Kingsport: Family Bounce and Splash

The Kingsport Aquatic Center and the Greater Kingsport Family YMCA are teaming up next month to host an evening of swimming, inflatable fun, games and crafts throughout both sides of the wellness facility.

The first-ever Family Bounce and Splash event will be held on January 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This family-friendly event will offer all of the indoor pools at the Kingsport Aquatic Center for use, along with the AquaRun inflatable, diving boards, rock wall and play pool slide.

Over on the YMCA side of the facility, participants can enjoy additional inflatables, games and crafts inside the gymnasium. During the event, participants will be allowed to access both sides of the facility, but you will need to be dry when you go to the YMCA side.

“We’re excited to partner with the YMCA for this first-time event,” said Aquatics Program Coordinator Madison Gump. “We hope you join us for a fun evening filled with plenty of swimming and games.”

Lauren Owen, Director of Membership at The Greater Kingsport Family YMCA agreed with Madison on the partnership.

“This event gives us the opportunity to highlight all of the things our wonderful facility has to offer the community,” said Owen. “We hope this event will be the first of many partnerships in the future.”

Participants must be 18 years of age. Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. The cost for a parent and child is $25, an additional parent is $10, and each additional child is $5. To register, please visit the YMCA website at https://bit.ly/3NBi2qS.

About the City of Kingsport

Founded in 1917, the City of Kingsport (pop. 55,400) is located on the Tennessee-Virginia border at the crossroads of I-81 and I-26 near the geographic center of the eastern U.S. The city is widely known as a planned community, designed by renowned city planner John Nolen and wrapping around the foot of Bays Mountain – a 3,750-acre park, nature preserve, planetarium and observatory. Kingsport is recognized as an International Safe Community by the National Safety Council, a Healthier Tennessee community, and won the 2009 Harvard Innovations in American Government Award for its higher education initiatives. While many city names are duplicated throughout the U.S., there’s only one Kingsport – a fact that invokes community pride, known locally as the “Kingsport Spirit.”