Category: Youth Development
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More than 300 boys –nearly 50 times as many as last year — will hit the streets in Downtown Ferndale on Sunday as part of the The Girls on The Run/STRIDE 5K. More than 4000 girls and 1000 adult volunteers will take the course, followed by the STRIDE graduates at around 10:30. The run represents…
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A group of Delta Airlines pilots gave a gift to generations of children with a generous donation to Camp Ohiyesa. Thanks to their gift, 100 children who otherwise could not attend camp will be able to go every summer in perpetuity. And while they are there, they can test their skills on a climbing tower…
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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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About 60 young people from Plymouth, Northville, Novi and Canton schools who are training in the Girls on The Run/STRIDE programs participated in an event to mark the running of the first Boston Marathon since the bombing in 2013. The event showed support for Boston as well as highlighted Y values.
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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.
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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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Every year, MY-Y staff take a busload of 45 students on a tour of Southern colleges and universities. They visit both historically black colleges and universities such as Spelman and Morehouse, as well as mainstream universities such as Vanderbilt and Clemson. They are seeking sponsorships to defray the $725 fee for the tour for students…
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Children in the Kindermusic class at the Downriver Y recently had a visit from two of the biggest celebrities in their world — Elmo and Cookie Monster.
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It;s hard to believe with all the snow and ice on the ground, but the spring seasons for Girls on the Run and STRIDE are heating up.