Month: November 2012
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Musical Shows the Funny Side of Cancer
Finding the lighter side of cancer is no easy task, but that’s what the creative team behind a musical currently playing at the Marlene Boll Theater aims to do in their production of Cancer! The Musical.
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Eat Out, Help a Family Have a Christmas
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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Miss Michigan Pays a Visit to Girls on The Run
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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New Mom Gets Healthy With Help From Trainer
After Dani Keith-Marchment became a mom in March of 2011, she found she had hit an all-time high weight of 247 pounds. She started working out at the Y and lost some weight…and then met trainer Dion Kimbrough. With his help, she’s completed her first 5K, started training for a half-marathon….and lost a total of…