Montgomery County Y News
Three Area Residents Recognized by the USTA!
by Kristi Potts on 03/27/14
Thursday, March 20th, 2014
For Immediate Sports Release (Overland Park, Kansas
– Headquarters of the Missouri Valley United States Tennis Association)
The United States Tennis Association, the Missouri
Valley Tennis Association (states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Greater St. Louis & Greater Kansas City area) and the Iowa Tennis
Association recently released and recognized three southwest Iowa residents for
their high level of volunteerism, leadership, development, and promotion for
the sport of tennis for youth to adults of all ages and playing abilities with
the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
The United States Tennis Association would like to
recognize the following outstanding area residents for their high level of involvement
with the sport of tennis and giving back to a sport that they deeply care for
and enjoy:
·
Mark Jackson of Red Oak, Iowa as the Past President
of the Iowa Tennis Association Board of Directors. Jackson is also the chair of the nominating
and personnel committee for the Iowa Tennis Association.
·
Ann Carder from Red Oak, Iowa is the current Vice
President of the Iowa Tennis Association. Carder also serves as the Iowa Tennis
Association’s membership chair for the organization.
·
Stuart Dusenberry of Atlantic, Iowa was honored for
his Distinguished Service to the Iowa Tennis Association and the Missouri
Valley Tennis Association for his leadership and development role for promotion
of the sport of tennis from youth to adults of all ages and playing abilities.
The Red Oak Tennis Association and the Montgomery
County Family YMCA coordinate several tennis programs throughout the year. The
Montgomery County Family YMCA offers both Junior and Adult USTA sanctioned
tennis tournaments in February and March annually with match play taking place
in the beautiful Montgomery County Family YMCA Four Indoor Tennis Court Center
in Red Oak, Iowa.
This past winter the Montgomery County Family YMCA
Carder Indoor Tennis Center played host to several NCAA Division II tennis
matches with college teams from Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma playing
various tennis matches. The weekend of March 8th and 9th, 2014 the Montgomery County
Family YMCA offered a wonderful indoor Junior Tennis Tournament with over 50
entries in the two day event. Players were from the state of Iowa, Nebraska,
Missouri, and Kansas.
The Montgomery County Family YMCA will also being
hosting this upcoming summer the Red Oak Adult Tennis Tournament on June 13th
-15th, 2014 at the beautiful Red Oak Legion tennis courts in Red Oak, Iowa. This
event will offer tennis tournament play for all levels of tennis playing
abilities for singles, doubles, and mixed doubles play. The Montgomery County
Family YMCA will also host the Red Oak Junior Tennis Tournament on August 2nd
-3rd, 2014 once again at the Red Oak Legion Park in Red Oak, Iowa. This event
will be for boys and girls ages 10-18 with singles and doubles play. In
February, 2015 and early March, 2015 the YMCA will also play host to two USTA
events: an adult tournament in mid February and a Jr. tournament in March as
well for the upcoming 2015 tennis season. The YMCA annually plays host to
regional collegiate tennis matches in February and March. For tournament
information one can contact Montgomery County Family YMCA Program Operational
Manager John Blomstedt at 712-623-2161, email: progdir@mcymca.com or stop at
the Montgomery County Family YMCA located in the beautiful Red Oak Legion Park
in Red Oak, Iowa.
The Red Oak Tennis Association and Montgomery
County Family YMCA will once again this coming summer offer various tennis
leagues for all area men and women tennis players of all tennis playing
abilities. Watch for registrations during the month of May at the Montgomery
County Family YMCA and at Mark Jackson’s Downtown Hardware Hank Store located
on the north side of the square in the
beautiful downtown fountain
square park, Red Oak, Iowa. One can contact Mark Jackson at Hardware Hank at
623-2290 or email Mark at rohardware@iowatelecom.net or Ann Carder will be glad
to assist your tennis needs by calling her at home 623-3853 or emailing her at acarder@creighton.edu
Information will also be available at the Montgomery County Family YMCA. Play
will begin in June and run into early August, 2014.
