[October 25, 2008]  Look no further than the Lincoln Area YMCA when school is not in session. The YMCA will offer School's Out Fun Days on Nov. 7, for District 27 only; on Nov. 10, for Chester-East Lincoln only; and Nov. 11, for both District 27 and Chester-East Lincoln. These events will be at the YMCA Activity Center, 719 Wyatt Ave., from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call the Y office for program rates, registration deadlines and additional program details.

Lincoln Parents' Center Stop-N-Play program is offered to parents and their infant, toddler and preschool children, and is scheduled on most Fridays each month at the Lincoln Area YMCA Activity Center. Call Lincoln Parents' Center at 735-4192 for a calendar of events and more information.

Score with your kids and sign them up for the YMCA Youth Dodgeball program beginning on Nov. 1. This program is for children in third through sixth grade. Games will be played on Saturdays from noon until 1 p.m. New teams will be formed each week. If your child would like to take part in this exciting new program, please register today!

The 2009 YMCA Girls Basketball program will soon be in full-court play. This program is for girls in first through sixth grade. Instructional games are played on Sunday afternoons, starting in January. Registration will begin at a free basketball clinic on Nov. 13 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Park District Sports Complex. Coach Carol Wilson and her Lincoln College women's basketball team will teach the girls some skills while they have lots of fun.

The next session of the YMCA Home School P.E. program will begin on Nov. 13. Each week the children will take part in warm-ups, relays and have fun playing gym games. This program is for home-schooled children age 5 and up. Please feel free to contact the YMCA office for more information.

For more information on Lincoln Area YMCA programs and events, contact the downtown office, 604 Broadway St., Suite 1; visit www.lincolnymca.org; or call 735-3915.

[Text from file received from Lincoln Area YMCA]