Category: Social Responsibility
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he Detroit Pistons’ last game of the season is Sunday against the Toronto Raptors, and volunteers from the North Oakland Y will be out in force, selling 50-50 raffle tickets to benefit the Y’s Annual Campaign.
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Families who participate in the I-Rise family empowerment program at the Boll, Farmington, Lakeshore and Downriver branches joined forces to raise money for families who are struggling. A team of 12 walkers participated in the Wayne Metro Community Action Agency’s annual “Walk for Warmth” at Ford Field. They raised more than $125 to help families…
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The Farmington YMCA is kicking off the Annual Campaign Thursday with the Power of the Y breakfast, which shows the community how they change lives for the better every day. The Annual Campaign provides scholarships to people who otherwise couldn’t afford to participate in Y programs.
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Every week, a group of special needs students from Detroit Public Schools comes to visit the Y. They splash in the pool, scale the climbing wall, and have an exercise class, but the learning they experience goes beyond fitness.
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It’s time to kick off the Annual Campaign, which ensures that everyone can afford to be a part of their local Y, and several branches are kicking off fundraising events to show their community exactly how powerful a Y membership can be.
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Young people from the Plymouth YMCA’s Youth Volunteer Corps honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a service project. They teamed with Davenport University to assemble and distribute hygiene kits to homeless veterans at Michigan Veterans Association in Detroit.
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Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA / Social Responsibility / Youth Development
Top 10 (+1) Reasons To Join The Y
Lots of people are brimming with excitement over newly made New Year’s Resolutions to get fit, lose weight, or try a new activity. And your local Metro Detroit YMCA branch is perfect for that, for a whole host of reasons beyond simply its pristine pools and modern workout equipment. Here’s a by-no-means comprehensive list. 1)…
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Even though Christmas is tomorrow, there’s still time to give a life-saving gift — and treat yourself in the process. Two Ys in the Metro Detroit association, the Farmington YMCA and the North Oakland YMCA, are challenging each other in a Christmas Eve and New Years Eve blood drive for the Red Cross.
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The YMCA of Metro Detroit and the Detroit Pistons are teaming up to promote health and wellness throughout the Metro area. That partnership includes two YMCA Nights at The Palace, the first on Feb. 1 when the Pistons play the Philadelphia 76ers and April 5 versus the Boston Celtics. Not only will the Y receive…
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A uniquely Detroit exhibit is at the Boll Family YMCA Lobby Gallery this month, marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It’s based around a book from the late Free Press photographer Tony Spina of images he’d taken while covering Kennedy over the years.
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