{"id":6809,"date":"2014-07-24T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T22:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2014-07-24T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T22:14:47","slug":"ymca-helps-build-community-encourages-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=6809","title":{"rendered":"YMCA helps build community, encourages exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>Organizations, YMCA, CASD athletes and admin build community at Ash Park<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>By Kyle Carrozza<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MG_4995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6810 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000; margin: 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MG_4995-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"MG_4995\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MG_4995-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MG_4995-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MG_4995-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MG_4995-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MG_4995-900x899.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>COATESVILLE \u2013 The Brandywine YMCA brought music, moon bounces, and exercise to Ash Park on Tuesday for the second of two Community Days.<\/p>\n<p>According to YMCA Executive Director Chris Wiseman, about 2,000 people showed up to the park to take part in swimming lessons, a basketball shooting contest, and other activities around the park. Organizations from around the city, such as The Movement, Arts Holding Hands and Hearts, and Coatesville Kids to College had tables set up to for residents to learn more about what they offer.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Y is all about community. This is a community event, and everything\u2019s local. This is a local neighborhood, so I think this is perfect for the Y,\u201d said Brandywine YMCA Board Member Ryan Clark.<\/p>\n<p>Clark noted that much of the day was about community bonding, and residents&#8217; participation in activities that encourage exercise was a positive byproduct.<\/p>\n<p>The Coatesville Area School District administrators and student athletes were on hand to help with activities and distribute snacks.<\/p>\n<p>Vinnie Laurento, who helped lead exercises at the Activan, said that the student athletes could help inspire kids to exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were a lot of kids out here. It was a great time. It got a little hectic,\u201d he said. \u201cLittle kids come out, and they look up to them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizations, YMCA, CASD athletes and admin build community at Ash Park By Kyle Carrozza,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times COATESVILLE \u2013 The Brandywine YMCA brought music, moon bounces, and exercise to Ash Park on Tuesday for the second of two Community Days. According to YMCA Executive Director Chris Wiseman, about 2,000 people showed up to the park [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[185,187,1194,1180],"class_list":["post-6809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-coatesville","tag-coatesville-area-school-district","tag-community-day","tag-ymca-of-the-brandywine-valley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}