Category: North Oakland Family YMCA
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I love to play! I am a 42-year-old father of 5 awesome kids, and after many years of not being very active, I wanted to get “back into shape” so I could play with my children and keep up with their lives. I decided to start working out again and started running again and going…
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News: YMCAs across metro Detroit hoping to set world record Thursday
Featured on Hometownlife.com On Thursday, June 18, YMCAs across Metropolitan Detroit will help set the Guinness World Record™ for the World’s Largest Swim Lesson™ in 24 Hours. Organized by a coalition of the nation’s water safety experts and training organizations called Team World’s Largest Swim Lesson™ (WLSL), the event aims to expose the importance of…
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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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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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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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Quick action from the well-trained North Oakland Y staff is credited with saving the life of member George Thomas, who suffered a massive heart attack back in January after a workout. Those workouts, and the training of the Y staff, have allowed him to be restored to full functioning.
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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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he Detroit Pistons’ last game of the season is Sunday against the Toronto Raptors, and volunteers from the North Oakland Y will be out in force, selling 50-50 raffle tickets to benefit the Y’s Annual Campaign.