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After Gerard and Maureen Herr found were both diagnosed with cancer, they found support in the Livestrong at the YMCA. The three-month program for cancer patients and survivors provides a personal trainer to show people the ropes in the gym and shift the focus from fighting cancer to regaining strength and confidence and improving their well-being. People need not be a YMCA member to join. A grant from the Richmond County Savings Foundation helps the YMCA provide it at no cost to as many people as possible.
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The Staten Slim Down launches its fifth season Sunday, Jan. 25, and there are three important things you need to know about the 10-week fitness program: It's free, it's fun and it's for everybody. The YMCA has joined the College of Staten Island and the Bernikow Jewish Community Center. The schedule will include events at both the North and South Shore YMCAs. Read more…
The Staten Island Broadway and South Shore YMCA were voted SI Live's 2014 Readers' Choice for best Zumba class! Read more…
Diabetes is a chronic condition with serious complications, including heart disease, blindness, stroke and kidney failure. However, managing and even avoiding diabetes is something that can be done in a straightforward manner. Through its Diabetes Prevention Program, the YMCA is doing something to help people who are prediabetic prevent the progression to diabetes and the lifelong problems, even death, it causes. Read more…
Ward 7 resident Carl Walker, the youth and family director for the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, recently announced his interest in the vacant position on the Ward 6 School Committee. His experience in the field of education and his strong desire for quality education motivated Walker, 45, a former Boston Public Schools teacher and Bridgewater State University professor, to add his name. Read more…
The Staten Island South Shore YMCA will be hosting a free informational luncheon for seniors at risk for type 2 diabetes that are interested in taking control of their health through the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. Read more…
Former CYO County Director Tony Navarino is named South Shore YMCA’s new director of youth and family programs. Read more…
A daughter takes her mother's advice to send her son to the Staten Island Y's Early Childhood program, the same program she attended when she was young. Read more…
Over 25 years later and still going strong, the Staten Island South Shore YMCA's youth baseball league provides children and teens the opportunity to play regardless of their skill level. Read more…
The Staten Island YMCA was presented with a $15,000 grant from the Northfield Bank Foundation to help support the YMCA's Teen Center.
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