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12 Days of Fitness & Fun punch cards give members the chance to get an early start on their new year goals.
Hundreds of our YMCA members kick-started their New Year’s health and wellness goals with our 12-day fitness challenge.
This free and fun fitness holiday challenge encourages members to visit their local YMCA 12 times throughout the month of December.
Participating members signed up at their local YMCA and were given a holiday punch card and received a punch for each visit. Once their holiday punch card is completed, participants can turn it in to be entered into a drawing for a chance to win fabulous prizes!
New Year New You
Along with the physical prizes, members receive wellness tips on healthy eating, how to stick to workout routines and various words of encouragement.
Program participants shared their thoughts about the 12 Days of Fitness Challenge and how the program has positively impacted their lives.
“We love the challenges...we love games and fun things to keep us moving!” - 12 Days of Fitness Challenge Participant
“We love to do the challenges because we love to win prizes....and it makes us feel a sense of accomplishment!” - 12 Days of Fitness Challenge Participant
Kara Forsythe, Program Director at Clearwater Y in Motion shares, “The challenge keeps [our members] coming in the door, keeps them connected, which helps them start the year off right, and already in the routine to working out...keeping them successful!”
Members love the sense of accomplishment, they love competing, and proving to themselves that they can finish what they start.”
Lexy Lopez, Membership and Engagement Director at Clearwater Y in Motion adds, “The 12 Days of Fitness is a fun way to engage our members to participate in the busy month of December.”
The end of the year brings changes to schedules that often make members’ healthy routines more difficult to maintain – but the Y has the solution!
“This challenge benefits them by giving them some motivation during the holiday season to continue to come to the Y and do what they enjoy. Members feel engaged to earn their punch so they can enter a raffle to win a special holiday basket! They are always so eager to complete their punch pass to ensure they have a chance at winning,” Lexy shares.
Be sure to check in with your local branch often, so you don’t miss the next punch card challenge!
Published: Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022