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2021

• CT to Allow Sleepover Camps as CDC Updates Summer Camp Guidance

• Opinion: Children have suffered during the coronavirus pandemic; it’s time to bring back overnight summer camp in Connecticut, by Harold Sparrow

• Granby Road Race Gearing up for 50th Year!

• YMCAs across CT open, COVID safe, and ready for your business during pandemic!

2020

• Plainville YMCA launches hybrid learning program

• YMCA Unveils Remodeled East Hartford Community Center

• Ribbon cutting for Larson YMCA Community Center in East Hartford

• Squadron Capital donates $100,000 to YMCA to expand local access to summer camp

• East Hartford Pools, Summer Camps Open With COVID-19 Changes

• A Magical Merry-Go-Round, hot yoga and, oh yeah, that much-needed haircut

• Fox 61 visits Camp Chase YMCA

• YMCA announces summer plans amid COVID-19

• The YMCA announces their plans for the summer amid COVID-19

• YMCA Reopens Facilities and Day Camps Across the State

• Connecticut YMCAs detail what’s available, what’s not in Monday’s reopening

• YMCAs announce plans for reopening facilities, day camps

• Gyms can likely reopen in Connecticut June 20. Here’s how they might look different

• With COVID-19 Closing Pools, Will Drowning Risks Grow?

• CT summer day camps prep and adapt for late June opening

• Several Summer Camps Announce Cancellations

• The YMCA of Greater Hartford Announces New Board Leadership and Welcomes New Members to its Board of Directors and Trustees

• Connecticut camps hope to open this summer with modifications

• FOX61 Stories of Hope: Ellington YMCA Supports Seniors During Closure

• Downtown YMCA in Hartford teams up and hosts food drive

• YMCA, Yard Goats, Rotary to Host Food Drive in Hartford Today

• Hartford organizations combine forces to collect food for people in need

• Send the Love: Wheeler YMCA in Plainville Celebrates a Very Special Volunteer

• YMCA of Greater Hartford receives $5,000 in Grant Funding

• Pulse of the Region: Pandemic Can't Shut Down Health & Wellness

• YMCA to host blood drive in East Hartford

• West Hartford YMCA receives $2,500 in Grant Funding for Power Scholars Academy

• Trinity Health of New England treats first patient in antibodies blood plasma trial

• Plainville's Wheeler Regional YMCA continues to host blood drives

• Can daycares stay open during the COVID-19 crisis? Connecticut says yes

• From curbside pickup and delivery to virtual workouts and hours dedicated to seniors, Connecticut businesses look to accommodate consumers amid coronavirus outbreak

• COVID-19 And Student Food Insecurity: Hartford Public Schools Still Serving Kids

• Westfield Bank Future Fund Awarded More Than $300,000 In Grants In 2019

• Stafford Mechanical donates to Y

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Provides Free Mammograms to Community

• Breast cancer awareness effort hits the road with free mammogram screenings

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority offering free mammograms in Hartford this weekend

• Personnel Briefs

• Hartford Foundation awards grants to reach city youth with arts

2019

• Sestero Fund Supporting Projects In Glastonbury

• Winter market kicks off at the YMCA

• HYPE sets new record at Tons of Toys

• Connecticut Alliance YMCAs recognize Witkos with 2019 Legislative Champion award

• Celtics players team up with fans to raise $105,000 for #SunLifeDunk4Diabetes in support of YMCA of Greater Boston's Diabetes Prevention Program

• Hanging Out With HYPE - West Hartford YMCA and Camp Jewell YMCA "Masquerade Gala"

• Sun Life renews as Official Partner of the Boston Celtics and celebrates 10 years of supporting community programs togetherCT Live!: YMCA of Greater Hartford Celebrates Champions

• Rebecca Lobo and Steve Rushin to speak at YMCA event (page 18)

• Notification of Intent to Apply: 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant

• Honoring young women at the 6th Annual Hartford Girls Rock

• Larson’s annual bocce tournament draws Nancy Pelosi and other top talent to East Hartford

• Rockville Rotary Planning Food Truck Fest

• Step inside La Sala Femme, a collaborative art installation in Hartford, and meet some of the black artists who brought it to life

• The Hartford Donates 1,000 backpacks to Hartford children

• The Hartford’s back-to-school giving program stuffs over 1,000 backpacks for Hartford-area youth

