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Cassandra Spratling, a writer with the Detroit Free Press, tells readers how her swim lessons at the Boll Family YMCA in Downtown Detroit are guiding her down the path to becoming a proficient swimmer. Swim lessons at the Y are for individuals of all stages of lives, from babies to young adults to seniors! It’s never too early…
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Tuxedo & Tennis Shoes: Detroit Achievers Awards July 11, 2015 | 5:30 pm at the Boll Family YMCA theatre 1401 Broadway, Detroit, MI 48226 Y Detroit Achievers are professionals who volunteer as role models for Detroit youth. Throughout the service year, Achievers demonstrate the benefits of hard work, service, professionalism, integrity, educational achievement and community…
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May 26, 2015 – Summertime can present challenges for families looking to give children with special needs the same summer camp experience that other children might have. Fortunately, a special camp serving Southeast Michigan has set out to change that. In partnership with the YMCA, Camp Blue Sky offers summer day camp for individuals with…
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Featured on WDIV Channel 4 stops at Pattengill Elementary School in Berkley to talk to Natalie Smith, a participant of Girls on the Run, about how the program has inspired her to set some lofty goals.
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By Joseph Wilson, father of Girls on the Run participant Girls on the Run and the YMCA hold a special place in my heart. Whether it was shooting baskets at my local Y as a kid, or watching my daughter, now 13, enjoy two seasons of Girls on the Run a few years ago, I…
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Featured in the Farmington Press By Sherri Kolade skolade@candgnews.com FARMINGTON HILLS — It all started a little over half a century ago, when the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit decided to form a branch in Farmington Hills in 1965. Since then, thousands of families and youth have called the Farmington Family YMCA home, including longtime member…