Month: September 2013
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Girls on the Run Kicks Off New Season
It’s fall, the school year is kicking into high gear, and Girls On The Run is well into the start of its fall season. This year, according to GOTR program director Jacquie Kippen, more than 900 girls are registered at Y branches and local schools. That’s one of the biggest classes since the program began.…
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Be Moved By the Deep River Choir
The Deep River Choir, housed at the Boll Family YMCA, carry on and honor Detroit’s tradition of excellence in gospel music while mixing in blues, pop, a capella, and more. They are not large in number, but strong in spirit.
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Stride Program Builds Up Boys
Boys get a chance to build their endurance, strength and most importantly, character through a new running program called STRIDE (Success, Teamwork, Respect, Inspiration, Determination, and Excellence of Character) that’s just for them. The program for boys in grades 3-5 kicks off with a 6 p.m. session Monday at the South Oakland YMCA, where parents…
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Baseball Team Marks First Season
While the Boll Family YMCA is in the shadow of Comerica Park, it didn’t have a baseball team of its own. That is, until this summer, when Y staffer Larry White recruited a dozen kids to represent the Y in the Detroit PAL baseball league.