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KCCI: Community rallies around 7-year-old boy hospitalized by flu

Posted on 02/05/2018 at 09:55 AM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Waukee YMCA basketball teams

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) -- A 7-year-old Waukee boy remained hospitalized with the flu Saturday night, and the community rallied...

Categories: Member Story, Social Responsibility

We Are Iowa: Waukee YMCA supports Ridout family

Posted on 02/05/2018 at 09:50 AM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Waukee YMCA basketball team

WEST DES MOINES - The support for 7-year-old Jaxson Ridout and his family keeps growing everyday. The Waukee YMCA held...

Categories: Member Story, Social Responsibility

Media Advisory: Weekend events at the Y to honor boy fighting Influenza A

Posted on 02/01/2018 at 02:31 PM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Jaxson Ridout - We Are Iowa video

Feb. 1, 2018 The Waukee YMCA youth basketball program will be missing one of its youngest players this Saturday –...

Categories: Member Story

We Are Iowa: South Suburban YMCA Christmas Trees

Posted on 11/27/2017 at 12:40 PM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Jim Lane of South Suburban YMCA Service Club in Christmas tree lot

Our South Suburban YMCA Service Club was featured on We Are Iowa Local 5 News, chatting about their five decades...

Categories: Member Story, Social Responsibility

YMCA to receive new rehabilitation bike, thanks to Chris Norton’s SCI CAN Foundation

Posted on 05/09/2017 at 11:10 AM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Chris Norton

Norton will be at the Walnut Creek YMCA on Wednesday to present a check to Community Health Partners for purchase...

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Des Moines Register: Black men remember impact of former Crocker Street YMCA

Posted on 05/01/2017 at 10:48 AM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Joseph Smith, 78, of Des Moines, receives an award for outstanding service to the John R. Grubb YMCA Community Center from Rick Singleton (right) of the YMCA.(Photo: Linh Ta/The Register)

And while many of today's living Crocker Street boys — now senior men — went to the Y when integration...

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Workout of the Week: Local Teacher Teaching New Audience Spanish Yoga

Posted on 11/16/2016 at 08:33 AM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Yoga En Español class at the South Suburban YMCA in Des Moines, IA

Betty Garcia never planned on being a yoga teacher but last year she fell in love with sharing her passion...

Categories: Healthy Living, Member Story

Ankeny Teen Paralyzed by Accused Gunman Remains Positive Despite Circumstance

Posted on 11/01/2016 at 09:46 AM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Justin Phongsavanh at the Ankeny Family YMCA

Posted 10:15 pm, October 31, 2016, by Jodi Whitworth, Updated at 10:19pm, October 31, 2016 ANKENY, Iowa -- It’s been...

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Officer hit by drunk driver 'stronger, more confident'

Posted on 08/16/2016 at 11:02 AM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Phoukham Tran at the YMCA Healthy Living Center

Tran was directing traffic when the impact from the 3-ton pickup threw him 47 feet. His lung was punctured, ribs...

Categories: Healthy Living, Member Story

Des Moines Officer Hit By Drunk Driver Five Years Ago Still Recovering

Posted on 08/16/2016 at 10:32 AM by YMCA of Greater Des Moines

Phoukham Tran at the YMCA Healthy Living Center

Posted 5:54 pm, August 11, 2016, by Stephanie Moore DES MOINES, Iowa - It's been five years since a Des...

Categories: Healthy Living, Member Story

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