Winter 2026 Swimming Reminders Email

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Facility Information:

Swimming Pool Location: Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, 500 Church Street, Atrium Building. Site map and parking map can be found HERE. Parking: Waypoint has permitted parking. Parking passes must be displayed, or you risk getting a ticket. All Town of Penetanguishene swimming participants will receive a complimentary parking permit that is to be picked up at:

1. Town Hall, 10 Robert Street West, Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
2. Penetanguishene Memorial Community Centre Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM *By request - arrangements can be made for pass pick up at the Penetanguishene Memorial Community Centre outside of regular hours

The yellow parking pass will be used again for the Winter 2026 session, so if you have one already, great!
The permit is valid for Parking Lot C and must be displayed on rear-view mirror at all times to avoid parking tickets. Please avoid parking in Visitor parking spaces.  The Town will not be responsible for any parking tickets.

Car seats: If you have a car seat with you, you are welcome to leave it in the viewing area for your lesson. Change rooms: Changing facilities at Waypoint are small and can be crowed at times. It may be easier to change babies in the viewing area or the washroom off the viewing area. Families are also encouraged to use this washroom if you are not sure which change room is best (ex. father with daughter, Mother with son). Lockers: There are lockers available for use in the changerooms. Please bring your own lock if you wish to use a locker. Accessible Change rooms: There is an accessible change room available in the observation room overlooking the pool at Waypoint. Families and groups with older children are encouraged to use this space to change when the adult & children are of different genders. Restricted Photography: Photography is restricted to the pool area only AND individual photos of your swimmer(s) ONLY. No photos should be taken in general areas of the Centre OR of other swimmers without consent.
Notes from Waypoint:

• Like all public hospitals, protecting our patients' privacy is a legislated requirement. Please be respectful of our patients and their confidentiality and privacy.
• Waypoint is a non-smoking campus, and smoking is not allowed anywhere on the grounds.
• The community is welcome in the front entrance, front lobby and hallway leading to the pool corridor.
• Please ensure that you and your children do not enter areas of the hospital closed to the public is appreciated.
• Please monitor your children and being mindful of the hospital environment for patients with respect to noise levels, running and not leaving bags, toys, purses etc. unmonitored or in traffic areas.

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Program Information:

Canceled dates/classes: If there is a cancelation (ex. extreme weather, pool maintenance concern), participants will be contacted by email ASAP. Please add no-reply@recdesk.net to your safe senders list to ensure that you receive cancelation emails.

Open swims (all ages): There will be open swims only when there are swim lessons running. Payment is cash only. The schedule for open swim (all ages) is Saturday 3:00 - 4:00 PM and Sunday 2:30 - 3:30 PM. CASH ONLY Prices are: $2 per child, $3 per adult, and $9 family pass.

Open swims (15+): There will be an adult only (15+ years) open swim on Saturdays from 12:45 - 1:45 pm. Payment is cash or 55+ Centre punch passes only. Payment in cash is $3 per adult. For information on the 55+ Centre Punch Pass, please email mmarchand@penetanguishene.ca

Lane swim: If you would like to swim laps, please let staff know you would like the lane marker placed, if it is not already.

Swimming Levels and Progress Reports: Our instructors follow the guidelines of the Lifesaving Society. Note that levels are not meant to be passed by participants in one session, some may take 2 – 3 times of repeating the same level in order to be qualified to be moved up to the next level. Looking for your registered program schedule? You can find it in your RecDesk account profile under "Household Calendar". You can find a handy guide on how to find your calendar HERE.

Marla Bailey-Viscoff
Recreation Supervisor
mbailey@penetanguishene.ca
705-549-7453 ext. 223