YMCA News

Welcoming Week expands on YMCA New American Welcome Centers that build bridges for newcomers to our communities

YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities will host the annual National Youth Project Using Minibikes (NYPUM) Rodeo in conjunction with local law enforcement and community partners on Wednesday, September 4, in Brooklyn Park, Minn.

At YMCA Early Childhood Learning Centers (ECLC), 98 percent of students with at least one year at Y ECLCs surpass school district kindergarten readiness standards.

Collaboration with YMCA wins $2.6 Million Grant to Bring Beacons Network to Richfield

Live Music Acts Include Har Mar Superstar, Yam Haus, Haley Bonar and More

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.