"Obedience to the Unenforceable"
Lots going on in my mind this week. I’ll try to weave it into a coherent narrative. The headline is, however, that I am ever grateful...
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rwerkman
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Sailors on a Summer Night
We have two Atlantic Challenge 2024 teams staying at the WCY this week as they prepare for the contest next week. I will write more...
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rwerkman
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Me and Patience: We are on Speaking Terms
Last Monday, I arrived early in the morning to welcome the first summer campers back to the WCY. Faith Boynton, our Youth Development...
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jsusee
- May 31
- 3 min
A Five Year Vision
May 31, 2024 Dear Friends, As we reach the halfway point in of the year (Can’t believe it! Seems like this year is flying by!) and as we...
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rwerkman
- Apr 30
- 2 min
The World is in Our Hands
"Our lives make a difference in what the world becomes. We either help build this world up in Love or tear it apart. Either way, we...
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rwerkman
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Starting to Renew the WCY
Dear Friends, Happy Spring! Spring symbolizes renewal for me. And that has been on my mind for months. In my time here, I’ve seen  our...
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rwerkman
- Feb 29
- 2 min
On Social Connection: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb...
Dear Friends, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Or so I've heard. I've also heard people say that our three best...
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rwerkman
- Jan 31
- 3 min
What do you do when you make a mistake? or What's with the extra 'r' in February?
February has always struck me as an unwanted month, like the box of stuff at the back of the closet that you only keep so that you have a...
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rwerkman
- Jan 2
- 4 min
A Wordy Welcome to 2024!
Dear Friends, I spend the last few days of each year and the first few days reviewing what happened and thinking about what I want to...
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rwerkman
- Nov 24, 2023
- 1 min
Giving Thanks
Every Thanksgiving, my father read Art Buchwald’s Thanksgiving column about explaining the holiday to people from France. The column is...
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rwerkman
- Nov 18, 2023
- 1 min
Good for the Game, Good for the WCY
Youth soccer players in Waldo County know Kali McCarthy as a coach and Y-league soccer organizer. She's been doing it for 10 years. Two...
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rwerkman
- Oct 27, 2023
- 1 min
Something For A Friday
We have a lot going on in our state, in our country, and in our personal lives right now. This poem, by Hafiz, a Persian poet, struck a...
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rwerkman
- Jun 1, 2023
- 2 min
Y Childcare? Because Kids Love It!
Members' registration for fall childcare opens on June 1 and on June 8 for everyone. Childcare at the WCY serves working families...
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rwerkman
- May 3, 2023
- 1 min
Preschool Steps Out
The Little Learners Preschool at the WCY got on the bus twice in the past two weeks to see some of the organizations that make Belfast...
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rwerkman
- Mar 25, 2023
- 1 min
An Amazing Race! - UPDATED RESULTS
150 Paddlers and many more spectators showed up in Searsmont to proclaim the beginning of spring with the St George River Race. The WCY...
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rwerkman
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
Thoughts on the Last Day of 2022
The Desiderata. by Max Ehrmann ©1927 Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember that peace there may be in silence. As far as...
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rwerkman
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
Five Words to Change Youth Sports
This is an idea worth spreading, to steal TED's motto. It encapsulates our philosophy about youth sports at the WCY. And there is a...
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rwerkman
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
All Hallows Eve Update - Y Not?
First off, thank you to all of you who have been patient with and grateful for the lifeguards who show up to work. Lifeguards do the...
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rwerkman
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Bringing Families and Monsters Together
Yesterday afternoon, 1250 people gathered at in our parking lot to participate in Trunk or Treat, showing why the Waldo County YMCA is a...
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rwerkman
- Oct 15, 2022
- 1 min
Exercise Your Rights
The midterm election will take place on November 8, 2022. Here are some resources to help you vote. Click here to find a list of polling...
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