The Jewish Community Center is holding its annual Open House this Sunday, Jan. 9, from noon to 3 p.m. The Fitness & Sports center, including the indoor pool, will be open free of charge and visitors will be able to learn about the variety of JCC programs. Chiefs fans will also be able to watch the playoff game on a big-screen TV.
JCC Executive Director Jacob Schreiber said the annual event is a great way to recruit new members.
“Try us out, work out, use the pool … everything is available that day for free!” Schreiber said.
He said the event is a great opportunity for the JCC to “showcase what we have to offer as a fitness center as well as our full community center experience.”
In addition to the fitness center, visitors will be able to learn about the JCC’s summer camp, which Schreiber said is being enhanced for the coming summer. Representatives will be available to give tours of the award-winning Child Development Center and its early childhood programs as well as show off the Lewis and Shirley White Theatre.
“This is a good time to showcase the Center, as others do around the country, because this is the time when people make resolutions to get back in to shape,” Schreiber noted.
The gym will be open for youth basketball, the Youth Fitness Zone will be open for children ages 6 to 14 and a racquetball tournament will be played. Individuals can also try out group exercise classes — including Zumba, BodyJAM, cycling, Boot Camp, BodyAttack, BodyVIBE, yoga, BodyFlow and BodyPump — will also be demonstrated.
There will be free refreshments, plus incentives will be offered to both members and non-members. Current members who bring a non-member to visit during the Open House will receive a free JCC coupon box, which includes tickets to a White Theatre performance, two free “Saturday Night Out,” program enrollments, two free yoga or Kinesis classes, and three free visits to the Youth Fitness Zone. They will also be entered to win a free LCD TV and other prizes.
Non-members who join the JCC. Jan. 9 only, will receive two months free, a JCC coupon book and hundreds of dollars in free services.
