Category: Healthy Living
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Through a partnership with Gleaners Community Food Bank, the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit is hosting Cooking Matters, a six-week, hands-on cooking course that educates Detroit families how to get more food for their money and maximize nourishment from their food. Participants learn how to select nutritious and low-cost ingredients and prepare them in delicious and healthy ways. The two-hour-per-week…
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Kym Reed, Group Exercise Coordinator and Personal Trainer at Carls Family YMCA, gave fitness tips to Fox 2’s Alan Longstreet during his Get Fit segments on Jan. 22. Check both clips out below!
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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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We are thrilled to announce the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit will be doing even bigger and better things for kids in our community as a result of a recent partnership with Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). As part of its initiative to improve the health of children in Michigan, MDCH has awarded the State Alliance of…
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Girls on the Run (GOTR), a transformative youth development program that teaches life skills through running lessons, was an official charity partner of the 2014 Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank Marathon on Oct. 19. On race day, the GOTR support team of 104 adult runners ran a combined total of 1,617.1 miles through Detroit and helped…
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An exciting small group training routine is underway at the Farmington Family YMCA. This fall, members can spice up their workouts with TRX Training! TRX is effective at building core stability and total body strength. Each movement requires activation of the core muscles, making for a unique program that is fun and as challenging as…
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Quick action from the well-trained North Oakland Y staff is credited with saving the life of member George Thomas, who suffered a massive heart attack back in January after a workout. Those workouts, and the training of the Y staff, have allowed him to be restored to full functioning.