Ymca/Wee Folksgarten is a before or after school daycare daycare located at 400 River Rd, Grand Rapids, Minnesota MN. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
The YMCA/WEE FOLKSGARTEN in Grand Rapids receives consistently positive feedback with strong ratings. Parents praise the facility for its clean equipment, friendly staff, diverse programs including fitness classes and childcare services, and reasonable pricing for the value provided. The facility serves as an important community resource with activities for all ages.
I got a membership for a month which cost $40 which was great for me as I went 3-4 times a week and used the swimming pool, pickeball courts, group classes, and the gym. The staff are extremely helpful and friendly as well. Every Tuesdays there’s this one lady that brings her homemade desserts (such as cake, cinnamon rolls, etc) for everyone to share for free which I found super considerate. Their are 5 locker/changing room areas. 1) Kids & Family 2) Girls 3) Girls 18+ 4) Boys 5) Boys 18+. They’ve got fitness coaches and you can fill out a form and test one of them out for free once and then you’ll have to start paying. Not only is the Y a fitness area but to the side of the building (before scanning into the gym area) there’s an Elder Circle area which has an ongoing jigsaw table, elder group activites (like board/card games), and more. Also keep in mind if you’re swimming or need a towel and you gt it from the front desk you’ll need to pay $1.
Kind of obnoxious that they have church music playing in the pool area all the time, but if you can tune that out it's pretty nice. The pool is a good facility with great hot tub. Plenty of exercise equipment. Good options for families, child care services offered for working parents. Yearly Halloween events are fun for the kids. Staff has always been friendly and personable to us. Would be 5 stars for sure if they would just ditch the annoying church music.
the people are nice except for a few that will send adult protection services against you.find another place.
We've had a two adult membership here for the last two years. The classes, instructors, lifeguards, pts, and other staff 5/5, best reason to come here. Pool (lap swim)- there could be a little more order than there is. They only have 5 lanes (not criticizing the size of the pool, pools are expensive so happy to have what we can get) and have a first come first serve operation on who gets a lane without any time restrictions as well as leaving ruling on whether or not a lane can be shared up to the swimmer already in the pool. It would be better if they had a sign up sheet so you could at least see how long the wait is and get your name on so you're not standing there in hope that you *might* get to have a turn- most people don't have time to wait around like that. They have signs up sheets for other activities so I imagine it could work for the pool as well. Fitness Center- similar issue as the pool. They have signs saying no use of more than one peice of equipment per person at a time BUT do not enforce it. So you could have to wait not because there's just a lot of people but because someone is useing multiple things and won't let you use one of the multiple machines they're "useing" when they're not useing it. Also an issue of way too many teenagers loitering in large groups or sitting on equipment they're not useing but now you can't either. A lot of large groups of teenagers useing foul language at large volumes- this doesn't particularly matter to me but it does to others- something for you to consider if you are thinking of getting a membership. Main points- not happy about not getting the same rights or usage as others when paying the same. Also, beware of older men in the men's 18+ locker room that think it's fun to harrass you in the shower.
Staff have a problem showing respect. older lady tried to talk to me as if I’m a problem because a friend had exchange some words with a naked grandpa and degrade me. 0 stars for the corporate dump it is as-well as employees😝