Medicare Participants Now Eligible for the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program The YMCA of Delaware is expanding the availability of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) to eligible Medicare participants as a covered benefit. The YMCA’s DPP is a group-based lifestyle intervention for adults at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes that has been shown to…
The News Journal: Wilmington YMCA opens performance training studio for agility, strengthening workouts
By Meredith Newman Jennifer Bromwell is used to sweat. She takes Central YMCA’s strength and conditioning class almost every week during her lunch hour. So she’s familiar with tough workouts. But she had never experienced anything like its performance fitness studio before. “I love it,” she said. “I was sore for three days.” The downtown…
WPVI 6 ABC: New YMCA Performance Training Studio
The Central YMCA in Wilmington, Delaware opened a new YMCA performance training studio Wednesday. It has a turf floor that allows for agility drills, sled exercises and sprint workouts. The workouts done here can focus on metabolic conditioning to burn fat and create long, lean muscles. https://6abc.com/community-events/new-ymca-performance-training-studio-/4549339/
CENTRAL YMCA OPENS NEW PERFORMANCE TRAINING STUDIO
Turf flooring allows for enhanced agility drills, sled exercises and sprint workouts Workouts focus on metabolic conditioning to burn fat and create long and lean muscles WHAT: On Wednesday, October 24th, the Central YMCA is officially opening its new Performance Training Studio. The grand opening of the studio will feature live class demos, a ribbon…
WITN TV 22: YMCA of Delaware 30th Annual Black Achievers Awards Gala
By Yesenia Taveras The Walnut Street YMCA recently celebrated it’s 30th Annual Black Achievers Awards Gala. Youth and adult achievers were recognized for their excellence in our community. To date over 900 achievers have been honored and more than 2,800 youth achievers have participated in workshops, tours and mentoring sessions. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lVTdi8wb00&feature=youtu.be
BRANDYWINE YMCA TO HOST LUNCHEON FOR ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS
Over 200 Seniors Are Coming Together For Fellowship, Flu Shots, And Entertainment WHAT: This Friday, the Brandywine YMCA is hosting a luncheon for seniors. Roughly 200 people are expected to attend and many of them participate in the Active Older Adult programs and classes that the Y offers. In addition to the YMCA luncheon, flu…
WDEL 101.7 FM 1150 AM: YMCA’s Black Achievers program celebrates 30 years
By Joe Irrizary The YMCA of Delaware celebrated the accomplishments of black youth for the thirtieth year in a row in Wilmington. “It’s not how you start, but it’s all about how you finish,” said Yvonne Harvey Williams to children and teens using the Walnut Street YMCA for after-school programming. Harvey Williams is an author…
YMCA OF DELAWARE PRESENTS ANNUAL BLACK ACHIEVERS EVENT
“Black Achievers is not just a Saturday college prep program,” said Anesha Truesdale, Program Director for Black Achievers and Teen Programs at the Walnut Street YMCA. “It’s a movement, a community, and a village of people that pour their heart into making sure that young people have the resources and opportunities they need to be…
El Tiempo Hispano: Childhood Obesity is a Family Affair
Adopting healthy habits together can help reduce childhood obesity The YMCA of Delaware wants families throughout the state to understand how adopting healthy habits together can help reduce childhood obesity Register Now for the Healthy Weight and Your Child Program September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and while the dangers of childhood obesity are well…
Communities and Organizations Across the US, Including the YMCA of Delaware, Join Welcoming America in Celebrating New Americans
Wilmington, DE, September 14, 2018 –This Welcoming Week, taking place September 14-23, the YMCA of Delaware is joining Welcoming America and hundreds of YMCAs and other organizations nationwide in hosting activities to celebrate immigrants’ contributions to communities and bring together all residents in a spirit of unity. “At the YMCA of Delaware, we believe that…