• In Hartford’s Youth Leadership Academy, teens from the North End offer stories, solutions to urban gun violence

• ‘National Night Out’ in Hartford aims to create solidarity between police departments and community

• Senator Anwar Tours East Hartford YMCA Larson Center, Discusses Need for Renovations and Funding Opportunities

• Marcy MacDonald, ISHOF Honoree, Completes 17th Crossing of English Channel

• Busy Saturday night expected in Hartford

• Birdies for Charity: YMCA of Greater Hartford

• Summer camps on alert for kids' vaccination records following measles outbreak

• Trinity Health, ECHN execs talk community health needs at YMCA forum

• New Life, New Home after the Storm

• West Hartford to hold community resource fair for low income working families

• FOX 61: Swimming Safety 1

• FOX 61: Swimming Safety 2

• FOX 61: Swimming Safety Tips for Summer 3

• West Hartford and Wheeler YMCAs to Hold ‘Pour Your Support’ for Adaptive Programs

• The YMCA offers assistance in Connecticut for those displaced by Hurricane Maria

• WFSB features Downtown Mission in Motion

• Connecticut Welcomes Its First Teen Tech Center

• YMCA to host Healthy Kids Day

• FOX 61 visits the brand new Wilson-Gray YMCA Best Buy Teen Tech Center

  • Segment 1 with the YMCA's CEO Harold Sparrow

  • Segment 2 with Best Buy Representative

  • Segment 3 with Wilson-Gray Executive Director Anthony Barrett

• GHYMCA It's Summer Camp Season!

• YMCA of Greater Hartford to participate in National Child Abuse Prevention Month

• East Hartford YMCA helps Hurricane Maria evacuees

• Glastonbury receives $271,000 in grants from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

• Support the Greater Hartford YMCA and attend Healthy Kids Day

• Celtics players Marcus Smart, Rob Williams and RJ Hunter talk healthy living and play dodgeball with kids from YMCAs during Sun Life Fit to Win Event

• LiveSTRONG with the Farmington Valley YMCA

• Woodstock Academy to host urgent conversation

• Opponents take aim at Lamont's sales tax expansion plan

• Proposed lodging tax would affect hotels, B&Bs and campgrounds

• Letter to the editor: Taxing camps and sports will have negative impact

• Open Water & Triple Crown Swimmer, Marcy MacDonald, to be Inducted Into International Swimming Hall of Fame

• LEHY swimmer named 2018 All-Courant Girls Swimmer of the Year

• Hartford girls headed to Facebook HQ to pitch chat bot-mentor for young, black professionals

• More local help for federal workers during Shutdown

• Hartford leaders say providing structure, support for youth is key to community safety

• East Hartford students have been giving back for a decade

2018

• Firm donates to YMCA

• Farmers Market Celebrates the Holidays

• Taking the dive: Learning how to swim, no matter the age

• New coalition kicks off in Hartford to tackle crime

• Hartford community leaders launch safety initiative on Saturday

• Newly formed safety coalition aims to decrease violence in Hartford

• In an effort to make Hartford safer, city groups form coalition to reduce violence

• Erin's Story from Connecticut Children's

• Nursing Students Build Skills at YMCA Camp Chase Clinical

• Goodwin Nursing Students Go to Camp!

• Comcast and YMCA of Greater Hartford Celebrate East Hartford Y-Bell Power Scholars Academy Graduates

• YMCA’s Camp Cutler makes a splash in Putnam

• AT&T awards $10,000 grant to Greater Hartford YMCA

• CEO Harold Sparrow speaks to Identidad Latina Radio

• Hartford YMCA teaching kids to swim with free lessons

• Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth & Family Center receives $5,000 grant from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation

• Chamber Awards $5,000 In Grants To Nonprofits

• Hartford-Area Businesses Hiring Through CRT Teen Summer Jobs Program

• Pool Safety: Experts Warn Parents to Never Leave Kids Unsupervised

• 'Pool hopping' turns deadly in Hartford over holiday

• Experts stress rules to ensure water safety for kids

• In Response to City Violence, Recreation Centers Extend Hours, Programs

• Exchange Club donates to West Hartford YMCA

• United Bank Foundation grants Wilson-Gray YMCA $25,000 for teen program

• Foundation makes donation

• Hackathon To Shape Hartford's Plan To Aid Traumatized Youth

• YMCA Honors Volunteers at Annual Meeting Held at New West Hartford Restaurant

• Mission in Motion is coming to the Downtown Y!