The Montgomery County Family YMCA will be offering summer
Junior Tennis programs for elementary to high school students as well. There
will be tennis lessons, team tennis on Friday’s in Omaha, interclub play, and a
closed Junior Tennis Tournament held in July. Registrations will be out in May
and the programs will start in June, 2014. One can contact the YMCA at the
listed information to learn more about the summer programs coming up.
The Montgomery County Family YMCA also offers
fall-winter-spring indoor and outdoor adult tennis singles and doubles play for
men and women tennis players, as well as group tennis lessons for the
fall-winter-spring for adults and juniors.
Contact the Montgomery County Family YMCA to learn
more about open tennis court reservations, hitting tennis wall and the YMCA’s
tennis ball machine, and private tennis lessons available with head
instructor Rudy Kinard. The YMCA offers an expanded tennis membership for the
person (s) or families that truly like to play tennis and / or racquetball. The
Carder Tennis Center has one racquetball / wallyball / squash court and a
tennis viewing area to watch all the tennis play from above court level. The YMCA also offers free family tennis from
November- April for members only on Sundays from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. on two
reserved tennis courts.
Another exciting program for tennis enthusiasts is
to contact the beautiful Red Coach Inn & Restaurant in Red Oak, Iowa by simply
calling 1-800-544-6002 and ask about the “Stay & Play in Red Oak!” very
affordable package. This amazing overnight package includes:
·
One (1) night stay at the beautiful Red Coach Inn
& Restaurant in Red Oak, Iowa.
·
$30 food voucher at the Red Coach Restaurant.
·
Your choice of indoor tennis at the Montgomery
County Family YMCA’s beautiful Carder Indoor Tennis Center, championship golf
at the beautiful Red Oak Country Club or a live theater production at the
beautiful Wilson Performing Arts Center all in Red Oak, IA. Come and see what Red Oak, Iowa has to offer!
One can stop in to take a tour of the Montgomery
County Family YMCA and the Carder Indoor Tennis Center located at 101 East
Cherry Street, Red Oak, Iowa (located in the beautiful Red Oak Legion Park),
phone: 712-623-2161, or visit the YMCA’s website page @ www.mcymca.com.
Attached recent tennis action with Northwest
Missouri State College Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams playing the University of
Nebraska Kearney on Friday, March 7th, 2014 at the beautiful Carder Indoor
Tennis Center located at the Montgomery County Family YMCA in Red Oak, IA.
Missouri
Valley Tennis Association
6400
West 95th Street
Suite
#102
Overland
Park, Kansas 66212
Website:
missourivalley.usta.com
YMCA to Receive Grant for New Fitness Equipment
by Kristi Potts on 03/25/14
Montgomery
County Family YMCA Press Release (Red Oak, Iowa)
Immediate News Release
Friday, March 21st, 2014
The Montgomery County Family YMCA of Red Oak, Iowa
recently learned that the YMCA will be the recipient of an $18,000 grant from
the Montgomery County Foundation Advisory Board.
This grant will be used to enhance the experience of
members of the YMCA and guests with new fitness, wellness, personal, cross
training & circuit training equipment. The YMCA plans to install new
wellness center flooring as well as part of the new look to the YMCA’s Bulkeley
Wellness & Fitness Center.
The YMCA’s current equipment and center has been
taken care of at a very high level since the YMCA’s opening in October,
2000. The current equipment manufacturer is no longer operational which has
made things extremely difficult to obtain necessary replacement parts for the
current circuit equipment along with a changing technology to assist Jr. High
students to older active adults to assist them with their personal wellness
& fitness needs.
The YMCA this past October, 2014 was awarded a
$32,500 1:1 matching grant with the Iowa West Foundation for the same project.
The YMCA is in need of about $70,000 to complete this project and have the new
equipment and flooring installed this August, 2014.
The Montgomery County Family YMCA will kickoff the
public phase of this facility enhancement campaign in late April to early June,
2014 to all YMCA members, community and area residents to support this
wonderful project that will benefit individuals from Jr. High School students
to older active adults.
The YMCA has already raised $60,000 so far for
this project which the Montgomery County Community Foundation Advisory Board
did award the Montgomery County Family YMCA a $5,000 fall grant in November of
2014.
