The YMCA of South Florida recently hosted a Little Builders Fun Fest for children and families at the site of the future Holiday Park YMCA Family Center and Broward Health Emergency Room in Fort Lauderdale.
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Kids had a unique opportunity to step onto the construction site where they shoveled and moved dirt, sat in the driver’s seat of construction equipment, built buildings and more. Kids received a hard hat, construction vest and a Little Builder Certificate. They also had a chance to sign and put their handprint on a steel beam that will be a part of the new YMCA.
Little Builders Fun Fest was presented by Gulf – ANF Joint Venture and participating partners included City of Fort Lauderdale, Nicklaus Children’s Health System and Broward Health.
The Holiday Park YMCA Family Center and Broward Health Emergency Room in Fort Lauderdale, is currently under construction. According to YMCA of South Florida CEO and President Sheryl Woods, “This event gave children a chance to explore, create and imagine while helping families connect with the incredible impact this new YMCA Family Center and Broward Health Emergency Room will have on the community.”
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Not only will Fort Lauderdale be the first city in South Florida to have two YMCA locations, but this is also the first YMCA in the country to include an Emergency Room as part of its footprint and is the first Free Standing Emergency Room in the City of Fort Lauderdale for Broward Health.
The YMCA Family Center at Holiday Park will be the newest Y in South Florida and the second location in Fort Lauderdale. The 49,500-square-foot YMCA will offer a full-service health and wellness facility, including an aquatics center with a six-lane pool and teaching pool, indoor basketball court, state-of-the-art fitness center, youth sports, summer camps, after school programs, health and wellness programs and community rooms and will annually serve more than 15,000 children and families, including seniors and teens.
The adjacent Broward Health 12,800-square-foot Free Standing Emergency Room will bring full emergency services closer to home for residents including on-site imaging, such as CT scans and X-rays, and lab work and exam treatment areas staffed by board-certified emergency physicians open 24 hours / 365 days.
Broward Health will also occupy 2,000 square feet on the wellness floor of the new YMCA. Together, Broward Health and the YMCA will deliver community health education and programs designed to improve the quality of health and lives of residents.
General contractor for the project is Gulf Building – ANF Joint Venture, in Fort Lauderdale and the architect is Stratus, LLC, formerly Zyscovich.
For additional information and updates, please visit ymcasouthflorida.org/location/holiday-park-ymca.
About the YMCA of South Florida
For more than a century, the YMCA has been woven into the fabric of the South Florida community. As an award-winning nonprofit, the Y is committed to strengthening community through more than 200 programs serving everyone from six months old to 100 years young. Our Family Centers and programs are inclusive, vibrant hubs of community life, offering a diverse array of classes, cutting-edge fitness facilities, life-saving aquatics, exciting community events, unforgettable camps, supportive afterschool care, and holistic health and wellness programming. At the Y, there’s something for everyone. Join the movement by connecting with us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, or YMCASouthFlorida.org.
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