Learn more about this instructor-led dance lesson. No partner required.
Upcoming Gatherings
January 28 - Whirligig Park in Wilson, NC, Country Doctor Museum in Bailey, NC & Lunch
The Country Doctor Museum is the oldest museum in the United States dedicated to the history of America's rural heath care, and highlights American rural medicine during 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of the museum highlights include: an excellent collection of apothecary items, instruments, uniforms, transportation, an iron lung, art and paintings, and an entire Sick Room display. The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Historic Downtown Wilson, home to about 30 playful, recycled sculptures made by Vollis Simpson. This is the largest collection in the world and includes some of Simpson's most colossal and impressive structures. Cost - $35. for transportation and ticket. Lunch is self-pay. We'll leave the Kraft Family YMCA at 9:30 a.m. and return by 4:30 p.m.
February 9 - Wellness Workshop, "Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles Tendonitis"
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. No cost. All ages welcome. Held at the Kraft Y in the Yoga Studio. Join Dr. Kelly Hobbs, PT, DPT from Stay Active PT & Wellness as she presents a brief explanation of the two conditions followed by exercises, stretches and mobility to use for these conditions. Come ready to move and learn. We encourage you to sign up in advance to help us prepare.
February 10 - Bunco at the Y - 11:45 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Join us for this no cost opportunity held in the Kraft Family YMCA Kraft Shack. This social dice game is simple to learn and offers lots of room for laughter, fun and fellowship. Light Refreshments provided.
February 17 - Train Ride to Greensboro, NC to have lunch and tour the International Civil Rights Museum
We'll leave from the Kraft Family YMCA at 9:15 am. and return by 6 p.m. $68 cost includes train and museum tickets. Lunch is self pay.
February 26 - Information Session: Camino Wonders presents the Camino de Santiago Awaits
6 - 7:30 p.m. at the Kraft Family Y. No cost. All ages welcome. Camino Wonder LLC Founder, Efrain Mendoza, who is embarks on his second Camino this year conquering the final 1000 kms of the French Camino, is having a session about the Camino of Santiago. Learn about this amazing hiking experience on a trail that has been walked for more than 1,000 years. Some of the Camino has been placed on the World Heritage List by the UNESCO. This is an opportunity to ask any questions that you might have about any of the Caminos. Sign up in advance. Contact Helen Rentz.
Late Weekday March Date TBD - US Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum Tour followed by Lunch
Come join us in late March as we travel down to Fayetteville to visit the US Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum. The museum is a first class institution that captures, preserves, exhibits and presents the culture and heritage of the airborne and special operations forces from the 1940s to the present day. It is a fitting tribute to the brave men and women who served, fought and died for our liberty. Cost- $25 for Transportation. No cost admission to the museum, lunch is self pay. For more info on the museum, visit www.asomf.org.
March 31 - Medicare 101: The Basics.
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. at the Kraft Family YMCA. No cost workshop. Rhonda Narron, with Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP), will cover the basics regarding the various parts of Medicare, and how and when to enroll. We will also talk abut why it's important to compare plans each year during the annual Open Enrollment Period and how SHIIP can assist you with this important task.
April 15 - Day Trip to New Bern, NC to Tour Tryon Palace, Gardens and Grounds, have lunch and walk around downtown New Bern.
Cost $50. includes ticket and Y transportation. Lunch is self-pay. Y transportation will leave from the Kraft Family Y at 8:30 a.m. and return by 5:30 p.m.
April 19 - Lunch at SAAP Laotian Restaurant followed by a theater production of Death Trap at the Cary Art Center in Cary, NC
Ticket cost, $29. We will carpool from the Kraft Family YMCA and/or meet there. Lunch is self-pay. Y transportation will leave from the Kraft Family Y at 11:45 a.m. and return by 6 p.m. Cary Players presents Deathtrap by Ira Levin, a Comedy Thriller. Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college - a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Sidney's plan, devised with his wife's help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness, and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the very last moment.
REGISTER TO ATTEND
To participate in THRIVE special events, please register online.
To find out more, contact Helen Rentz or join our Facebook group.
