On Monday, Dec. 16, Boothbay Region YMCA and Central Lincoln County YMCA opened registration for its first ever joint program guide for the Winter I session, Jan. 6-Feb. 29.

Within the guide, many youth sports programs are offered including Youth Basketball, Itty Bitty Basketball, Basketball Tournaments, and TGK Skills Clinics; Candlepin Bowling at All Play; Y Soccer at The Pitch; Karate; Gymnastics; Softball clinics; Camden Snow Bowl Ski/Snowboard Trips; Swimming; Winter Fat Tire Biking & Snowshoeing; Afternoon Skate & Ride; and Youth Tennis.Y-Arts programs are also featured, including the Winter Musical: Beauty and the Beast Jr., youth choir, private voice lessons, dance classes, private violin lessons, Visual Arts, and Arts for All, a program for youth and adults with intellectual or physical disabilities. Some programs are held at CLC YMCA, others at BR YMCA.

FARMS at the Y at CLC YMCA is offering Kids in the Kitchen to youth in grades three through five, and adult cooking classes and farm to table community lunches. Free with membership, the Teen Leaders Club for Middle School and High School students at CLC YMCA introduces youth and teens to service learning, volunteerism, social interaction and appreciation for diversity through the focus areas of the YMCA. Other teen programs include Teen Cooking Club with FARMS at the Y and Teen Dance Socials.

Evidence Based Health Intervention Programs are featured, including LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring, Diabetes Prevention Program, Enhance Fitness, Boxing for Parkinson’s, Pedaling for Parkinson’s, Healthy Weight and Your Child, and TaiChi for Arthritis I & II.

There are a variety of group exercise, personal training and small group training options to help improve health in the new year. Programs include Lose It With the Y, an eight-week personal training program for teams of four; and yoga, pilates, deep water aerobics (BRYMCA), Zumba, TRX, Cardio Tennis, and a New Year, New You Challenge: Find Your 150 (CLC YMCA).

Spectrum Generations’ offerings at CLC YMCA include Wednesday Lunch & Learn; Monthly Friday Lunch; Medicare 101: Medicare Made Easy; Family Caregiver Support Group, Local Advisory Council, Tax Assistance, and SAGE. FMI, call 563-1363. Adult offerings include adult tennis, pickleball, pick-up basketball, pick-up floor hockey, pick-up volleyball,and karate. Availability varies per Y. Social Responsibility collaborations and events at BR YMCA include the Penguin Plunge, to help the aquatics department fund free swim lessons for second graders; Fill the Bus Food Drive; American Red Cross Blood Drive on Jan. 16; Senior Walkers on Tuesdays and Thursdays; and Kids Night Out.