After-school options for kids are getting pretty good around these parts. All Sport's new After School Program has been modeled around the success of their Summer Camp Program, Camp FIT. Where once you could only get planned activities in art and sports during the Vacation Camp days or Kids Night Out at All Sport, now parents can sign up their kids for regular afternoons of after-school programming that includes swimming on some days. All Sport's Kids Club is still an option, and is unchanged from what you are used to (aka the childcare room at the club), but the After School Program has more programming and planned hands-on activities with the kids. Unlike with Kids Club, registration with the After School Program means you can leave the club and do errands in the area.

Morning and afternoon care are both options, and busing is available for children in the Wappingers school district. But Beacon parents have an opportunity here to create a check-and-balance for their own fitness schedule. Here are the benefits to signing up for a couple of days of All Sport's After School Program:

Swimming Lessons and Planned Swimming Activity

You and your children may be veterans of All Sport's group or private swimming lessons, where you have gone - no matter the weather - to make strong swimmers. If you coordinate an After School Day with the swimming lessons, the staff at All Sport's After School Program can walk your child to their swimming lessons. And where might you be?

Working Out, Massages, and Errands Around
All Sport

While this After School Program is open to all children and not just members of All Sport, if you were a member, kids could be looked after while you take advantage of the club, locking in a workout with yourself. It might look like this:

Cardio on the treadmill or elliptical, or running outside around All Sport's Outdoor Park.
Toning on the circuit machines with a free, personalized plan of what setting and weight work for you on the machines.
Scheduling a Pilates session with Beacon Pilates' outpost studio, located upstairs at All Sport (not included with membership, but a convenient way to utilize Beacon Pilates if you have children).
Relaxation in the sauna with a quick shower after.
Or... Use this time to relax for an hour, in a massage upstairs.

Space is limited in this After School Program, so reserve your days now. Be sure to ask which days have swimming as an activity, and see if you can cross-coordinate with when you schedule swimming lessons (registration for which is going on now and books fast, so call 845-896-5678 to register for swim lessons).

All Sport's decorations in their front lobby show how excited they're getting about their new After School Program!

P.S.: All Sport's Camp FIT runs all the way until the start of school, so weeks starting August 22nd and August 29th have a few spots left for campers. You can call 845-896-5678 to register, or visit this page for more details.

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Signing with Accuprint's New Tablet/Flashlight Pen.

We are so pleased to announce that the local printing and shipping company on Main Street, Accuprint Pack 'N Ship, has signed on to be the first Headline Sponsor of our new series, "Postcards from Beacon," in partnership with the Beacon Historical Society. This monthly series will be penned by Diane Lapis, a trustee of the Beacon Historical Society. Diane is bursting at the seams, ready to write several! Though this series will start as once a month, we may not be able to contain her, or you, as we all soak up more history about Beacon and the surrounding Hudson Valley area.

Diane Lapis brings her book of preserved postcards, bits of inspiration for our new "Postcards from Beacon" series.

Accuprint is a great partner for this series because... drumroll, please... You can mail postcards, letters and packages from the shop! Or buy a book of stamps! People also love the ability to drop off packages from Amazon or Zappos with pre-paid return postage. It's just so easy. The mother/daughter duo, Denise and Byrdie, will gladly take your packages. But that's not all... Ask about their laminator services, or as my daughter calls it, "The Lamilator." Several of your business friends do a lot of color printing and faxing at Accuprint, 242 Main St., as well.

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