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2026 Wilmington Area Fall Fest
🎃 Bring the Whole Family for FREE Fall Fun! 🎃 Grab your family, invite your friends, and join us at the Midtown YMCA for a FREE community event packed with games, activities, and a costume contest for all ages! 👻 It’s also the perfect chance to check out the progress on our construction project and see what’s new at the Midtown Y while enjoying some quality family fun. Want your business or organization to be part of the fun? Sponsor a game! 🎯 Contact Amanda.Saulter@ymcasenc.org for more information. 📍 Midtown YMCA 🎉 Free & family-friendly! Come see the progress, play some games, show off those costumes, and celebrate our community with us!
Cookies & Cocoa With Santa
Celebrate the holiday season with family and friends at the Y! Join us for a festive family event filled with activities designed to bring families together to interact, engage, and have fun. Families can enjoy time with Santa, decorate holiday cookies, play family games, get creative with coloring and ornament making, and warm up with hot cocoa. We’ll wrap up the celebration with a holiday movie viewing for everyone to enjoy together. Families are encouraged to wear their favorite holiday pajamas and get cozy for an evening of festive fun! This event is all about creating meaningful family moments, building connections, and enjoying quality time together in a welcoming Y community. Bring the whole family, wear your holiday pajamas, and make special memories together this holiday season!
Friendsgiving Potluck
Join us for a fun and festive Friendsgiving celebration at the YMCA on November 18th! Bring your favorite dish to share and enjoy good food, great company, and time with your YMCA friends. The YMCA will provide the meat—you bring the sides, desserts, or your favorite dish to make our table complete! Come hungry, bring a dish, and let’s celebrate friendship and community together!
Cookie Exchange and Ugly Sweater Creation
Join us for some holiday fun! Bring your favorite cookies to share and a blank sweater to decorate into your own festive—or wonderfully ugly—holiday creation. Come ready to enjoy some treats, get creative, and spread some Christmas cheer! December 11 at 12:00 PM Ni Community Room Don’t forget your cookies and blank sweater!
Trivia Night
Halloween & YMCA Trivia Night! Put your knowledge to the test with a fun night of Halloween trivia and YMCA trivia! Enjoy an evening of fun, food, fellowship, and a little friendly competition with your YMCA friends. Wear your favorite costume! Bring a spooky snack to share! Come ready to test your trivia skills! Gather your friends, show off your Halloween spirit, and see who knows the most about all things spooky and the YMCA!
American Heart Association's Healthy For Good Workshop
Join us in fun, hands-on group experiences that will teach you how to: Be Well, Eat Well and Shop Well. Learn your health numbers and goals; practice easy, budget-friendly healthy cooking; be a fearless smart grocery shopper. Giveaway item for each participant; Door Prize for one lucky winner!
Mike's Farm Ho Ho Christmas Show
Ho! Ho! Christmas Show: Matinee and evening shows. Begin the night with our famous all you can eat meal to include fried chicken, pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, green beans, mac and cheese, ham & plain biscuits, and several choices of dessert. After dinner it's time for a timeless performance by Gaylon Pope & SweetWater, whose uplifting harmonies, classic favorites, and touching Christmas classics create a musical experience that speaks to the heart. With a program that blends gospel, traditional carols, and holiday joy, this show is perfect for senior groups, church families, and anyone who treasures the true spirit of the season. To end the evening, you will step outside and enjoy our Festival of Lights Christmas Hayride. Doors Open 6:30 Meal 7:00 Performance 8:00 Hayride 9:15
Mike's Farm Dinner and Hayride (Christmas Lights)
Join us on a trip to Mike's Farm for Christmas. Sunday, November 22. with the shuttle leaving at 4 pm. This event will include the famous all you can eat menu served buffet style and the Festival of Lights Hayride. Your meal will include fried chicken, pork tenderloin, gravy, mashed potatoes, mac & cheese, corn, green beans, ham & plain biscuits, beverages, and dessert. Cost is $65 for adults (includes meal, hayride and YMCA transportation).
Community Build Night
Get ready to build, create, and connect at our Community Build Day, presented in partnership with Building Buddies! Families are invited to spend the day exploring their creativity with more than 20,000 LEGO® bricks available to build, design, and imagine. Each family will receive their own build plate to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece together. Whether you’re building a towering castle, a speedy race car, a colorful city, or something completely unique, there’s no limit to what your family can create! This is a wonderful opportunity for families to put down the screens, work together, and enjoy quality time while building memories—one brick at a time. Bring your imagination and your family, and let’s build something amazing together!