BELLOWS FALLS — Meeting Waters YMCA will join more than 10,000 organizations nationwide in hosting Lights On Afterschool! celebrations on Thursday, Oct. 22. Launched in October 2000, Lights On Afterschool! is the only nationwide event celebrating after school programs and their role in the lives of children, families, and communities.
Meeting Waters YMCA will host public celebrations at two of its six Y-ASPIRE sites - Brattleboro's Green Street School and Rockingham Central School. The Lights On Afterschool! events will take place between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 22. They are free and open to the public.
During the events, Y-ASPIRE participants will lead an activity and showcase recent projects that they've done in the program.
The Lights On AfterSchool! events will also provide education, community, and business leaders a chance to hear about the role the regional Y's Y-ASPIRE, Snow Day, and Y Day Camp programs are playing to provide hundreds of children with enriching out-of-school activities while, at the same time, supporting working parents and the companies that employ them.
The Lights On Afterschool! advocacy events nationwide are coordinated by the Afterschool Alliance, a coalition of private, public and nonprofit organizations, including YMCAs.
Information about Lights On Afterschool!, Y-ASPIRE, and other Meeting Waters YMCA programs is available on its Facebook page and website, by calling one of its offices (Bellows Falls: 802-463-4769; Brattleboro: 802-246-1036; or Springfield: 802-885-8131); or by emailing info@meetingwatersymca.org.