The goal of the Montgomery County Community Foundation Advisory Board is to improve the quality of life in the county by supporting needs that are not being met in the areas of civic, cultural, health education, and social service.
The YMCA wants to thank all the members of the
Montgomery County Community Foundation Advisory Board and staff for their
time and willingness to help administer this program to truly make impressive
impacts with so many outstanding and wonderful programs in funding too many
worthwhile organizations within our county.
For more information on how one can become a
member, volunteer, donor, or simply involved with the Montgomery County Family
YMCA, please stop in for a visit or tour of the YMCA, call the YMCA at
712-623-2161, or visit the YMCA on Facebook or the Y’s website at www.mcymca.com.
To learn more about Montgomery County Community
Foundation one can contact Iowa Foundation Director Dennis N. Nissen by phone:
1-800-794-3458, email Dennis @ dennis@omahafoundation.org,
or visit the foundations website @ www.omahafoundation.org
March SoupFest
by Kristi Potts on 03/09/14
Pictured L- R: Lyn Gibson, Don Lindell, Steve Gher, Claudia Pilecki, Jerry Vennerberg, Alice Rolf, and Jane Shearer
It was
a special afternoon of food, fun, and fellowship with delicious soups and a
number of assorted salads from the Auxiliary Club and volunteers with birthday
cake provided by Hy-Vee served from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the Multi-Purpose
room at the YMCA.
The
entertainment was Bingo with several prizes given out to the winners.
Watch
for the return of this program on October 3rd, 2014 for the new 2014-2015
series. Special thank-you to the YMCA
Auxiliary did a tremendous job in organizing this year’s soup fest program.
For
more information on Soupfest, or how one can become a member, volunteer, donor,
or simply involved with the Montgomery County Family YMCA, please stop in for a
visit or tour of the YMCA, call the YMCA at 712-623-2161, or visit the YMCA on
Facebook, or the Y’s website at www.mcymca.com.
Shamrock Shuffle - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
by Kristi Potts on 03/09/14
The YMCA, in cooperation with the Friends Of The Red Oak Trails, will be staging the Shamrock Shuffle 5K race/walk on Saturday, March 15th. The event is scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. and should be completed by 10:00 a.m.
The YMCA and FOTROT will be splitting the proceeds of the event and hope that the Shuffle turns into an annual event.
Both organizations are asking for volunteers to help stage the event. The main duties that we need help with are people acting as course monitors to help with traffic flow and to help at the finish line. Volunteers would meet at 8:30 a.m. that morning in the YMCA’s multipurpose room to find out what and where their assignment is. As I mentioned earlier, the event will be done by 10:00 a.m.
If you are interested in helping out that morning, please contact me by phone at 623-2161 or by email at progdir@mcymca.com.
Thank you for your
support of the YMCA and it’s programs.
John
Blomstedt
Program
Operations Manager
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY FAMILY YMCA
101
E. Cherry St., Red Oak, IA 51566
(P)
712-623-2161 ext 15 (F) 712-623-4920
(E) progdir@mcymca.com (W) www.mcymca.com
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE
by Kristi Potts on 03/04/14
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Annual campaign kick-off extravaganza
The Y. So Much More.
Montgomery County Family YMCA
Wonderful Volunteer Opportunity for YMCA Members!
We could use your passion, dedication, and follow-through skills to be one of our amazing 2014 Annual Campaigners or Story Tellers about the cause-driven work of the YMCA.
Where/When
Stop in anytime during the time period below to receive training materials, select from either past donors or new member contacts for annual campaign cause-driven visits with the goal to complete calls by Friday, April 18th, 2014.
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
from 8 AM -7:30 PM
YMCA’s Multi-Purpose room
at 101 East Cherry, Red Oak, IA
Learn More
To learn more about how you can support the Y’s cause,
please contact Nick Zimmer, Executive Director by one
of the following ways:
• Call: 712.623.2161
• Email: ExecDir@MCYMCA.com
• Visit: www.MCYMCA.com
