YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit

  • Y Arts and Trinity International Film Festival – Black History Month 2021

    We invite you to follow Y Arts on Facebook or Twitter today. In celebration of African American History Month Y Arts has partnered with Trinity Films to share short films as part of a lunch time educational series during the month of February. The series began February 8 and will continue through February 17 daily…

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  • February 2021 Member Update

    Exciting News for our YMCA Members: Group Ex is back! We have already safely welcomed back over 6000 YMCA members! The YMCA is safe, welcoming and fun. Meet two of our members and hear it from them! What members can do: 1. Members may workout in our wellness center utilizing industry standard exercise equipment at…

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  • Meet Janet and Kyle

    Janet Janet is an active 60+ YMCA Member. She works out 3 to 4 times weekly at the Macomb Family YMCA and uses the pool and treadmill, while having a great time meeting new people. Kyle Kyle, 27, of Macomb, has been an active Y Member for 5 + years. He works out 3 to…

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  • The YMCA has Supported Minority Achievers for 54 Years

    Providing opportunities for minorities, who are often marginalized and challenged to access resources to help them live, healthy, happy, productive lives is not new to the YMCA. In 1967 Quentin Mease at the South Central YMCA in Houston, Texas developed the Black Achievers program and in 1971 financial consultant Dr. Leo B. Marsh at the…

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  • The Better Meter January 2021

    The 2021 January Better Meter is a snapshot of the YMCA’s efforts in partnership with a host of donors, members, partners, staff and volunteers to help Metropolitan Detroit children and families make every day better.

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    February 2021: Learn.Love.Live

    February is packed with opportunities to learn, love, and live. Learn – African History Month gives us an opportunity to learn about the many contributions African Americans have given society. This occasion was started in 1925 as the brainchild of Carter G. Woodson. Learn more here: https://africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/about/ Love – Valentines Day beckons us to let…

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    The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit Receives Ten Million Dollars from MacKenzie Scott

    The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit is truly grateful to MacKenzie Scott for donating a transformational gift of ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) to support our YMCA’s efforts to be a vital partner in developing thriving communities that help Metropolitan Detroit children and families. The YMCA was one of 384 organizations, which included 43 YMCA associations from…

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  • January 2021 Member Updates

    Health and Wellness Finally, it is 2021 and the YMCA is open, safe, clean, and fun! Since we were permitted to reopen, in September 2020, over 6,000 members are actively and safely using their membership. We slashed membership dues to historically low rates and they will not be raised this year. Y Members can: Utilize…

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  • 80 Smiles…thanks to the 2020 YMCA Adopt A Family Sponsored: by Bank of America

    https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/partnering-locally/detroit-mi.html#fbid=VV3tSahz2wj Twenty (20) families were adopted benefitting eighty (80) lives, of various racial and ethnic descent, from across the tri-county area. Fifty-eight (58) were children and twenty-two, (22) were their caregivers. One family was living in their car. Two families lost everything in a fire. Most families were experiencing economic hardships related to COVID-19 such…

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  • YMCA Christmas Tree Give.A.Way Sponsored by LOWES

    Happy HolidaysLowes in partnership with the YMCA is giving away 82 pre:lighted Christmas Trees.Limited quantities will be given away on a first come first serve basis. One tree per household.Pickup and delivery is the recipient’s responsibility; there will be no holds. Distribution ScheduleSouth Oakland Family YMCA 1016 W. Eleven Mile, Royal Oak MI 48067 (…

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