Category: Livonia Family YMCA
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All over metro Detroit, local Ys are hard at work gathering candy and mapping out their haunted houses. Halloween at the Y is almost here! Halloween at the Y is safe fun for everyone. Join in on the free festivities at your local Y: Birmingham Family YMCA: October 24, 5-7 p.m. Boll Family YMCA: October 24,…
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Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA / Youth Development
Healthy Kids Day Brings Family Fun
If your local Y seemed even more busy than usual this weekend, there was a reason for that…all the YMCAs across the Metro Detroit Association celebrated Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 26. The annual event is meant to draw attention to the importance of physical activity for children
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A cast of 42 young actors, dancers and singers have been practicing hard this winter to launch the Livonia Y’s inaugural theater production. The curtain goes up this Thursday on the group’s staging of “The Wizard of Oz.”
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Members from the Livonia and Farmington Ys are hotly contesting the second edition of The Battle of Farmington Road this month, trying to rack up enough biking,, swimming and walking miles to allow Livonia to wrest back the trophy Farmington won during the first battle in December. And with all this working out, everyone wins.
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The Livonia Y is launching a theater program with a production of The Wizard Of Oz. Auditions are Tuesday and Thursday, and anyone who auditions will be given a role.
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Senior prom isn’t limited to fresh-faced high school graduates. At the Livonia YMCA, the staff threw a prom for, well, actual seniors of the 50-and-up variety.
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Healthy Living / Lakeshore Family YMCA / Livonia Family YMCA / North Oakland Family YMCA / Youth Development
Healthy Kids Day Encourages Activity
On Saturday the Y celebrates its commitment to healthy habits for children and families by hosting Healthy Kids Day. Branches will offer free food, exercise classes, and more for children and their parents.
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Phil Lawicki’s volunteer service at the Livonia YMCA is just one part of his service-oriented life. He has been helping is parents care for his sister, who has severe cerebral palsy, since his early teens. But when Y staff thank him for his dedication, he thanks them.