Category: Youth Development
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Girls On the Run Spring season is just around the corner .To ensure that girls who might not otherwise be able to afford to participate in Girls On The Run can enjoy all the benefits of the program, a team of women is heading up a Crowdrise fundraiser to cover costs at the Boll Family…
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Once again, the talented students of the Detroit Creativity Project are taking over the Marlene Boll Theater Dec, 16 to show the skills they’ve developed over the 10-week program. And real improv fans can support the project and see a great night of comedy at a fundraiser at Go Comedy! in Ferndale Dec. 23.
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Want to keep your kitchen clean before the big Thanksgiving feast? Olga’s Kitchen is donating a portion of sales on Wednesday, Nov. 21 to the Metro Youth YMCA I Can Achieve program’s Adopt-A-Family project. Diners need to present the attached flyer for the donation to be registered.
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The Girls On The Run team at the Lakeshore Family YMCA had a special visitor to one of their final practices before the big run: Miss Michigan Angela Venditti. She talked with the girls about goal-setting, self-esteem, and resisting peer pressure. And most exciting for the girls on the team, she let them try on…
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Every Saturday, a group of kids and parents meets at the Farmington YMCA and spend two hours playing with robots. Or it looks like playing, but what they are actually doing is learning computer programming, math, and problem-solving, and having a great time doing it.