CF Gym Facilties For Dependants And The Cost- merged.

[HItorMiss]

Eye

I saw that I was just giving the rules for a CAC card, his wife and him should have full access to the base facilites without a CAC card.

 

[exgunnertdo]

I was in Borden till last summer, as a service couple.  We paid $10 per month for the kids to have a card (family membership), but they didn't give us cards, since we had military ID.  I asked the question outright if we (hubby and I) needed to pay, since we were debating whether we needed the family membership since the kids were young.  We were told it was just for the kids, since we were military.  Used the gym, the pool, the rink, and so on and didn't have to pay another dime (for us or the kids).  Signed the kids up for various lessons and activities and got the member discount.

The facility there (not sure about other bases) is a combination of public/NPF funded.  It is the CF National Sport centre, so it gets a lot of public money.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

$10 a month for the kids sounds more reasonable than making service personnel pay. 

 

[kratz]

"It is the CF National Sport centre, so it gets a lot of public money"

This may go a long way to explain why there is a cost for the facilities. It is a better answer than the one I had from a supervisor that all bases should be chargeing a fee.

 

[exgunnertdo]

$10 a month for the kids sounds more reasonable than making service personnel pay.

Right - and I was told that the $10 per month was only for the kids.  We only needed to pay for them to use the facilities.  For example - if we didn't buy the membership and came with the kids for public swim, we'd pay for them, but not for us.  Not sure whether we got bad info or the person who asked the original question did, but we were told we (the grown ups) did not need a membership.

Now - there are definitely clubs that are part of the Borden Rec Association (or whatever it's called), like the ski club, and so on.  You may need a membership to do those things, I don't know.

In fact, my sister-in-law (service member) came to visit with her family and we all went for public swim in the outdoor pool and she didn't have to pay, just showed her mil ID.

 

[Strike]

Kratz,

If it is run anything like Petawawa, if you want to be a member of a course, or take certain "after hours" classes (not run during lunch and such), a CAC membership would give you a discount.

 

[LuvsMud]

Does anyone know if Ottawa fitness facilities have a cac access system like Petawawa for non-military? In the process of joining reserves. I drive by the ranges everyday to and from work. I'd much rather work out there than the Wave pool.  :

 

[Hattie56]

Hello, just a quick question I can't seem to find the answer to. I get sworn in on jan. 21 for reg force. My wife wants to get a gym membership for the base we live close to. The question is, when can she get one as a military family price? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[PMedMoe]

I'd suggest going to see PSP at the gym on your local base.  You will probably need a military ID card.

 

[Ayrsayle]

I just went throught this with my wife recently: bring proof being a military member and you'll both need to fill out some paperwork.  You end up paying for a CRA membership for your wife, but the costs are substantially less then a civilian gym (and give her access to programing, etc).  In Edmonton it cost 11 dollars a month or so, which can either come as a deduction to your pay, or you can pay it outright.

 

[DAA]

Hello, just a quick question I can't seem to find the answer to. I get sworn in on jan. 21 for reg force. My wife wants to get a gym membership for the base we live close to. The question is, when can she get one as a military family price? Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the link for your area.

http://www.cg.cfpsa.ca/cg-pc/Halifax/EN/Pages/default.aspx

And here is the link from the "Main" page for other locations across Canada --->  http://www.cfcommunitygateway.com/en/index.asp