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Temperatures are dipping, and winter is rounding the corner. With this in mind, two Y employees set out on a mission to provide coats to people in need. Boll Family YMCA Personal Trainer William Kim and Welcome Center Employee Eli Sullivan ran a winter clothing a coat drive, setting up collection boxes all over Detroit,…
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Storytelling can be one of the most powerful ways to get a message across. For Margaret Edwartowski, Executive Director of Y Arts, telling her story led her to a $225,000 grant that will allow her to continue enriching lives of young adults in metro Detroit through the arts. Edwartowski was mentioning challenges that Y Arts…
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The Carls Family YMCA recently initiated its annual food drive and has accumulated more than 500 pounds of nonperishable items that will benefit two community charities. The food drive kicked off on Thanksgiving morning and will run over the next several weeks. Both Community Sharing and Active Faith, local community health centers that have food pantries…
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Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for the many blessings we have in our lives. It’s also a holiday known for extravagant feasts shared by family and friends. But for families living in urban food deserts without the means to gather healthful food, Thanksgiving can be a difficult time. To aid this effort,…
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Steenie Casadei, who attended sleep-away camp at Nissokone in 1997, writes a message to Piper, her lifelong friend from camp, as Piper’s son is planning to attend the same camp I had originally decided to go to camp because I wanted to ride horses every day for two weeks straight. What ended up being…
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On Sunday, Nov. 16, thousands of girls dressed in tutus and boys sporting capes ran across the finish line at Kensington Metropark as part of the Girls on the Run and STRIDE Fall 2014 5K. Months of training through Girls on the Run of Greater Detroit and STRIDE, programs at the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit that…
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Margaret Edwartowski, Executive Director of Y Arts, believes that people can learn important communications skills through the art of improv. And she’s not alone. Improv is on the rise in Detroit, and Margaret is at the forefront of the movement. “The main program we have that we’re running through Y Arts is a partnership with Keegan-Michael…