YMCA Summer teen backpacking program planned
SEQUIM — An immersive teen hiking program will teach outdoors essentials beginning June 24.
The Olympic Peninsula YMCA will offer the Find Your Trail hiking program for ages 12-17 from June 24 through July 31.
This program will meet at the Sequim YMCA, 610 N. Fifth Ave., on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tuesdays will be focused interactive skill-building workshops that will teach skills such as hiking and backpacking, wilderness first aid and safety, survival skills, plant and animal Identification and more.
These sessions will include guest speakers from the Coast Guard, Sequim Community Emergency Response Team and an area fire chief.
Thursdays will be hiking days with six all new hikes of progressing difficulty in the Olympic Mountains using a daypack, compass, first aid kit and other supplies.
The course is led by a Navy Corpsman and an Eagle Scout.
Hiking snacks will also be provided.
The cost is $450 for nonmembers and includes a summer YMCA membership, $400 for members.
Those who register by Sunday will receive a T-shirt.
To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/PDN-YMCAHikes25.
Tykes on bikes
PORT ANGELES — A balance bike open house for kids ages 5 and younger will be held at the Lincoln Park BMX Track, 1798 W. Lauridsen Blvd., on June 11.
The free event is open to those on a balance bike or starting to pedal.
Any balance bike rider who gets a membership at the open house will be entered to win a strider bike.
For more information, visit www.lpbmx.com.
Summer volleyball
CHIMACUM — Jefferson County Parks & Recreation will offer weekly youth volleyball sessions for those entering grades three through six beginning July 3 at the Chimacum School Multi-Purpose Gym.
The sessions are open to all skill levels and will be held from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. each Thursday through Aug. 28 (with no class July 24). The cost is $20 for all the sessions.
The focus will be on improving fundamental skills such as serving, setting, passing and learning the game’s rules and strategies.
To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/PDN-JeffCoVolleyball.
For more information, email smiller@co.jefferson.wa.us or call 360-531-4960.
All-Star tryouts
PORT HADLOCK — Little League baseball and softball players in East Jefferson Little, South Jefferson or Port Townsend Little League can try out for traveling All-Star teams starting Saturday.
Try-out sessions for baseball players ages 9-11 will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at Bob Bates Little League Field, 80 Elkins Road. These players also will compete in a district tournament in Gig Harbor July 5-15.
Softball players ages 9-12 will try out at 5:15 p.m. Thursday.
Softball players ages 12-14 can try out at the Quilcene School field with registration at 5:15 p.m. and the try out running from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The softball teams will compete in district tournaments in Poulsbo June 21-29.
Baseball tryouts for ages 10-12 will be held Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. This team will compete in a tournament in South Kitsap June 29-July 6.
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