Living in Bluffton

BFR provides 12 exercise stations for you

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Photos of the exercise station
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BFR invites Icon viewers to take two walks around the Buckeye - it's about a one miles hike. Along the way you will find exercise stations to enhances your walk. These required no extra exercise equipment.

Daniel Tinch, Bluffton Family Recreation executive director, set up the stations for residents.

Requesting continued support to keep memberships active

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Bluffton Family Recreation announced that it is closing as of March 17, according to Daniel Tinch, executive director. Details follow:

In response to the COVID-19 developments, we are taking extra precautions to protect the health of our members and community.

Starting Tuesday, March 17, Bluffton Family Recreation will be closed. We understand that closing our facility will affect many of our members. In response to this closure, we will be placing all monthly withdraw memberships on freeze.

Group fitness classes and youth programming postponed until April 6

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Daniel Tinch, executive director of Bluffton Family Recreation, provided the Icon with operational changes at BFR.

"While BFR remains open, we feel it is best to take precautions," he said. 

Limitations to spectators; flag football, indoor soccer tourney cancelled for March 15

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In response to COVID-19 and the current order on mass gatherings we have made the following decisions at this time:

1) Regular season games for indoor soccer and flag football scheduled for Saturday will still be played. We ask that spectators are limited to 1 per athlete. We know this isn't ideal but it's the only way to stay under the mass gatherings guidelines while still allowing the athletes to play. 

All classes continue except for water classes

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In response to the COVID-19 developments, Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, is  taking extra precautions to protect the health of everyone who visits BFR.

"Since the beginning of the week we have stepped up our cleaning procedures throughout the building. We ask that you join us in this effort by wiping down each piece of equipment after use," said Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.

BFR fundraiser April 3 at The Centre

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Tickets are now on sale for a Bluffton Family Recreation repeat performance of Dueling for Dumbbells, which takes place Friday, April 3, at The Centre, 601 N. Main St., Bluffton.

The evening is a casual night of live entertainment involving dueling pianos, featuring an open bar, with proceeds going to the BFR, starting at 6 p.m., according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.

Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Dueling pianos starts at 7 p.m.  

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