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Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Stuff-A-Backpack Returns

Remember how exciting it was to get fresh new school supplies at the beginning of each year? The smell of a fresh pack of crayons, the satisfaction of writing with a perfectly sharp new pencil, or the potential of uncreased, tidy, blank notebooks is a joyful memory for many of us. Providing those supplies can…
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Amy Kuras

August 2, 2014
Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Y-Arts Showcases the Art of Film

Y-Arts Detroit will be spotlighting the art of film starting this week through the end of the year. John Sauve, who serves on the board of Y-Arts, is curating the Man in The City Film Series at the Boll Family YMCA, focusing on locally produced or locally themed films. Sauve is well known for his…
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Amy Kuras

July 23, 2014
Youth Development

Plymouth Campers Solve A Mystery

The picturesque streets of downtown Plymouth were full of backpack-toting, green T-shirt-clad kid detectives on Friday. Day campers from the Plymouth Y made a circuit of the town to solve a mystery in a live-action Clue game. The activity was conceived by running program director Julie Allen and camp director Lisa Zawisza. Both had come…
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Amy Kuras

July 20, 2014
Youth Development

Farmington Family YMCA Gets Grants

Children and teens in Farmington and Farmington Hills will benefit from several grants awarded to the Farmington Family YMCA. Camp Riley and the Teen Camp/Counselor-in-Training programs can provide expanded programming and more scholarships thanks to several local foundations.
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Amy Kuras

July 11, 2014
Social Responsibility

Y-Arts Staff Channels Mama Cass

Several talented members of the Y-Arts staff raised funds for the program last week with a staged reading of “Call Me Cass,” a jukebox musical written by Y-Arts Director Margaret Edwartowksi.
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Amy Kuras

July 3, 2014
Healthy Living

Story Wall Makes The Y Personal

Y members like Sally De Smet are sharing their Y stories in a special new display at the Macomb Family YMCA.
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Amy Kuras

June 28, 2014
Social Responsibility

I-Rise Helps Urban Farm Grow

Participants in the I-Rise family financial empowerment program, called partners, put the program’s focus on growth into practice by helping Michigan Urban Farming Initiative prepare their fields for a successful growing season.
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Amy Kuras

June 21, 2014
Social Responsibility

Volunteers Spruce Up the Y

This week, the Y bid a fond farewell to nine young people who have spent the past five weeks sprucing up several of the YMCA branches throughout the Metro Detroit Association. They were here as part of the Americorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) program.
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Amy Kuras

June 14, 2014
Healthy Living / Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Gardens Sprout Up at South Oakland

When community-minded people work together, good things grow. That’s true at the South Oakland YMCA, where a partnership between the Y and the Junior League of Birmingham has created a garden on a formerly empty patch of land next to the Y’s parking lot.
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Amy Kuras

June 8, 2014
Healthy Living / Social Responsibility

Pedal Power For Newsletter Delivery

If you’re seeing the Y-Arts newsletter in more places — or have just noticed a cool and unusual bike zipping around Downtown Detroit — it’s because of Y member Leslie Wacker, founder of micro-distribution company Bike-Ro Distro.
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Amy Kuras

May 31, 2014