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Livonia Family YMCA / Social Responsibility

Livonia Family YMCA inducted into the Livonia City Hall of Fame

On October 1, 2015, the Livonia Family YMCA was inducted into the 1835 Livonia City Hall of Fame on Thursday, October 1, 2015. Brian Wolverton, Executive Director of the Livonia Y, accepted the award among seven other inductees, all who have given of themselves to ensure the stability and growth of Livonia. Congratulations to the…

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Meagan Scaringe

October 5, 2015

Social Responsibility

A big thank you to AmeriCorps for all of your hard work!

This week, the YMCA of Metropolitan bids farewell to AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) team Oak 5, who has been helping us refurbish five of our facilities over the past several weeks. From August 7 to September 11, the seven team members painted, re-floored, acted as camp counselors and performed other landscaping and maintenance…

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Meagan Scaringe

September 15, 2015

Youth Development

Camp Ohiyesa influences career path for college grad

By Matthew Smith, Camp Counselor at YMCA Camp Ohiyesa Just after college graduation, I landed a dream job at Yale researching the liver disease I was born with. My job would not start until the end of August 2013, so I hoped to earn a little money in the few months I had before moving.…

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Meagan Scaringe

September 9, 2015

Healthy Living / Social Responsibility / Youth Development

How the Y taught Alex life lessons and belonging

By Alex McInnes, past member of a former branch of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit I am Scottish by birth but have for some years now been living in Australia. I am 70 years old. In 1955, my parents and I emigrated from Scotland to Detroit which, at that time, was a thriving, prosperous city.…

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Meagan Scaringe

September 8, 2015

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Alpaca my bags and head to Ohiyesa

Meet Camp Ohiyesa’s two newest residents: Percy and Louie the alpacas. They are 8 and 2 years old, and we’re so excited to get to know them. Stop on by YMCA Camp Ohiyesa this fall to say hi! A special thank you to AJ Alpaca Farm in Holly for making this possible.

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Meagan Scaringe

August 21, 2015

News / Press / Social Responsibility

News: Individuals, nonprofits and businesses honored during YMCA ‘Power of You’ luncheon

On Thursday, August 13, residents, area businesses, organizations and other supporters were honored at the 2015 Power of You luncheon at the Carls Family YMCA. Read the full story here.

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Meagan Scaringe

August 19, 2015

Healthy Living / Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Community Financial donates $1,000 to Girls on the Run!

Girls on the Run of Greater Detroit and the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit would like to extend a big thank you to Community Financial for their gift of $1,000! Because of Community Financial’s Summer of Sharing Campaign, more girls in the Metro Detroit area will have the opportunity to learn positive lessons about physical, emotional,…

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Meagan Scaringe

August 18, 2015

Livonia Family YMCA / News / Press / Social Responsibility / Youth Development

News: Livonia YMCA gives kids place to go after summer school

Featured on Hometownlife.com With the help of funds donated by the Livonia Kids and Families Foundation, 65 children attended summer camp at the Livonia Family YMCA after summer school let out each day for four weeks, from July 6 to July 30. The Livonia Kids and Families Foundation provided $11,000 to kick off this program…

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Meagan Scaringe

August 16, 2015

Healthy Living / News / Press

News: YMCA EnhancedFitness Classes

Featured on Fox 2 Kym Reed, Group Fitness Coordinator at the Carls Family YMCA, shows Fox 2 viewers some activities that can help alleviate the pain of arthritis, old age and other chronic pains.

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Meagan Scaringe

August 14, 2015

Healthy Living / Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Camp Baldwin-Phoenix Food Partnership

By Lauren Fuller The summer is off to a “fresh” start for 65 children in Pontiac thanks to Camp Baldwin-Phoenix. The partnership between the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit and the Baldwin Center, an area human service agency, is in its 3rd year, allowing underserved students in Pontiac the opportunity to attend a 7 week academic…

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Meagan Scaringe

August 6, 2015