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YMCA of Grand Bahama Closure Due to COVID-19
YMCA of Grand Bahama Closure Due to COVID-19
Like so many organizations, the YMCA of Grand Bahama, your YMCA, has had to close all its facilities, inside and outdoors, starting on Monday, March 16th. This is in compliance with edicts from the Bahamas Government and recommendations from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control, made to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Coronavirus. Tentatively the Y is set to re-ope...
Santa's Wonderland Thrills Grand Bahama Residents
Santa's Wonderland Thrills Grand Bahama Residents
The highly-anticipated Christmas In The Bahamas: Santa’s Wonderland event kicked off on December 16 at the YMCA, bringing some Christmas magic to local children and adults alike. Hosted by Bass Pro Shops in partnership with Convoy of Hope, the official opening of the four-day Christmas-themed event attracted hundreds for an evening jam-packed with thrills and surprises...
Thousands of children to Benefit from Santa's Wonderland this Holiday Season
Bass Pro Shops has teamed up with Convoy of Hope, The Grand Bahama Christian Council (GBCC), the YMCA and various government agencies to make the holiday season bright for thousands of children on Grand Bahama Island through Santa’s Wonderland. A holiday staple on the Bass Pro Shops calendar, Santa’s Wonderland is an activity-packed event for children that includes gift giveaways, games, treat...
GB Tech Hub Committee Meets to Create Strong Framework
GB Tech Hub Committee Meets to Create Strong Framework
GBTA stage national tennis tournament in Freeport
GBTA stage national tennis tournament in Freeport
Michael Major Jr. and Sierra Rodgers both won three titles at the GBTA Junior National Tournament in Freeport, Grand Bahama, this past weekend. Major is shown second left at the top and Rodgers is in the center on the bottom. BAHAMAS LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATIONThe Grand Bahama Tennis Association (GBTA) Junior National Tournament was held this past weekend in Freeport, Grand Bahama, at the YMCA Center....
Save The Bays, Waterkeepers Bahamas Applaud Re-birth of South Beach Pools, Urge Use as National Learn-to-Swim Facility to Save Lives in Face of Rising Seas, Stronger Storm
Environmental advocacy groups Save The Bays and Waterkeepers Bahamas today applauded government’s “important forward stroke” restoring and reviving the vast swimming complex known as South Beach Pools, urging officials now to go a step further and commit resources to a national learn-to-swim program...
Miami Dolphins Alumni Bring Light to Grand Bahama Residents
The joint effort of NEMA Grand Bahama, Mission Resolve Foundation, and Miami Dolphin’s Football Unites brought smiles and joy to many residents with the donation of generators and an afternoon of food and entertainment...
Veteran Educator, Civic Leader Joe Darville: 'PM's Promise of Low Costs Lots a 41-Year-Old Dream Come True'
Veteran Educator, Civic Leader Joe Darville: 'PM's Promise of Low Costs Lots a 41-Year-Old Dream Come True'
Joe Darville remembers the first time he proposed that every Bahamian be granted a plot of Crown Land at age 18...
Grand Bahama Students on Track to Become Next Generation of Environmentalists
At 14, Lavonne Mack may have found her life calling.
Save the Bays Youth Environment Ambassador Leadership Program enters 3rd year, 100% oversubscribed
Save the Bays Youth Environment Ambassador Leadership Program enters 3rd year, 100% oversubscribed
They lined up by the dozens ? teenagers eager to sign on, ready to trade chilling out two Saturdays a month for the right to become leaders in environmental stewardship.