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Our Mission Resources team is at #NAYDO in Atlanta this week, learning to ignite a spark of philanthropy in North America! — YMCA Metro Detroit (@YMCADetroit) April 22, 2015
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By Joseph Wilson, father of Girls on the Run participant Girls on the Run and the YMCA hold a special place in my heart. Whether it was shooting baskets at my local Y as a kid, or watching my daughter, now 13, enjoy two seasons of Girls on the Run a few years ago, I…
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Featured in the Farmington Press By Sherri Kolade skolade@candgnews.com FARMINGTON HILLS — It all started a little over half a century ago, when the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit decided to form a branch in Farmington Hills in 1965. Since then, thousands of families and youth have called the Farmington Family YMCA home, including longtime member…
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By Sharon Peterson, Mission Resources Director at the Carls Family YMCA I would like to tell you about my friend Bert. Bert is 87 years old. I first met Bert when we opened our full facility, 13 years ago this May. He was a board member. The first campaign I ever worked on, Bert was…
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We are thrilled to announce that Girls on the Run and STRIDE are serving more than 3,036 kids this season across Metropolitan Detroit! That’s a 30 percent increase over last year’s program participation, and a 200 percent increase over 2012. Additionally, Girls on the Run and STRIDE expanded to 43 new schools and 9 new…
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Our YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit Board of Directors is comprised of passionate community leaders who are taking action to create change in Metropolitan Detroit. Every year, our Board sets a goal of contributions they will give to the Y’s Annual Campaign, which funds initiatives that build confidence in children, introduce teens to career and college…
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Featured in DBusiness The Board of Directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit announced the election of new officers for a two-year term to its historic Board of Directors. James M. Nicholson, vice president, PVS Chemicals, Inc., has been elected as the 54th Chair of the Board in its 163 years of existence. Following two…
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Most of the bullying Michigan Teacher of the Year Melody Arabo endured did not happen until she was in middle school, which is why she was shocked when she, as an educator, saw some of her sweetest and brightest students acting as bullies in the third grade. It inspired her to author “Diary of a…
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News: Girls on the Run teaches much more than running at Detroit YMCA
Featured on Fox 2 Deena Centofanti, Health Reporter at Fox 2, stopped at Webber Elementary in Lake Orion to tell the story of Girls on the Run and how it teaches girls lifelong skills about confidence and independence.
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Girls on the Run is a powerful program that teaches girls important life lessons about confidence and character through running exercises.