Category: Youth Development
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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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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.
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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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Storytelling can be one of the most powerful ways to get a message across. For Margaret Edwartowski, Executive Director of Y Arts, telling her story led her to a $225,000 grant that will allow her to continue enriching lives of young adults in metro Detroit through the arts. Edwartowski was mentioning challenges that Y Arts…
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On Sunday, Nov. 16, thousands of girls dressed in tutus and boys sporting capes ran across the finish line at Kensington Metropark as part of the Girls on the Run and STRIDE Fall 2014 5K. Months of training through Girls on the Run of Greater Detroit and STRIDE, programs at the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit that…
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Margaret Edwartowski, Executive Director of Y Arts, believes that people can learn important communications skills through the art of improv. And she’s not alone. Improv is on the rise in Detroit, and Margaret is at the forefront of the movement. “The main program we have that we’re running through Y Arts is a partnership with Keegan-Michael…