Special Events

Dear Members,

I hope this message finds everyone well and continuing to cope with our current new normal. We are pleased that many of you have already taken advantage of our soft reopening. Please see below for some of what we accomplished around the Center while you were away. I hope you have a good holiday weekend and Happy Memorial Day.

We will be observing holiday hours on Monday, May 25^th, as we have done in the past, of 8 AM to 4 PM. For this specific day, due to shorter hours, there will not be a specific senior period.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this first week smooth, as we navigate through our protocols that have been established for everyone’s safety. We are happy to announce that beginning next week, Monday, May 25^th, we will be adding two more activities for you.

A) Personal training is now available again. As before, you will make an appoint with your trainer. These appointments will be on the hour and you will be part of the census of those using the fitness room during that hour. Both you and your trainer will wear face coverings during the session and your trainer will be coaching while maintaining an appropriate six-foot distance.

B) The pool will also reopen Monday, May 25^th, and for this first week only, pool activities will include lap swimming and personal water aerobic exercise (not personal training). Please review the following protocols for the pool:

1. Please arrive a few minutes just prior to your reserved time. Enter through the front door and please bring you waiver/medical questionnaire with you. We will take your temperature as you check in.
2. Reserved time slots are for 55 minutes.
   1. Lane reservations begin on the half hour (i.e. 1:30-2:25) and must be made within 24-hours of your desired time.
   2. Please call ahead to reserve your time slot; If you just walk-in, a slot may not be available.
   3. Use is limited to lap swimming and personal water aerobics activities
3. We ask that you come prepared in proper swim attire.
   1. Cotton clothing is not permitted.
   2. Pool shoes are mandatory on the pool deck and surrounding area (i.e. showers and throughout the facility)
4. Bring your own towel(s). The JCC will not be providing towel service during this period.
5. Locker rooms are currently unavailable.
   1. Handicap/family bathrooms are available.
   2. Please do your best to clean up/disinfect anything you may have touched (i.e. door knobs, sink knobs, flush handles, railings, etc.) Spray will be provided.
6. Prior to entering pool, patrons must rinse thoroughly as before, but this week, using the showers located in the handicap/family bathrooms.
   1. Pool appropriate footwear is required
   2. No soaps or shampoo are to be used when rinsing
7. A 6-foot distance must be observed at all times.
   1. The ‘6-Foot Rule’ does not apply to members of the same household
   2. Please wear a mask throughout the building, but not in the showers or pool.
8. Please exit via the pool door, adjacent the parking lot.

During your time away we were able to do quite a bit of spring cleaning and sprucing up.

• We repainted the parking lot lines and added four additional handicapped spaces.
• All of the metal doors and door frames have been repainted
• The wood trim in the front meeting rooms have been repainted, along with the entries to the hallways.
• The floors in the hall leading to the pool, the pool deck and the handicapped/family restrooms have all been pressure washed, brightening the tiles and grout
• All of the locker room showers have been re-grouted, as well as the steam rooms where needed. The locker room floors were also pressure washed.
• Windows and sidewalks were pressure washed
• The gym walls and bench area were cleaned and repainted, including special areas for bouncing balls on the walls during hit classes.
• We replaced the pool pump which is providing for much better water circulation

Additionally, other areas were repainted and we spent many hours in general cleaning and sanitizing. Currently, not only have we provided special gym wipes for you to use on the fitness equipment, our staff is constantly spraying down the equipment with sanitizer for your health and safety. Thank you for being a part of our family and we wish you well.

With warmest regards,

Barry Abels, Executive Director