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Girls On The Run / Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA
Keeping Members Healthy: YMCA Response to COVID-19
Your health is our priority. The YMCA has significantly heightened its cleaning processes to help keep you safe. As such YMCA hours of operation will vary by branch. Please check www.ymcadetroit.org or call your local YMCA. All programs, classes, and special events have been postponed until further notice; exceptions will be one on one private…
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Girls On The Run / Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA
Give a hand at the Y!
Here are our volunteering opportunities for the month of March: Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) : Check out some of our upcoming service opportunities for YVC, a service-learning program for teens ages 11-18:Sunday March 15 – Family Volunteer Day https://bit.ly/2ufbp8kSaturday April 18 – Healthy Kids Day http://bit.ly/2PPopJc Youth and Family Enrichment: We offer a BLAST Babysitting Lessons and…
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Jack Huffman, known for his awesome mohawk, has been a member of South Oakland Family YMCA while in high school and returned back in February 2017. Jack chose South Oakland YMCA because Royal Oak is his hometown. His favorite thing about the Y is the sense of community, he says that everyone here is great and he always…
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Girls On The Run / Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA / Oakwood Wellness Center
Women & The YMCA
Happy Women’s History Month! here are some cool facts about the strong women that made history with the Y! Miss Ellen Brown became the first female employee of a YMCA and the first “boy’s work secretary.” She taught a night class that grew so rapidly that it became a department of the Y. When the…
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We want all our YMCA community to know we are closely monitoring the global coronavirus outbreak. Maintaining sanitary conditions is a high priority for our Y to help prevent the spread of any virus. The most up to date information regarding the status of COVID-19 (also known as the Coronavirus) in Michigan can be found…
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We are always celebrating Black History! Here are some cool facts amazing people who made history at the YMCA!
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The goal of the Girls on the Run is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness. An independent study shows that 97% of girls who participated in the program learned critical life skills they can use in school or at home like managing emotions, solving conflict, and resisting…
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Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Birmingham Family YMCA’s Burpees For Bucks Challenge. Together, we raised over $250 for our Annual Campaign! These funds will go directly to serve our local community and sponsor programs to those in need. Additionally, we were able to watch 8 of our fellow staff members…
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Sin Yu, a member of Birmingham Family YMCA, decided to start swim lessons at the Y so she could start swimming with her grandchildren. She began her lessons with Instructor Patrik and has excelled tremendously! She now swims regularly, practicing techniques, and swims confidently into the deep end. When asked what made her choose the Y…
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Members are teaming up to score points by doing fitness activities at the Y. Each week, top scoring teams win prizes like Y swag, gift cards, and Tigers tickets, and of course, will move on to compete for the final win. Members who register will receive a March Fitness Madness t-shirt! Ready to have fun…