Category: Girls On The Run
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Girls On The Run / Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA / Oakwood Wellness Center
Women & The YMCA
Happy Women’s History Month! here are some cool facts about the strong women that made history with the Y! Miss Ellen Brown became the first female employee of a YMCA and the first “boy’s work secretary.” She taught a night class that grew so rapidly that it became a department of the Y. When the…
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The goal of the Girls on the Run is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness. An independent study shows that 97% of girls who participated in the program learned critical life skills they can use in school or at home like managing emotions, solving conflict, and resisting…
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Girls On The Run / Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA
Beat the Winter Blues
Don’t you wish there was summer camp all year long? Check out some of these fun, family friendly activities to entertain you and your campers during these wintery cold months! Scavenger Hunt: You can do scavenger hunts inside or out. A simple google search will give more than enough ideas! Search for hidden items in your…
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On Sunday, November 17th nearly 800 youth from across Metro Detroit will step up to the starting line to celebrate their fall season with a 5K run. Girls on the Run creatively uses running to build self-confidence and teach crucial life skills to girls in grades third through eighth. Over the 10-week season, girls explore…