WESTLAKE VILLAGE — The Southeast Ventura County YMCA is holding a Welcome BBQ for parents and their children interested in taking part in YMCA Adventure Guides. The BBQ will be Saturday, September 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Yarrow Family YMCA (31105 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Westlake Village). The event is free and open to the community.
YMCA Adventure Guides is for fathers and their children. It is designed to strengthen and build a lifelong relationship between parent and child through outdoor adventure activities, camping trips and monthly events. Parent-child pairs join a “Circle” with families in their neighborhood or school. Campout locations include El Capitan, Catalina, Kern River and Big Bear.
Y-Adventure Guides are for children in kindergarten through second grade. Y-Trailblazers are for children in third grade and up. Instilled in all activities are core values found in all YMCA programs: caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
“We had to take last year off, but we’re hoping to bring back as many outings and events as possible,” says Tori Cusack, Youth and Family Program Director at the Y. “We’ll be following all the CDC, state and county health guidelines.”
To sign up for the BBQ, learn more about Adventure Guide or register for the program, go to www.sevymca.org/adventureguides