Category: Social Responsibility

  • Jenny Paffi

    To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Boll Family YMCA, we’ve gathered 20 honorees: members and staff, donors and volunteers, parents and kids, lifters and learners. Woven together, their stories compose the tapestry that is our Boll Family YMCA community. This is Jenny’s story.

    Continue Reading

  • Crystal Perkins

    To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Boll Family YMCA, we’ve gathered 20 honorees: members and staff, donors and volunteers, parents and kids, lifters and learners. Woven together, their stories compose the tapestry that is our Boll Family YMCA community. This is Crystal’s story.

    Continue Reading

  • The Brown Family

    To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Boll Family YMCA, we’ve gathered 20 honorees: members and staff, donors and volunteers, parents and kids, lifters and learners. Woven together, their stories compose the tapestry that is our Boll Family YMCA community. This is the Brown Family’s story.

    Continue Reading

  • Carl Stafford

    To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Boll Family YMCA, we’ve gathered 20 honorees: members and staff, donors and volunteers, parents and kids, lifters and learners. Woven together, their stories compose the tapestry that is our Boll Family YMCA community. This is Carl’s story.

    Continue Reading

  • Judge David Allen

    To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Boll Family YMCA, we’ve gathered 20 honorees: members and staff, donors and volunteers, parents and kids, lifters and learners. Woven together, their stories compose the tapestry that is our Boll Family YMCA community. This is Judge Allen’s story.

    Continue Reading

  • Marietta Franklin

    To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Boll Family YMCA, we’ve gathered 20 honorees: members and staff, donors and volunteers, parents and kids, lifters and learners. Woven together, their stories compose the tapestry that is our Boll Family YMCA community. This is Marietta’s story.

    Continue Reading

  • Colin Parks

    To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Boll Family YMCA, we’ve gathered 20 honorees: members and staff, donors and volunteers, parents and kids, lifters and learners. Woven together, their stories compose the tapestry that is our Boll Family YMCA community. This is Colin’s story.

    Continue Reading

  • Celebrating 20 Years of the Boll Family YMCA

    Since the Boll FamilY YMCA opened in 2005, it has been a place where households from every neighborhood and walk of life come together for movement and mentorship, camaraderie and care.

    Continue Reading

  • Michigan’s Proposed Budget Puts YMCA After-School and Summer Programs at Risk

    The budget recently passed by the Michigan House eliminates dedicated funding for Out-of-School Time (OST) programs under Section 32N—a change that would force the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit to scale back or cut vital services working families depend on to keep kids safe, supported, and learning.

    Continue Reading

  • Celebrating Welcoming Week 2025

    Join the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit to celebrate Welcoming Week, an opportunity for neighbors to get to know one another and celebrate what unites us as a community from September 12-21, 2025.

    Continue Reading