Jim Nichols practically had the Y in his back yard growing up in Severna Park, Maryland. He recently stopped into the The Y in Arnold on a rainy Saturday afternoon looking for information about summer camps for his kids. He remembers attending Y summer camps at Sandy Point State Park
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From Ken Oldendick, Y Member at the Ward Y in Abingdon: 3 years ago today I made the decision to try the Y Fitness Challenge. After losing nearly 70 pounds in 5 months I thought a weekly instructor-led class that focused on exercise and logging eating habits might be good
The Y in Arnold member, Lisa Lauer, and her family value the Y for its kids’ fitness programs like flag football and its many locations around the country. As a working mother of two boys, Lisa appreciates Y programs for young people that emphasize not only the rules of the
Learning how to swim in the 1970s at the Long Island YMCA near Smithtown, New York wasn’t a typical rite of passage for The Y in Arnold member Matt Puglisi. Matt grew up on Long Island and remembers that earning swimming certification cards from the Y meant serious credibility among