Green Ridge Recreation Center — Attraction in Hollins

I wanted to share something that happened yesterday. My boyfriend and myself took all five of our children to go swimming at Green Ridge. Our 6 year old daughters were adamant about going down the water slide. I was nervous because it was a very large water slide, honestly the largest one they have ever asked to get on. Both girls have autism and when they are excited it can be very difficult to keep them calm while waiting their turn. And also listen for directions like waiting for their turn to go. I told them to go ahead and go ride the slide and I would wait at the bottom of the slide, so they knew when they came down where they needed to go to get out of the pool to the stairs. Both girls climbed up the stairs and came down, and begged to go again. After a couple times my boyfriend said to me "have you watched the lifeguard that is up there telling the girls when to go?" There is a life guard that watches to make sure whoever is going down gets out of the pool safely before sending another rider down. I hadn't watched him so the next time the girls went up there I made a point to watch. Without being told anything about the girls he must have realized they may need a little extra help knowing when to go. He would sit there with a smile on his face talking to both girls. As it was almost each girls turn to go he would hold up 10 fingers and one by one put a finger down counting the girls down. And the girls would turn around and watch him count and watch each finger go down to know when it was their time to go down the slide. After each turn the girls went down the slide when they got back up there he would give them a high five and tell them "good job!". After Watching this a few times Kevin went up the stairs to where the life guard was standing, and thanked him for being so kind to the girls. He explained that both girls have autism and sometimes it's hard for them to follow direction. He told him it wasn't a problem at all, and told him that they were doing a great job. I take the girls alot of places and sometimes places are inclusive, and other places not so much. To see a person go out of their way to make sure the girls don't get treated any differently, and get to have the same experience as every other child meant the world to us. This man should be recognized for his willingness to pay attention and understand they needed a little extra help knowing when to go down the slide, and without hesitation did so. I asked the head life guard this man's name and its Jodah. So Jodah you may see this one day, and if so I want you to know that yesterday may have been just another day at work for you but to me and my family you gave us a experience we will always remember. Thank you sir for your kindness, and treating each swimmer with the...

I just renewed my membership from a couple years ago due to the same conditions. I have been coming for the 3rd week now and everytime I come to workout there is always an issue. There is excersize equipment that has been shut down waiting on parts. In this case a cable. It is a highly used piece of equipment and it has been down since August 19th! Here is a suggestion. Don't down equipment until you have the part in hand. Today the hot tub is down. Another problem. Can't understand why. Just a couple weeks ago the entire pool was shut down, for weeks, for maintenance. I was instructed to take a hot shower instead. The first shower stall I found the handle broken and laying in the floor. I went to the next one and the entire soap despenser was laying on the floor. The pool hours are horrible. It seems the members, that pay, come 2nd to private training. Can someone please tell me why you keep taking members money, when your not providing what you advertise. I will be looking into other gyms and inquiring about their memberships. Here is a hint from a business owner. You always take care of who pays the bills and keep your gym up to, at least,...

The water park was a blast. My two and four-year-olds had a good time. The lifeguards and staff did a great job monitoring the pool it felt like a safe place for the kids to be. The day we were there they closed the park early at 4:00 for an event and as I tried to exit the park after packing up my kids I was told they could not use the bathroom because it was closed for cleaning... Maybe wait until your guests have left the water park before closing the bathroom to them or at least allow the 2-year-old little girl that has to go potty to use the bathroom. I was later told that I could go inside and use the bathroom in the gym as a pool guest if I went through the front door and let them know but the initial response to me asking if my small daughter could use the restroom was just "no, it's closed" it took a supervisor to inform me that the bathroom inside was one but she could use. Other than that we had a great time it was not overpriced and even though we had to wait in line to get in because they're at capacity it was not overcrowded when we got in and the turnover rate was pretty decent so we didn't have to...