YMCA News

CycleHealth, an initiative of the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities will host its annual BreakAway Kids Tri on Saturday, August 17, and the new BreakAway Splash and & Dash on Friday, August 16, at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove.

The Sheridan Story and the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities are partnering to provide free, nourishing food to families in the community to ensure youth have food in August before school starts.

Research shows without access to out-of-school physical and learning activities, kids fall behind academically and gain weight twice as fast during the summer than the school year.

More than 200 campers will experience nature thanks to the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, the Play, Learn, Serve, Work Initiative, Wilderness Inquiry, Urban Roots, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, and the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

According to the USA Swimming Foundation and University of Memphis, two children die every day because of drowning.

The YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities recently elected at its annual meeting seven new members to its board of directors.

According to Pew Research Center, only 20 percent of today’s 16 to 17 year-olds hold a summer job, and that rate is even lower among teens of color.

Y to host Google’s Be Internet Awesome workshops to underscore safe Internet use among local children during Internet Safety Month.

The YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities will host an urban Mississippi canoe journey for 40 youth in partnership with Wilderness Inquiry, Mississippi Park Connection, National Parks Conservation Association, National Park Service and Heartland Realty on Thursday, June 20.

Thousands of youth entering grades nine through 12 across the metro will have free access to the Y’s health and wellness and youth enrichment programs all summer long