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Child Watch

Caring staff watch your children while you workout at the YMCA. This free service is available to those holding family memberships. The Child Watch program is an unstructured, basic babysitting service. All children must be members of the YMCA.

The Child Watch room is located at the Y Annex.
Hours are listed on the right.

Bellefonte Branch Policies

  • In the event of school closing, due to bad weather, the morning Child Watch will be closed. In the event of a two hour delay please call after 8:00 AM (357-8000) to check on availability. Evening Child Watch will be open unless the entire YMCA facility closes early.

  • If there are no children in Child Watch 45 minutes prior to closing we will begin our clean-up and close early.

  • Children must be signed in and out by their parent/guardian. Children will only be released to the parent who signed the child in unless permission is given by the parent before they leave and proper identification is shown.

  • It is mandatory that all parents must sign in your child(ren) every time your child is in our care. If you do not sign-in your child will not be allowed to stay in our Child Watch department.

  • Please complete one of our information forms for each child. This will be kept on file for future reference. A new form should be completed every 6 months or as your child’s needs change.

  • Please do not bring you child(ren) if they are ill. This includes persistent coughing and/or a green yellow nasal discharge.

  • Due to allergies, do not bring any peanut products into the Child Watch room.

  • Due to the limited number of children that can be in the Child Watch at one time we ask that you please observe the one hour time limit. If you need additional time such as 15 to 30 minutes maximum please check-in with the staff to see if they are able to accommodate the additional time.

  • We make every effort to have staffing for our Child Watch department. There is occasion that we may only have one staff available which limits the number of children to 6 allowable in the room at one time. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

  • If you bring children that are not yours their parents must be members and we will need a signed note from the parent acknowledging that it is okay for their children to be at the YMCA’s Child Watch.

Liz Toukonen
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