Tag: Community Partnerships

Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Delta Pilots Take Camp to New Heights

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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Amy Kuras

May 10, 2014
Social Responsibility / Youth Development

North Oakland To Raise Funds With Pistons

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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Amy Kuras

April 12, 2014
Healthy Living / Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Boll Hosts Students With Autism

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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Amy Kuras

February 15, 2014
Healthy Living / Youth Development

Y Kids’ Hoop Dreams Come True

One lucky kid from the YMCA will get to be a ball boy (or girl) for the Detroit Pistons on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, and around 50 more Y kids will be special guests at the game.
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Amy Kuras

January 17, 2014
Healthy Living / Social Responsibility

Ys Out For Blood This Holiday Season

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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Amy Kuras

December 24, 2013
Healthy Living / Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Y Teams Up With Pistons

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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Amy Kuras

December 6, 2013
Healthy Living / Youth Development

South Oakland Sprouts a Garden

A new vegetable garden at the South Oakland Family YMCA will be used for day camp kids to learn about healthy eating by growing their own delicious snacks.
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Amy Kuras

November 9, 2013
Youth Development

Food Program Helps Families, Kids

A new food program at the childcare center at the Lakeshore Family YMCA provides nutritious hot lunches, as well as breakfast and snacks, for about 45 kids every day.
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Amy Kuras

October 19, 2013
Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Campers’ Football Dreams Come True

Around 150 lucky day campers from the South Oakland Y got to participate in a pro camp held by Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, thanks to a generous donation from Meijer and Proctor and Gamble.
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Amy Kuras

August 3, 2013
Social Responsibility

Exhibit Highlights Hidden Talents

A new exhibit at the Boll Family YMCA’s Lobby Gallery called “The Art of Transformation” aims to show us the humanity inside men struggling with addiction. It showcases the work of men who are clients of Mariners Inn created through the Mariners Inn art therapy program.
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Amy Kuras

July 4, 2013