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YMCA Prepares Children for Kindergarten at Early Childhood Learning Centers
At YMCA Early Childhood Learning Centers (ECLC), 98 percent of students with at least one year at Y ECLCs surpass school district kindergarten readiness requirements.
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YMCA Offers Summer Camp To Help Curb Screen Time For Kids
Watch WCCO’s Reg Chapman explore Hidden Falls Regional Park with Mobile Day camp campers.
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YMCA Camp Ihduhapi encourages kids to put down their phones
Watch KARE 11’s Kiya Edwards spend time with the campers at Camp Ihduhapi.
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St. Paul YMCA may build on Osborn370 block
The YMCA of the North is considering moving its downtown St. Paul location to a new building on the western end of the podium of the Osborn370 tower at 370 Wabasha St. N. The Metropolitan Council has approved a $25,500 grant to study the site and prepare plans.
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Free St. Paul camp has kids fishing, hiking — creating outdoor childhood memories
Read about how the YMCA connects urban youth to nearby nature with the Y Mobile Day Camp at Lake Phalen.
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Annual BreakAway Kids Tri at Elm Creek Park Reserve
PHOTO GALLERY: CycleHealth hosted their annual BreakAway Kids Tri in Maple Grove for 750 participants.
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YMCA CEO Glen Gunderson's Perspective on Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation’s Support of Free Teen Memberships
The YMCA launched its first national campaign in January 2016, and one of the 60-second spots was titled “Idle Hands.” It’s a powerful video that shows seemingly bored kids with nothing to do.
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Healthy activities for kids and their grandparents
It's great when kids can spend quality time with their grandparents, even BETTER when that time involves healthy activities.
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Heard on the Street: More child care on the way to Rochester
Read about how the YMCA is looking to open a new, stand-alone Early Childhood Learning Center in Rochester.
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YMCA Encourages Youth to Get Outdoors Through Camp Experiences
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.
