Attleboro YMCA Spin-a-Thon

Come to the Attleboro YMCA's Downtown Branch for the Y's 5th annual Best Friend’s Spin-a-Thon!

You don’t even have to ride a bike to be a part of Spin-a-Thon. Everyone in the community is invited to participate in this celebratory event that celebrates the Y’s mission for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Try a new class, spin with your friends, make a big splash in the pool, or simply enjoy the event’s great community spirit.

Each year, the Best Friends Spin-a-Thon brings together teams of people from the community for an afternoon filled with music, raffles, fun activities, and cycling. Each team consists of 12 people and two bikes, with each rider taking one hour of spin time. Each team is also challenged to raise funds for the Attleboro Y’s Best Friends Campaign.

In 2011, the Spin-a-Thon raised $32,000, which was a tremendous boost to the Y's Best Friends Campaign. Thanks to past riders and the generosity the Best Friends supporters, the Y has been able to offer program scholarships, subsidized programs and affordable membership rates, because the Y believes that everyone in the community deserves the opportunity to be healthy and live well. This year, Spin-a-Thon riders will be riding toward a goal of raising $50,000 to kick off the Y’s Best Friends 2012 Campaign with an overall fundraising goal of $250,000.

The day’s itinerary is as follows:

Fuller Gym
12:00-6:00 p.m. – Spin-a-Thon! Each ride begins at the top of the hour.

Tappan Gym
12:00-1:00  BodyPump Technique (Lisa) 
1:00-2:30  Zumba Master Class (Patrice & Michelle)
2:30-3:00  Tai Chi (Ashleigh)
3:00-3:30  Boot Camp Challenge (Meredith & Julie)
3:30-4:00  BodyFlow Technique (Sharon)
4:00-4:30  TRX Challenge (Jake) 
4:30-5:00  Triathlon Training Workshop (Laura D.) 

Augat Gym
12:00-4:00  Camp Spin-a-Thon: Games, crafts, and more for kids led by the staff of Camp Finberg and Camp Pleasant 

Sweet & Balfour Pool
2:00-3:00   Cannonball competition – for all ages, including parent-child team competition
12:00-6:00   Family Recreational Swim 

Child Watch
12:00-6:00    Child Watch will be available throughout the event 

While the YMCA will welcome donations to the Best Friends Campaign at the event, donations are not required to participate in the various activities.

For more information, contact Meghan Hamilton at (508) 409-0733 or mhamilton@attleboroymca.org.

About the Best Friends Campaign
The Attleboro Y believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to be healthy and live well. That's why the non-profit extends its programs and services to all members of the community, regardless of their ability to pay. In 2011, the Best Friends Campaign raised $225,000 to help the Y serve the community in a variety of ways - by sending kids to camp, subsidizing the Y's low-income residences, supporting the Y's health and wellness initiatives in schools, enabling the Y to offer free afterschool programs at the Attleboro Recreation Center, and offering financial assistance for the Y's programs. Thanks to the strength of the 2011 campaign, the Y was also able to introduce Membership for All, an income-based membership rate scale, and LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, a free,12-week health and wellness program for cancer survivors.