Category: Healthy Living
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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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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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Girls On The Run / Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA
BEAT THE WINTER BLUES
Don’t you wish there was summer camp all year long? Check out some of these fun, family friendly activities to entertain you and your campers during these wintery cold months! Scavenger Hunt: You can do scavenger hunts inside or out. A simple google search will give more than enough ideas! Search for hidden items in your…
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“A lot of times I feel forgotten. The best part about receiving this basket is being able to connect with someone and know that there are people looking out for me,” Elaine, a Detroit senior who received a bounty of fresh foods during the Healthy Living and Life Skills’ Annual Fresh Basket Program. Thanksgiving is…
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Hadley is one of our Personal Trainers at the Farmington Family YMCA. She started her weight loss journey about 10 years ago when she had reached about 300 pounds. Her doctor informed her that if she didn’t make any changes to her diet and lifestyle, she was going to die at a young age. Shortly…
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Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA / Oakwood Wellness Center / Press Releases
Halloween at the Y taking a healthy initiative
Halloween at the Y (HAY) is a known and loved community celebration that has taken place at Metro Detroit’s 10 YMCA locations for many years. For the past three years, Metro Detroit Y’s have rolled out with Healthy Halloween at the Y which is unlike other events in the community, transforming the focus from candy…
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On a beautiful Sunday morning, young boys and girls were lacing up their shoes under the sun to get ready for the Girls on the Run/STRIDE 5K run. After training with their teams for weeks, they were ready to prove to themselves that they are capable of greatness. This program teaches our youth that there…
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Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA / Social Responsibility / Youth Development
2018 Impact Report
The Y is now…as it has always been…a place of possibility and promise for all. Every day, in metro Detroit the Y supports kids, adults,seniors and families with programs that protect, teach, connect, heal, nourish and encourage. Everything we do helps communities and the “us” who live in them to thrive. We’re fortunate to have…