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What Inspires Me About My Mom's Generation

Heather Choate Davis | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Role Models, Multi-Generational, Community, Aging Gracefully, Ymca, Water Aerobics, Fitness Post50, Aging, Retirement, Health Post50, Fifty News
Heather Choate Davis

I thank God every morning for these women who dare to bare their puckered thighs and their kangaroo midriffs and their bright, carefree smiles, shouting with their very presence that there are more important things in life than looking young. We need desperately to hear this.

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Copyright Justice For The Village People

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Macho Man, The Village People Lawsuit, Ymca, Victor Willis Lawsuit, The Village People, Victor Willis Village People, Village People, In the Navy, The Original Village People, Village People Members, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — When it comes to compiling a list of the great songwriters of the past 50 years, Victor Willis' name likely wouldn't merit more th...

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Celebrating the Military Child Outdoors

Michael Brune | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: National Military Family Association, National Park Service, Ymca, Armed Services, Sierra Club, Military Families, Nature, Green News
Michael Brune

Over the years, we've learned that outdoor programs can also help build resiliency and strength within military families. Getting kids and their parents outdoors together allows them to have fun and reconnect through the healing power of nature.

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Charity Hoopla Challenge: Donate March Madness Winnings To Kids' Sports Charities!

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Special Olympics, Kansas State, Charity, Ohio, Donating to Charity, Ncaa, Ohio State, Basketball, NCAA Brackets, University of Louisville, March Madness, Video, Ymca, Playground, Final Four, Kaboom, Impact News

Want to see a real game-changing play during March Madness? Pledge to donate your NCAA Championship winnings to kids in need! If your pool pred...

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Spousal Abuse: The Military's Silent Epidemic

Kim Rabb | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: US Military, Abuse, Military, Red Cross, Jag, Operation Care, Spousal Abuse, Ymca, Swords to Plowshares, Military One Source, Domestic Violence, Impact News
Kim Rabb

Domestic abuse in the military is the best kept secret and is a silent tragedy. Due to frequent moves, the majority of military families live on one income. Their only source of financial security for the family is the active duty soldier.

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Good Luck, Royce White -- 'An Uncommon Man'

Derek Hannah | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Royce White Nba, Ymca, Royce White States, March Madness, Royce White Iowa State, Royce White, Ymca Basketball, Royce White Draft, Iowa State Basketball, Royce White Nba Draft, NCAA Tournament, Sports News
Derek Hannah

I've had the opportunity to coach some great players and people but Royce White was the first person to truly engage with the fans in the stands and individual kids who looked up to him.

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Jason Cherkis

Occupy Oakland Activists Report Inhumane Conditions During Jail Stints

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Video, Glenn E. Dyer Detention Facility, Ymca, Jean Quan, Mass Arrest, Oakland, Mayor Jean Quan, Occupy Wall Street, Prisoner Rights, Occupy Oakland, Inmate Conditions, Oakland Police Department, Santa Rita Jail, San Francisco News

WASHINGTON -- Alyssa Eisenberg just wanted her multiple sclerosis medication that she uses to allay fatigue and help her concentrate. A member of O...

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For Birthday, Young Boy Requests Soccer Equipment For Kids In Haiti

Winona Daily News | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Hy-Vee, Mugby Junction, Patrice Millet, Ymca, Jeff Halberg, Soccer, Haiti-Soccer, Winona, St. Mary's University, Bluffview Montessori School, Fondaps, Lance Halberg, Video, Impact News

Lance Halberg is using his lifelong passion for soccer — all 10 years and 364 days of it — to help children in Haiti recover from the devastating ...

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Stephanie Hallett

What If The Village People Were Your Wedding Band?

HuffingtonPost.com | Stephanie Hallett | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: 11/11/11, 11/11/11 Las Vegas Weddings, The Village People, Ymca, Village People Wedding, Village People Wedding Ceremony, 11/11/11 Weddings, Village People, 11/11/11 Las Vegas, Weddings News

After nearly 35 years of making music, the Village People thought they'd seen and done it all. Everything except perform a wedding ceremony, that is. ...

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New Ways Kids Are Getting Meals When School's Out

AP | By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Food Research and Action Center, Ymca, Reduced Price Lunches, Food, School Food, Usda, Kids Meals, US Department of Agriculture, Children's Health, School Food Programs, Summer Food Programs, Summer Meal Programs, Education News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Food can be scarce around the Mendoza household during the summer. School food service worker Alina Mendoza loses most of her hour...

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Andrea Stone

Herman Cain's Charity Focuses On Inner-City Youth

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Morehouse College, Godfather's Pizza, Charity, Elections 2012, Donating to Charity, Georgia, Atlanta, 2012 Republican Primary, Edmonson Youth Outreach Center, Good News, Philanthropy, Video, Education, Herman Cain 2012, Republican Primary, Ymca, Koch Brothers, 2012 Election, Herman Cain, Health Care Reform, Nebraska, African Americans, Politics News

This article is part of a series in which HuffPost is taking a close look at the charitable giving of Republican presidential candidates. How much and...

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Will My Daughter Ever Speak to Me Again?

Milt Bedingfield | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Exercise, Ymca, Running Shoes, Healthy Living News
Milt Bedingfield

I did something recently that I never, ever, in a million years would have thought I'd do. It makes me wonder: am I slipping, starting to act goofy, b...

