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News: YMCAs across metro Detroit hoping to set world record Thursday

Featured on Hometownlife.com On Thursday, June 18, YMCAs across Metropolitan Detroit will help set the Guinness World Record™ for the World’s Largest Swim Lesson™ in 24 Hours. Organized by a coalition of the nation’s water safety experts and training organizations called Team World’s Largest Swim Lesson™ (WLSL), the event aims to expose the importance of…

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Meagan Scaringe

June 17, 2015

News / Social Responsibility

News: The Vanderkaay family gets in deep, teaching Detroit’s youth to swim

Featured in USA Swimming’s Splash Magazine Over the last 50 years, Detroit has become an infamous city. The collapse of the automobile industry led to high unemployment rates, abandoned homes, urban decay, and over time, a large influx in crime. But hope and inspiration still lives here, and it can be found behind the walls of…

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Meagan Scaringe

November 25, 2014

Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Boys Dedicate Party to Detroit Swims

When you’re a child, few things are as exciting as a birthday party…and birthday presents. But Bo Hahn and Hassan Ezzeddine of Farmington Hills, who have known each other since babyhood, decided to dedicate their shared 10th birthday bash to gathering donations for Detroit Swims. Detroit Swims is a program based at the Boll Family…

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Amy Kuras

August 30, 2014

Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA / Youth Development

Healthy Kids Day Brings Family Fun

If your local Y seemed even more busy than usual this weekend, there was a reason for that…all the YMCAs across the Metro Detroit Association celebrated Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 26. The annual event is meant to draw attention to the importance of physical activity for children

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Amy Kuras

May 3, 2014

Healthy Living / Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Vanderkaay Family Honored With Copeland Award

For the first time, the YMCA of Detroit presented the John Copeland Award for Civility and Community Service not to an individual, but to an entire family: the Vanderkaays. The family, which includes son Peter, a four time Olympic medalist, have been supporters of and ambassadors for the Detroit Swims program since it launched. Thanks…

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Amy Kuras

July 12, 2013

Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Detroit Swims Makes Summer Safer

Detroit Swims has a real impact on the lives of children, keeping them safe in and around the water. They also learn to conquer their fears and develop skills that can transform –or even save — their lives.

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Amy Kuras

June 8, 2013

Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Team Makes a Splash For Strong Kids

It’s amazing what kids can accomplish when given an incentive. And when that incentive means they can help their fellow young people, do something they enjoy, and have a little fun with one of the adults in their lives? So much the better. That’s what the novice swim team at the Birmingham Y did recently.…

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Amy Kuras

May 22, 2013

Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Barracudas Excel In, Out Of The Pool

The Boll Family YMCA Barracudas Swim Team are posting some impressive times at national meets, but equally impressive is the community formed by the parents who work tirelessly to make the team into the kind of experience they want for their children.

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Amy Kuras

March 14, 2013

Healthy Living

Downriver Y Welcomes Community

The Downriver Y is hosting the community on Saturday during their Winter Carnival. Free classes, swim lessons and even a family dodgeball tournament are on tap.

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Amy Kuras

January 18, 2013

Healthy Living / Social Responsibility

Y Is the Place for Mom and Daughters

Gloria Fauer and her daughters, Chamra and Corie, have gotten control of their health through their Y scholarship that allows them to swim and work out; both girls have lost a significant amount of weight. But even more than the health benefits, the caring and acceptance they have found at the Y had made a…

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Amy Kuras

November 10, 2012

Tag: youth swimming