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• Teen Leaders Teen leaders is a great way for our youth to become involved with their community, participate in fundraising, and to take some amazing trips around the country. This program is designed for youth in grades 7-12. We currently have about 6 youth involved in this program which meets on a bi-monthly basis at the MVCC and Northwest YMCA. Club Mid Club Mid is an after school program ran out of Edgewood for youth in grades 6-9. This program provides a safe and fun enviornment for youth to hang out with friends and be involved in fun activities. This is a free program in which we provide snacks, arts and crafts, gym games and field trips. Homeschool Phy. Ed This program is designed to offer a physical component to home schooled families in the North Metro. It consists of structured games and focuses on skill development in many different areas of sport. We offer 2 sessions per year and run at about 70 participants. Swimming Lessons Swimming lessons are offered at Edgewood Middle school all year round. We offer both weekly and bi-weekly class schedules. Youth Summer Baseball and Softball These programs will again be offered with certain age groups playing with the surrounding communities. After School Track This is offered in the spring to students in grades 4-5 at Pinewood and Sunnyside Schools. Men's 5 on 5 Basketball Leagues This league will again be offered in January. Currently we have focused promoting the league by sending public service announcements to the local newspapers, sending out brochures to local businesses that have previously sponsored some of our events in the past,placing messages on the city message board, and contacting other YMCAs and community centers to gather participants for the league. Adult 3 on 3 Basketball Leagues This league will start in March. We have had moderate success in the past and are currently recruiting teams. Adult Softball Leagues We are already focused on our Summer Softball Leagues. Registration for returning teams will start January 5`h. Brochures have gone out to over 20 local businesses (many who have sponsored or supported our programs in the past), to all team managers for the 2 years, to other local YMCAs and public service announcements have been placed in our local newspapers.