CASS COUNTY FAMILY YMCA NEWS
FACILITY CLOSURE
Dear Cass County Family YMCA Community,
Over the past 24-48 hours, the state of Indiana has taken significant steps to keep the public safe as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) begins to spread. Early Monday morning, Governor Holcomb ordered the closure of all bars, nightclubs, restaurants (except takeout/delivery), gyms in Marion County effective 9:00pm on March 16th, 2020.
As a result of this action, the Cass County Health Department has mandated that, the Cass County Family YMCA facility will be closed effective at 4pm on Tuesday, March 17th until we are cleared to open by the lifting of stay-at-home orders. Additionally, during closure, we will be conducting a deep cleaning and disinfecting our facility prior to reopening.
It has been a challenging week of change for all of us. We recognize that these actions are necessary to help prevent the spread of this virus. We also know that the programs that we run are important for our members and participants, and they contribute to making the community a better place. In an effort to help keep things as normal as possible for the many individuals we employ, we will be supporting our staff who help us achieve our mission each day during this closure. We ask that you please keep your membership active so that we can keep our community together and vibrant during these significant challenges.
We are hopeful that these significant precautions will help stop the spread of the virus and that we can begin to return to our normal routines soon.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Derreck Parkevich, CEO
Cass County Family YMCA
COVID-19: Visitor Self-Screening
While we remain open, we ask that members and guests refrain from visiting our facility if they:
1) have traveled to any level 3 region within the last two weeks
2) have a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 infection
3) have anyone in their household with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 infection
4) have experienced any flu-like symptoms in the last two weeks
5) have anyone in their household who has experienced flu-like symptoms in the last two weeks
Thank you for your cooperation!
COVID-19 Update
As of 2pm, Monday, March 16th the following temporary measures will be in place through Sunday, April 5th. We will re-evaluate as needed.
- All group fitness classes - both land and water-based will be cancelled.
- All programming - swim lessons, youth sports/biddy sports, and adult leagues will be temporarily suspended. we will keep all participants informed of our revised schedules in the coming days.
- We will suspend our Child Watch services. (Currently, we plan to resume services on Monday, April 6th)
- Public events like Healthy Kids Day will be postponed until further notice.
All other Y services will remain open at this time.
Thank you for understanding.
Derreck Parkevich
Camp and Afterschool Cancellation
The following Cass County Family YMCA programs will temporarily be closed based on the recommendations of health professionals:
Afterschool Childcare Programs and Spring Break Camp
The YMCA facility will remain open at this time.
Due to the small size of our youth sports programs, they will continue as planned. We will continue to monitor the situation and will follow all state, county, and local officials and guidelines.
