YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center Extends Family Services
Parent Workshops for Families In Rogersville
YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center Provides Parent Workshops for Families In Rogersville
To improve services and increase accessibility to families, the YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center will offer Parent Workshops throughout the year that focus on education and skill building.
The first Parent Workshop is on Tuesday, January 31 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm at the YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center Located on 1604 East Main Street in Rogersville, TN. The workshop is open to the community and is provided at no cost to families. Participants will be asked to share ideas and thoughts on what kinds of classes they would like to see offered at the center, what information would be helpful to them and how the center can improve to continue meeting the needs of the community. Meals will be provided to attendees on a first come, first served basis.
Parent Workshops are hosted through the YMCA’s Y on Wheels program which is funded through the Temporary Assistance for Need Families (TANF) grant contract through the state of Tennessee and in partnership with volunteers, local businesses, and organizations.
“We want the Rogersville residents to understand that the YMCA is here to help and wants to make a difference in their community,” Director of the YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center Shari Mefford said. “Through these workshops, parents and families can see the renovated youth center, learn a new skill, meet other members of their community and get themselves and their kids plugged in to what the youth center has to offer.”
Since the YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center opened its doors in August of 2022, 6 dedicated volunteers have helped prep, package and deliver more than 13,500 meals to 8 schools in Hawkins County in 2022 and 15 volunteers offered their service and time to help kids with homework, play fun games, teach them a new skill and be a positive and consistent role model in their lives.
Rogersville residents can visit the youth center, meet the staff, and learn more about after school childcare services the YMCA provides at the YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center open house on Thursday, January 26 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. The open house is free to everyone, and food will be provided to visitors at the event.
Information about the YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center and upcoming events at ymcakpt.org/brighterhorizons.
The Kingsport Family YMCA is celebrating its 40-year anniversary in the Kingsport community. Since being chartered in 1983, the Kingsport Family YMCA has provided Afterschool care for thousands of parents, helped kids make lifelong friends at summer camp, opened its first health and wellness facility in 2005 before expanding again in 2013. The Y provided emergency childcare at no cost during the pandemic, established a feeding program for kids, opened a standalone youth center in Hawkins County and has extended its service area to 3 counties.