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Battle Of The Literary Titans?

nytimes.com | JENNIFER SCHUESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 92nd St Y, Lorrie Moore, 92nd St Y Jonathan Franzen, Ymca, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore 92nd St Y, 92 Y, Lorrie Moore Jonathan Franzen, Books News

When Jonathan Franzen and Lorrie Moore met Monday night at the 92nd Street Y for a joint reading, the vibe among the sold-out crowd was a bit like tha...

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Gen-Homeless: More Young People On The Streets

AOL | Carol Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youth Homelessness, Homeless, Homeless Seattle, Ymca, Seattle, Youth Homeless, Bellevue, Homeless Youth Seattle, Impact News

SEATTLE (Oct. 19) -- Twenty-two-year-old Tony Torres sags, exhausted, onto the pavement just beyond a skate park where kids from this affluent Seattle...

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Surviving an American Economic Crisis: Tax Credit for Volunteering?

Curtis Valentine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volunteering, Third World America, Political Science, President Barack Obama, Economy, George W. Bush, Economic Crisis, American Red Cross, Community Organizing, Economic Recovery, Ymca, We've Got Time to Help, Peace Corps, Salvation Army, Politics News
Curtis Valentine

Americans are already volunteering in record numbers, but the need for volunteers continues to rise as the recession persists and rainy-day savings become exhausted. Tax policy should accommodate this shift.

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2,800 Acres in Grand County Now Protected

Claire Walter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Conservation, Ymca, Land Protection, Colorado, Denver News
Claire Walter

If the current crop of Colorado candidates had been in place four years ago, nearly 2,800 acres of land owned by Snow Mountain Ranch/YMCA of the Rockies would not be protected.

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To Clarify Mission, YMCA Changes Name To "The Y"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Y, Ymca, Ymca Name Change, Chicago, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The YMCA is now known officially as just "the Y." The Chicago-based U.S. nonprofit announced Monday that it is changing both its logo...

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Village People React To YMCA Name Change

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Village People, Ymca, Ymca Name Change, Village People Ymca, Entertainment News

The YMCA announced Monday that it is rebranding itself as the Y, and the band that that became famous off the original four initials in not too happy ...

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YMCA Tries To 'Light Up The C' In Name, Programs

Religion News Service | By TIM TOWNSEND | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faithfest, Christianity, Ymca St. Louis, Ymca Christian Emphasis Committee, Ymca, Young Men's Christian Association, St. Louis Ymca, Religion News

By Tim Townsend Religion News Service POTOSI, Mo. (RNS) About 50 teenagers and their parents gathered at the YMCA Trout Lodge near here recently, in ...

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How Google Rewards the Worst of the Web

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ymca, The Jetsons, Halle Berry, Flintstones, Wwe, Undertaker, Google, Technology News
Brandon Mendelson

Rewarding vampire publishers with traffic does irreparable harm to your core mission of organizing the world's information. You can organize as much as you want, but it's useless if the information you organize is bad.

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I (Heart) Me

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Salt, Baby Weight, Losing Weight, Vegetables, Fitness, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Heart Health, Ymca, Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?, Heart Disease, Dancing With the Stars, Post-Baby Body, Sugar, Healthy Living News
Meredith Lopez

I think that even the most body-positive women would have to agree that a little bit of exercise is good for mind, body, and soul, while half a jar of Nutella as an afternoon "snack" is not.

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I'd Be Dead By Now -- The New Breast Cancer Guidelines

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Breast Cancer Research, Breast Self-Examination, Ymca, Research, Breast Cancer, Livestrong, Healthy Living News
Kathleen Reardon

I'd be dead by now if it weren't for breast self-examination. If breast self-exam gives you greater peace of mind, no set of guidelines should deter you from it.

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William Burroughs: What Was Inside His Bowery Apartment

Gothamist | Jen Carlson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Ross, Photographs, Authors, William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, Ymca, Books, New York City, The Bowery, Books News

Did you know that author William S. Burroughs lived in a partially converted YMCA at 222 Bowery? He called the apartment "The Bunker," and it's still ...

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Recession Hits Summer Camp

TIME | Nina Mandell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Camp Walt Whitman, Time Magazine, Summer Camp, Financial Crisis, Ymca, Recession, Day Camp, Piermont-New Hampshire, Business News

In the five years since Jed Dorfman has been running Camp Walt Whitman, a posh haven complete with water-skiing and private boats in Piermont, N.H., t...

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Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Jealous that Gay Weddings will be Better than Theirs

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miami, Faggot, Wal Mart, The Bible, Rabbi, Woody Allen, Anti -Gay Marriage, Mitt Romney, Pat Robertson, Heterosexual, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, New York, Recession, Ptsd, Wham, Robin Williams, Drag Queens, Same Sex Marriage, Priest, Ymca, Gerorge Michael, The Village People, Fran Lebowitz, The Macarena, John Stewart, Florists, Comedy News
Francesca Biller-Safran

No more aging D.J.'s to get all the grandparents from Miami and New York and The Los Angeles Valley to dance to the Village People's "YMCA," because the Village People will finally be allowed to get married, and in high style at that.

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