Sports Clubs | Fremont Parks & Recreation Department and Fremont Family YMCA
The Big Brothers Big Sisters program serves children ages 5 to 15, mostly from single-parent homes.
The program matches youths with adults to provide young people with positive role models.
Big Brothers and Sisters are always needed; applicants are screened. Kathy Casper is executive director. Her office is at 231 E. Fourth St., 721-0329; e-mail: kcasper@teknetwork.com.
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School-age children who have lost a parent through death, divorce or separation have a Fremont support group to help them cope.
Rainbows is for children from pre-school to ninth grade. Children participate in 12 sessions where they meet other children in similar situations and have trained caring adults help them sort through and express their feelings and to come to a healthy acceptance of the changes in their family.
There is a program for parents while the children are in their sessions.
The program is sponsored by First United Methodist Church and is supported by United Way and private donations.
Rainbows is open to all children in Fremont and the surrounding area. For more information, call First United Methodist Church, 721-0817.
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More than 1,000 Fremont children are active in Boy and Girl Scouts.
Executive director is Bernie Hansen, she can be reached at 1-800-695-6690.
More than 400 girls are members of Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette and Senior troops; the groups include girls in kindergarten through senior high. Girl Scout, Prairie Hills Council e-mail: gsphc@megavision.com; Web site: www.phgsc.org.
More than 600 boys in first grade through age 20 are Boy Scout members. There are over 200 adult volunteers. Local Boy Scout groups have six Cub Scout packs, six Boy Scout troops, six Venturing crews, two Explorer posts and one Learning for Life groups. Boy Scouts of America Mid-America Council Web site: http://www.mac-bsa.org.
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Every year 4,700 youth participate in the Dodge County 4-H program.
A century following their creation, 4-H clubs continue to offer young people opportunities to practice learning by doing.
4-H serves a wide array of interests with more than 100 projects avaialable for participating youth. 4-H club programs are delivered by an adult volunteer leaders or Extension staff member. In addition to clubs, 4-H offers youth camping opportunities as well as special interest events and activities.
4-H also provides school enrichment cirriculum to area teachers. These short-term educational programs are being delivered in area schools. Curriculum utilized for these programs are University of Nebraska-Lincoln research-based.
The Dodge County 4-H Program is coordinated by the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Dodge County, 1206 W. 23rd St., 727-2775; e-mail: dodge-county@unl.edu; Web site: http://dodge.unl.edu.
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There are many programs to keep kids busy:
- Camping: Fremont YMCA has summer camp at Camp Christian south of town, 721-6952; members of Boy and Girl Scouts and 4-H clubs also attend summer camps.
- The Summer Reading Program at Keene Memorial Library has a variety of programs scheduled throughout the week year-round, 727-2694.
- Specialized Summer Classes: Metro Community College offers a variety of classes for kids, 721-2507.
Fremont has several clubs sports, too. The list appears in the Clubs/Organizations section.
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The Fremont Parks and Recreation Department and Fremont Family YMCA offer a bounty of programs.
The Y offers instruction and/or teams in swimming, gymnastics, tennis, karate, baseball, ice skating, basketball, soccer, volleyball and flag football. The Y also sponsors summer camp and preschool classes. For more information, contact the YMCA at 721-6952.
The Parks and Rec department sponsors a summer playground program for preschoolers and elementary-age children, as well as instruction in swimming, tennis, bowling, horseshoes, sand volleyball, golf, archery, soccer and a full array of youth softball and baseball leagues.
There are over 1,000 youth playing baseball/softball which are for kids who have finished kindergarten through eighth grade. For more information, contact the Fremont Parks and Recreation office, 727-2810; Web site: www.fremontne.gov.
The Fremont American Legion also sponsors summer baseball for high school-aged youths. For more information, contact Charlie Smith, 721-6202.
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