YMCA Healthy Living & Life Skills

11/06/2024

Our Thanksgiving Fresh Baskets are back for the holidays!

Pick-up will take place on Saturday, November 23rd. Visit https://bit.ly/3Cgub1I to register today! We look forward to helping you celebrate a joyful Thanksgiving.
Questions? Please contact [email protected].

Our Thanksgiving Fresh Baskets are back for the holidays!

Each basket is packed with fresh produce, pantry staples, and essential ingredients like eggs and butter to help you create a delicious Thanksgiving meal.

Pick-up will take place on Saturday, November 23rd. Visit https://bit.ly/3Cgub1I to register today! We look forward to helping you celebrate a joyful Thanksgiving.

Questions? Please contact [email protected].

08/27/2024

Many of our youth are back-to-school this week! Wishing all of our youngsters and families a smooth transition back into the school year. We have provided a few lunchtime meal ideas to help out at home! Take a peek at some of these lunch options to save time and money this school year.

Looking for kids lunch ideas that are healthy and quick? These easy back to school lunch ideas are the perfect time saving solution.

07/17/2024

Families can find the Summer Meals Program's nearest meal pick-up location by visiting michigan.gov/meetupeatup. Learn more about the Summer EBT program by visiting michigan.gov/mdhhs/assistance-programs/food/summer-ebt.

Throughout Michigan, Meet Up and Eat Up will ensure that everyone aged 18 and under has access to free, healthy, and delicious summer meals. These meals are completely free—you’ll never have to pay for them. All kids and teens ages 18 and under are welcome to join their local Meet Up and Eat Up summer meal site.

Visit https://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/schoolnutrition/ to find a site near you!

06/24/2024

Throughout Michigan, Meet Up and Eat Up will ensure that everyone aged 18 and under has access to free, healthy, and delicious summer meals. These meals are completely free—you’ll never have to pay for them. All kids and teens ages 18 and under are welcome to join their local Meet Up and Eat Up summer meal site.

Visit https://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/schoolnutrition/ to find a site near you!

06/12/2024

This month our Farmington schools learned about diversity and inclusion by celebrating Pride Month! Our little chefs created some tasty and colorful rainbow fruit kabobs to help us understand our some of our Y-Core values.

05/03/2024

🇲🇽🍅🫑🌶️🥑This week our students at Centerline High and Hutchinson Middle School celebrated Cinco de Mayo by making some guacamole and salsa! We discussed the Battle of Pueblo and learned how to make papel picado, a traditional Mexican decorative craft, which we proudly displayed at our office. Find out what we will learn about next week!

04/23/2024

Temperatures are on the rise for next week! We hope you take advantage of weather and head outdoors. Time spent outdoors is a terrific way to improve the body, mind, and spirit. Take a peek at the link below to read about all of the benefits of spending time outside!

Exposure to nature has been linked to a host of benefits, including improved attention, lower stress, better mood, reduced risk of psychiatric disorders and even upticks in empathy and cooperation.

04/19/2024

Healthy Kid's day is tomorrow April 20th! We hope to see you and your smiling faces at your local Y celebrating with us! Follow the link below to find out more about when and where you can participate :

The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit is hosting the Y’s annual Healthy Kids Day® on April 20th at all YMCA facility branches. This free, annual event features a variety of family-friendly activities to encourage healthy kids, healthy families and a healthy start to the summer season. Healthy Kids Day...

04/19/2024

This week we learned the importance of Know. See. Respond. and gained practical tools for preventing child sexual abuse—but our work is never done. Our YMCA is committed to year-round prevention, and we hope you are, too! Stay connected and informed by visiting fivedaysofaction.org.

04/18/2024

How can you RESPOND to the call to help prevent child sexual abuse? As a parent or caregiver, you may know it’s important to talk about it, but you may not know what or when to say it. Committee for Children has created the Hot Chocolate Talk campaign, packing decades of research into easy-to-use guides to help you begin these crucial conversations – at any age, from toddler to teen. Visit cfchildren.org/resources/child-abuse-prevention/ to learn more and empower your child to report and refuse sexual abuse.