Central Coast YMCA Gears Up for Summer with Two Big Fitness Events in May and June, 2019

1. Central Coast YMCA Gears Up for Summer withTwo Big Fitness Events in May and June,2019 Central Coast YMCA is gearing up for summer by hosting two events, National Employee Health & Fitness Day on May 15, 2019, and the “World’s Largest Swimming Lesson,” on June 20,2019. Salinas, CA, May 12, 2019 — Central Coast YMCA is gearing up for summer by hosting two events, National Employee Health & Fitness Day on May 15, 2019, and the “World’s Largest Swimming Lesson,” on June 20,2019. National Employee Health and Fitness Day will be celebrated from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, at Salinas YMCA Family Center, 117 Clay St., inSalinas. National Employee Health and Fitness Day was created to promote the benefits of physical activity for individuals through their work site healthpartnerships. The Salinas YMCA will hold a health fair with vendors offering health information, free screenings, and exercise classes for all employees. Get a free guest pass and enter the raffle to win an on-site lunch & learn session for yourcompany. Free exhibitsinclude: Blood PressureScreening LungScreening Vision & HearingScreenings Dental CareInformation Nutritional Taste Testing Body Composition Testing ShoeSamples Healthy Recipes Freebies andRaffles Free classesinclude: 7:30 a.m.Pilates 9:15 a.m.Zumba 12:10 p.m. Strength Train Together 4:00 p.m. Strength & Stretch Yoga 5:30 p.m. CardioPump 6:35 p.m.Zumba

2. The YMCA is teaming up with World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL) to offer free swimming lessons on a large scale at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 20, 2019, at Salinas Aquatic Center, 1 East Bernal Derive, Salinas. TEAM WLSL™ will celebrate its 10th anniversary by sending the message that swimming lessons save lives to millions of kids and adults. WLSL™ events will take place at hundreds of locations in more than 20 countries on five continents over the course of 24hours. The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™, created by the World Waterpark Association in 2010, is a global public relations event supported by aquatic facilities, waterparks, pools, swim schools, YMCAs, among others. The WLSL™ event serves as a platform to help the global aquatics industry work together to build awareness about the fundamental importance of teaching children to swim to preventdrowning. For more information on the swim event, contact Joey Barrera at 831-758-7301 or by email at jbarrera@ymcacentralcoast.org. For more information, call the Central Coast YMCA at 831-758-3811 or go towww.centralcoastymca.org . CCYMCA is located at 500 Lincoln Ave. inSalinas. About the Central CoastYMCA Formed in 1989, the Central Coast YMCA began with the merger of two independent YMCAs; the Salinas Community YMCA (founded in 1921) and the Watsonville Family YMCA (founded in 1898). Originally a USO built in 1941, with the purpose of supporting American troops during World War II, the YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula joined the association in 1990. In 1998 the South County YMCA became the fourth branch in the association, extending its service area to the residents of south Monterey County. The YMCA of San Benito County became the fifth and most recent addition to the association in1999. CCYMCA is an independent, private, nonprofit corporation, a part of the YMCA of the USA, but responsible for its own policies, programs, and budgets. It employs 27 full-time employees, about 225 part-time employees, and 120 volunteers who impact approximately 40,000 people in Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Montereycounties. Contact: Marci BraccoCain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA93901 (831)747-7455 http://www.centralcoastymca.org