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11/13/08 - Races and Holiday Bazaar to Raise Money For Kids

YMCA Press Release - Run, bike, swim, or shop till you drop--all in the name of good fun, for a good cause. Lincoln YMCA Sweatin' For Strong Kids Weekend Cooper YMCA, Downtown YMCA, and Northeast YMCA Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23.

11/4/08 - YMCA Making Sure All Elliott Students get a Christmas Gift

YMCA Press Release - Each year the Lincoln YMCA puts up Strong Kids Giving Trees at the Downtown, Northeast and ooper YMCAs. The trees contain ornaments representing students enrolled in Elliott Elementary School. YMCA members and the general public are invited to pick an ornament and buy a gift for that student then bring the gift back to the YMCA. The YMCA Community Services Branch collects the gifts and presents them to the Elliott students.

10/14/2008 - Elliott Community Learning Center Recipient of School Supplies, $1,000 Donation

YMCA Press Release - (Lincoln, Nebraska) October 14, 2008-- Shoppers at the Fall Neat Repeatz Children's Consignment Sale contributed hundreds of school supplies and nearly $500 cash for the Community Learning Center at Elliott Elementary during the School Supplies Drive held in conjunction with September's sale. The financial contribution was collected from shoppers who added $1 to their purchases.



8/5/2008 - PepsiCo Awards Grants to the Lincoln YMCA Association to Help More People Achieve Healthier Lifestyles

YMCA Press Release - PepsiCo, one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, and it's Smart Spot program, a health and wellness initiative, has awarded the Lincoln YMCA and each of its branches a grant for $2,500 in support of health and wellness programs related to Activate America®, a long-term initiative designed to strengthen and promote the YMCA's abilities to help more Americans live healthier lives.

7/8/2008 - Reader's Digest Awards Lincoln YMCA $1,000 ‘We Love Reading' Grant

YMCA Press Release - One of 10 YMCAs nationwide selected to receive funding support reading together as a family. The Lincoln YMCA, Cooper Branch is one of 10 YMCA's nationwide selected to receive a $1,000 Reader's Digest "We Love Reading" Grant to support family-centered reading programs in 2008.

7/5/2008 - YMCA, YWCA still teaching values

Lincoln Journal Star - Jim Loos remembers the scene well:
A player struck out during a youth baseball game, and after returning to the dugout a teammate began mocking him. Loos, a local YMCA youth sports coach, explained the incident at the next practice and had everyone do extra laps. "I never named him by name, because that's not appropriate at this age," Loos said. "But kids aren't dumb." More than a century after it was founded, the Young Men's Christian Association still tries to teach values. And so does the Young Women's Christian Association.....


7/4/2008 - YMCA steps into education initiative

Lincoln Journal Star - The YMCA announced Thursday it will step into the gap left by the city in providing before- and after-school programs at two Lincoln schools. The nonprofit agency plans to provide Community Learning Center programs at Pershing Elementary and Mickle Middle schools starting in the fall....


4/9/2008 - Lincoln YMCA Unveils Healthy Family Home Program to Fight Childhood Obesity

YMCA Press Release - The YMCA of the USA and Eli Lilly and Company have partnered to create the Healthy Family Home program to help the entire family work together at home to make healthier choices and live healthier lives. The program launches nationwide this Saturday during YMCA Healthy Kids® Day fairs at more than 1,700 YMCAs including the YMCA of Lincoln's Cooper location at 6767 South 14th Street.




4/1/08 - YMCA Healthy Kids Day

YMCA Press Release - The Cooper YMCA will again be the site for the Lincoln YMCA's annual Healthy Kids Day®, Saturday, April 12. Healthy Kids Day® is a nation-wide YMCA celebration throughout the month of April to promote healthy lifestyles for youth and family. This event is open to all families, and individuals interested in learning more about how to raise healthy kids in our community. Last year nearly 1,000 children and parents participated in the celebration at the Cooper YMCA.


1/11/2008 - YMCA Aims to Become America's Number 1 Fitness and Anti-Obesity Crusader

Associated Press - Founded in the mid-19th century, the Young Men's Christian Association has expanded far beyond its name in the United States. It welcomes all faiths, half the 20.2 million people it serves are female, and more than half are adults.

1/6/2008 - YMCA named one of the top two charities in the US

YMCA of the USA is one of the nation's top human services charities, according to a national charity watchdog service. The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP), whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions, awarded Y-USA an ‘A' in its most recent ratings.

8/6/2007 - Schoo Middle School to share ground with YMCA

Lincoln Journal Star - Northwest Lincoln soon will get two things the growing area can really use -- a YMCA and a new middle school. Lincoln Public Schools' Schoo Middle School and the YMCA will share an attached facility in the Fallbrook subdivision near North 14th Street and Alvo Road...
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