By STEPHEN FASTENAU — sfastenau@beaufortgazette.com Pete Palmer’s wife thinks he’s crazy. And years ago, when friends tried to convince him to try open-water swimming, he thought they were crazy, too. But the 77-year-old Palmer is now in his seventh year participating in the Beaufort River Swim and has grown to appreciate the event, a change of [...]

The ten-question HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR HOME? quiz is designed to assess how your family is doing with each of the five pillars of a healthy family home: EAT HEALTHY, PLAY EVERY DAY, GET TOGETHER, GO OUTSIDE and SLEEP WELL. After taking the quiz you’ll see a simple bar graph that illustrates how your family is doing with some of the [...]

Kelly McGowan-Certified Sports Nutrition Coach NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT?  TRAINING FOR A SPORTS EVENT?  WANT TO CHANGE YOUR EATING HABITS?  ALWAYS FEEL TIRED? Discuss your goals with Kelly and she’ll help you reach them by developing an individualized plan to fit your needs.   This may be exactly what your body needs to finally make those positive changes.  Kelly has [...]

This time of year is very busy at the Y.  In addition to more than 4,000 Y members,  we also have sports programs and afterschool care in the gymnasium.  We want you to have time to play a pick-up game of basketball or to just shoot around with your family.  For this reason, we created [...]