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SWIMMING LESSONS

At the Y, swimming is a life skill. Our swim lessons prepare people of all ages to stay safe and have fun in the water, building strong, and confident swimmers. If you have any questions about any part of our aquatics program at the Bob Freesen YMCA, please call or email Danielle Schnake, Aquatics Director, at 217.245.2141 or dschnak@jacksonvilleymca.org.

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Click on the link below for days, times, levels, and prices for our youth lessons.

Important Participant Information:

  • Swim lesson sessions are four (4) weeks, except for holiday weeks in which that session of lessons will be shortened to a three (3) week session (i.e. Thanksgiving).

  • Please come to the first and last swim lesson with your swimmer regardless of their age so that we can pass along information to you the parent rather than to the swimmer.

  • All children five and under must have a parent drop them off and pick them up on deck. We cannot let preschoolers go unattended into the locker room.

  • Please shower thoroughly before using the pool.

  • Participants should wear lined swimsuits. Gymnastics leotards, basketball shorts, and other cotton clothing garments worn as street clothing should not be worn in the pool as swimwear. Religious swimwear is allowed as long as it is made of swimsuit material.

  • Our staff cannot take children to the restroom during lessons.

  • For safety reasons, we do not allow parents to remain on the deck during lessons. Viewing is available upstairs in the glassed-in viewing area.

  • Fees will not be refunded or credited once a class has met for the second week of a session. Prorated fees will be given as a credit for illness or injury with a note from a physician.

  • We do close the pool for thunder or lightning storms or other inclement weather. We will attempt to make-up classes in those cases, but credits may be applied for future programs instead.

  • Classes missed due to personal reasons will not be made up because it compromises the safety ratio in other classes.

  • We do not make up missed holiday lessons. Sessions with holidays will have prorated fees.

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday - Friday    5:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.                                                 

Saturday              7:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.                                                   

Sunday                1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.       (Sun hours seasonal - Nov-Apr)         

                                                       

​Pool Hours

Monday - Friday    5:45 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.

(Closed Tues & Thurs 1-3:30 p.m.)

Saturday              7:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Sunday                1:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSURES

New Year's Day

Easter

Memorial Day

4th of July

Labor Day

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Eve - close at noon

Christmas Day

New Year's Eve - close at noon

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ADDRESS

1000 Sherwood Lane

Jacksonville, IL 62650
 

Tel: 217-245-2141

Fax: 217-479-0233

 

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The Bob Freesen YMCA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The YMCA is one of the nation's leading nonprofits for strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Donations are tax-exempt.

 

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