Y Stories

MY Y STORY: DAWN’S REASONS Y HOW COMING TO THE Y HELPED HER FIND HERSELF On most Saturdays, you will find Dawn Johnson at the Westside Family YMCA. Specifically, you’ll find her at the 9 am Group Cycle.

MURAL OUTSIDE SKALNY CHILDCARE CENTER AT SCHOTTLAND BRINGS STORYBOOK DREAMS TO LIFE When you step outside the Skalny Childcare Center and into their playground, you might feel like you’ve instead stepped onto the page of a Calvin and Hobbs book.

MY Y STORY: KELLY’S MARATHON JOURNEY HOW KIDS MARATHON SPARKED A RUNNING PASSION ‘You’re always stronger than you think.’ It’s a common thought many runners have. It’s something Kelly Knight discovered a decade ago. “People would say, ‘are you a runner?’ and I’d say, ‘I can’t run.’ I never thought of myself as a runner.”

FIREFIGHTERS FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH NEW SCHOTTLAND FAMILY BRANCH Every Monday night, you will find the volunteer firefighters of the Pittsford Fire Department training.

CAMPER RECOGNIZED FOR STANDING UP, SPEAKING OUT CAMP LESSONS OF FRIENDSHIP, ACHIEVEMENT AND BELONGING COME TO LIFE Hope Tompkins is not afraid to speak her mind.

‘MILITARY MOMENT’ IN GARDEN LEADS TO LIFE-CHANGING MEETING Kay’s Garden at Northwest Family YMCA grows more than flowers and vegetables; it’s a place where relationships blossom and connections bloom.

MARINE SURPRISES BROTHER AT CAMP NORTHPOINT WITH RETURN HOME WHAT SEEMED LIKE A NORMAL DAY AT CAMP, TURNED INTO A DAY THAT ONE CAMPER WILL NEVER FORGET Aiden McGuire and his fellow YMCA Camp Northpoint Meteors gathered at the flag pole on a sunny Wednesday afternoon.

LOVE-15 SERVES UP A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON TENNIS TO CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER When Aliana Burgos was seven, the farthest thing from her mind was learning to play tennis. “I used to think tennis was kind of lame,” she said laughing with tennis racquet in hand. “But I didn’t know what it was.”

AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM CREATING HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE FOR STUDENTS AT MAPLEWOOD If you think that you need a cake to have a birthday party for four and five-year-olds, you’ve never celebrated with the Universal Pre-Kindergarten class at Maplewood Family YMCA.