Category: Social Responsibility
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A group of Delta Airlines pilots gave a gift to generations of children with a generous donation to Camp Ohiyesa. Thanks to their gift, 100 children who otherwise could not attend camp will be able to go every summer in perpetuity. And while they are there, they can test their skills on a climbing tower…
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About 60 young people from Plymouth, Northville, Novi and Canton schools who are training in the Girls on The Run/STRIDE programs participated in an event to mark the running of the first Boston Marathon since the bombing in 2013. The event showed support for Boston as well as highlighted Y values.
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YMCA members are so passionate about the Y’s cause that they use their own time to raise funds. Bert Weening, who has helped send countless kids to camp over the years, uses a walker and is 86 years old, but it doesn’t stop him from raising funds at local businesses near Carls Family YMCA.
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