{"id":174506,"date":"2024-01-10T04:37:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T09:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=174506"},"modified":"2024-01-10T04:37:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T09:37:05","slug":"ymca-hosts-dance-for-local-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/01\/10\/ymca-hosts-dance-for-local-children\/","title":{"rendered":"YMCA hosts dance for local children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert YMCA recently hosted a Christmas school dance for students in grades 3-6. The event, themed as an \u201cUgly Christmas Sweater Dance,\u201d aimed to bring laughter and joy to approximately 100 children from the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents dropped off their kids for a night of fun, ensuring a secure environment while they enjoyed a well-deserved date night. The YMCA playlist, blending Christmas tunes with the latest kid-friendly TikTok songs. Highlighting the spirit of the season, awards were presented for the best ugly sweaters, bringing extra excitement to the event. A boy and a girl took home the honors, adding a touch of friendly competition to the celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ugly-Sweater-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174508\"\/><figcaption>Local children had fun at the YMCA&#8217;s recent &#8220;Ugly Sweater Dance.&#8221; <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that the Christmas dance was a huge success, with the enthusiastic participation of around 100 kids. It\u2019s heartening to see the community come together for such joyful occasions,\u201d said Corey Clifton, Program Director at YMCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YMCA has its next event \u2013 a Valentine\u2019s themed dance scheduled for February. Parents and kids alike can anticipate another evening filled with laughter, dancing, and community spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about this event and other programs, please contact the Van Wert YMCA at 419.238.0443, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/vwymca.org\">www.vwymca.org<\/a>, or email <a href=\"mailto:corey@vwymca.org\">corey@vwymca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YMCA in Van Wert County is partially funded by the Van Wert County Foundation and United Way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The Van Wert YMCA recently hosted a Christmas school dance for students in grades 3-6. The event, themed as an \u201cUgly Christmas Sweater Dance,\u201d aimed to bring laughter and joy to approximately 100 children from the area. Parents dropped off their kids for a night of fun, ensuring a secure environment while they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 01:24:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174509,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174506\/revisions\/174509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}