Category: Social Responsibility
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By Tina Iulianelli, supporter of Girls on the Run For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a knack for finding loose change. Not to be confused with leftover change from buying things throughout the day, but change left behind in a pay phone or vending machine or a penny on top of a…
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Written by Joy Mohammed, iCan Program Coordinator The iCan Achieve Program, a division of the Metro Youth YMCA (MY Y), works to build the entire student through effective experiential programming. Exposure is one of the most important tools MY Y and iCan utilizes. The iCan Achieve program, a flagship in MY Y programming, organizes various educational…
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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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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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At a recent Pistons game, Mark Ralko, a personal trainer at the Birmingham Family YMCA, was recognized as a Detroit Pistons Game Changer for the incredible work he is doing in the community. Game Changers are the everyday people making a difference within their communities through service, leadership and volunteerism, and only a handful of…
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Today we recognized Ron Deneweth, of Deneweth, Dugan & Parfitt, P.C., as the recipient of the 2014 YMCA John C. Brooks Award. Ron is a committed member of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit Board of Directors and actively tells the story of our Y to both encourage investment in our mission and to spread the…
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On Thursday, Jan. 15, Quicken Loans donated $5,670 to the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit. The LIFE region of Quicken Loans, which consists of 103 mortgage bankers based out of downtown Detroit, entered a company-wide competition to reach a certain goal, and as a result of the team’s hard work, donated to a charity of their choice. The impact…
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Temperatures are dipping, and winter is rounding the corner. With this in mind, two Y employees set out on a mission to provide coats to people in need. Boll Family YMCA Personal Trainer William Kim and Welcome Center Employee Eli Sullivan ran a winter clothing a coat drive, setting up collection boxes all over Detroit,…
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The Carls Family YMCA recently initiated its annual food drive and has accumulated more than 500 pounds of nonperishable items that will benefit two community charities. The food drive kicked off on Thanksgiving morning and will run over the next several weeks. Both Community Sharing and Active Faith, local community health centers that have food pantries…
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Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for the many blessings we have in our lives. It’s also a holiday known for extravagant feasts shared by family and friends. But for families living in urban food deserts without the means to gather healthful food, Thanksgiving can be a difficult time. To aid this effort,…