Baker County YMCA will begin offering some services at reduced capacity
By Shannon Weidemann (McKone) on Friday, January 29th, 2021 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
BAKER CITY – (The following is a letter released by the Baker County YMCA)
Hello Y Members and Friends,
Thank you for your continued support of the Y as we navigate through these challenging times. Thank you in advance for continuing to be patient and understanding as we open back up and work out all the logistics. I would like to thank the staff for working so diligently, to develop a plan, to best serve our valued members, for the current county extreme risk guidelines. While this may not be the ideal situation, we are excited to open our doors, and serve you the best that we can.
Here is a snap shot of what the next 2 weeks will look like. (More detailed information is listed below).
The fitness center and swimming pool will open on Friday, January 29th. Under current guidelines, we can serve 6 people, per hour, per facility, by reservation. (Times will vary by location). If this changes and we can serve more people, we will reach out via Facebook and email, as soon as possible. There will not be any fitness classes at the fitness center or swimming pool while operating in the extreme risk category current guidelines.
The Church Street Gym will open on Monday, February 1st. We are working through all the logistics of what fitness classes we can offer at the Church Street Gym. Fitness classes will be first come, first serve as many classes do not start on the hour, are shorter or longer times, etc. There will be time slots available by reservation for folks to walk/run, shoot hoops (bring your own ball), stretch, workout, etc. We will have mats, dumbbells, bands and other equipment available.
**Current state mandate = We can serve 6 people at a time, per facility, plus employees.
**Please reserve facility workout times and lap swim times. Please visit our main YMCA page at https://www.bakerymca.org/ , click on online access and follow the prompts, to reserve your time or call the fitness center or the swimming pool for assistance.
**Please only reserve 1 time per day; per facility.
**You can make up to 5 online reservations at a time.
**Sessions will be on the hour for 45 minutes.
**You must check in by 10 minutes after the hour; if not, you forfeit your reservation time.
**Members must exit the facility after their 45 minute reservation is over. **We will accept walk-in traffic if there are not 6 people in the facility working out.
**Available fitness classes will be held at Church Street Gym. (Please see revised schedule that will go out on Friday, January 29th. They will be first come, first serve).
**Church Street Gym will be available for workouts, running, walking, shooting hoops (bring your own ball), etc., when fitness classes are not in session.
**Church Street Gym will have limited workout equipment available such as mats, dumbbells, bands, etc.
**Spin/cycling will be available at the main Y on your own. (No instructor
**Swimming pool will be offering lap swim sessions only.
Fitness Center – Open 5am – 7pm weekdays (closed from 1-2pm for cleaning); Saturday 8am – 2pm; Open January 29th.
**Workout times will start on the hour and last 45 minutes… ie., 7am to 7:45am, 8am to 8:45, etc.
Swimming Pool– Open for lap swim only – 6 people per hour; Open January 29th.
Weekday lap swim sessions will be:
7am to 7:45am 8am to 8:45am,
10am to 10:45am 11am to 11:45am 12pm to 12:45pm
4pm to 4:45pm 5pm to 5:45pm
Saturday lap swim sessions will be:
7:00am – 7:45am 8:00am to 8:45am
Church Street Gym –Feb 1 – 11th (Please see fitness schedule for classes…coming soon)
More info on open gym times and fitness class schedules will be available the afternoon of Friday, January 29th.
Fitness classes will be first come, first serve, due to logistical reasons.
Instructors will check members in.
This plan will be in effect from Friday January 29th through February 11th, 2021 for the fitness center and the swimming pool. The Church Street Gym will begin to offer fitness classes and times to work out on Monday, February 1st.
Thank you again for your patience and understanding as we work to provide opportunities for workouts during these challenging times. Hopefully, our county’s risk level will improve and we can return to more regular operations on February 12th.
Thank you again,
Rob Wilkinson
CEO
Baker County YMCA
