Set New Year’s resolutions that strengthen your life, your community

(December 19, 2012) The New Year is a time for new beginnings! For the Y – a leading nonprofit that strengthens community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility – one of the most important resolutions is to resolve to make positive changes that strengthen individuals as well as entire communities. Following are five […]

Eagle Scout project blooms, community partnerships grow at Rockwall YMCA

Eagle Scout project blooms, community partnerships grow at Rockwall YMCA

(Rockwall) September 5, 2012 – The YMCA, as many people know, promotes Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility. One way that we work toward these goals is by creating partnerships in the community that focus on our common purpose.  Recently we had a young man, Andrew Kirfman, who is working to earn his Eagle […]

Getting ready for a special occasion

September 5, 2012 – No, no, no… I have no current plans for a wedding.  In fact, I’m pretty darn single at the moment. When I put this picture on my Facebook page without any comment about why I was wearing it, I got slammed with Facebook comments, texts and e-mails from many of my friends […]

Love stories from the YMCA

Happy Valentine’s Day!  I’ve always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the holiday. I love it because I think any celebration of love is a great thing. I dislike it because, being single, the holiday always brings with it a feeling of missing out on something- or when you are in a couple, […]