Tag: YMCA story
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Tenacity and toughness are the best descriptors for Jodie Charbonneau, a member at the Macomb Y who has gone beyond what she ever thought she could do by working out with a trainer, despite some major physical challenges,
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Boll member Sierra Smalley had her work on display in the lobby gallery. And while her photography is interesting and inspiring, her story is even more so.
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Lots of connections happen at the Y: People make new friends, find a workout partner, and sometimes even meet their partner for life. That’s what happened to Adele Shaw and Irvin Bullock, who met in a Silver Sneakers class and were married Aug. 3.
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Jamie Stec, a personal trainer at the Macomb YMCA, proved herself to be strong not just physically but emotionally as well when she faced a frightening breast cancer diagnosis last July, and didn’t let it stop her from working with clients or keeping up with her own exercise routine
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When Macomb YMCA director Josh Landefeld’s wife Christy suffered severe complications after the birth of their daughter, their Y family stepped up to help them in ways above and beyond the call of duty.
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South Oakland YMCA member Alexis Sumner put herself on the path to a healthy, active lifestyle when she joined four years ago, a path that has taken her places she would have never imagined back then. In the process, she’s become half the person she once was, losing more than 200 pounds.