• Police officers, firefighters bond with Hartford kids at fishing expedition in Keney Park

• Plainville YMCA revamps Wellness Center, group classes to be offered

• An Evening of Philanthropy at the Bushnell

• Gary Wolff Recognized as the 2017 Robert C. Knox, Jr. YMCA Distinguished Leadership Award Recipient

• Richard J. Burness elected Board Chair at YMCA annual meeting

• Bond Commission approves $1.5M for Mayberry YMCA

• Mayberry Village YMCA in line for $1.5M in state bonds

• Camp Nowashe program picked for hot list

• Chamber Wellness program set to launch

• Extraordinary life: College and Hartford gave her a focus in life

• Connecticut Students Join March For Our Lives in Washington, DC

• Connecticut students call for an end to gun violence at nation's capital

• Hartford takes part in ‘March For Our Lives’ rally

• Community News For The Killingly Edition

• East Hartford YMCA helps community break the cycle of addiction

• Mayor, Police, community address the string of fatal car crashes involving teens in stolen cars

• Snow Monster visits Snow Club at Wheeler YMCA

• Local YMCA Busy on Snow Day

• Connecticut Sun basketball player works with young children at the YMCA basketball clinic in Bloomfield

• YMCA of Greater Hartford helps Connecticut families with their healthy resolutions

• Pursuing the dream: Family Learning Center provides skills to help people succeed

• Local YMCA busy on snow day

• Greater Hartford YMCA leaders discuss the Y's role in supporting members in achieving their New Year's Resolutions

2017

• Tons of Toys brings in more than 2,060 toys for the YMCA of Greater Hartford

• Camp Cutler rides in the 16th annual Holiday Dazzle Light Parade in Downtown Putnam!

• Harold Sparrow on ESPN about the YMCA of Greater Hartford and Tons of Toys

• YMCA of Greater Hartford receives grant from Black Giving Circle at Hartford Foundation to support youth financial literacy

• HYPE on Tons of Toys event and donation to YMCA of Greater Hartford

• HYPE Hartford interviews Harold Sparrow about the YMCA of Greater Hartford's local impact

• Hartford Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs donates more than 1,000 toys from Tons of Toys fundraiser to the YMCA of Greater Hartford

• Inaugural Greater Hartford Slimdown is a success, with more than 930 pounds lost

• Footlights performing arts program participates in Hartford Stage holiday tradition

• YMCA Celebrates Champions - read about the event!

• Fundraising drives being held to benefit hurricane victims

• Longtime Wheeler YMCA member, police officer honored 7 years after his death

• The YMCA of Greater Hartford Celebrates the transfer of The Larson Center and its new designation as a YMCA Global Center of Excellence

• WTNH features the YMCA preschool program

• FOX 61 features the YMCA preschool program

• YMCA of Greater Hartford celebrates Y-Bell Power Scholars

• Hale YMCA day camp’s summer proclaimed a success

• Connecticut man teaches life lessons to kids one chess move at a time

• YMCA of Greater Hartford President & CEO Harold Sparrow discusses our mission and our role in the community

• Power Scholars Academy aims to reverse summer slide for elementary students

• 'Shoot Hoops Not Guns' league started in honor of murdered teen

• Youth basketball league created in honor of teen life lost

• CREC students experience traditional summer camp through Camp Jewell YMCA scholarship program

• Drowning statistics prompt free YMCA program for Hartford kids

• Program pays it forward with North End Chess Lessons

• As state fiscal crisis deepens, YMCA summer school program lifts budget burden for Hartford and East Hartford public school systems

• Camp Jewell YMCA Launches "Bake for Good" Program

• Hale YMCA names summer camp program for Cutler

• Peter Atherton of Newington receives R.C. Knox Distinguished Leadership Award at the YMCA of Greater Hartford Annual Meeting

2016

• Wilson-Gray YMCA Y-TIP program for teens receives $5,000 grant from The Fund for Greater Hartford

• The YMCA of Greater Hartford and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford are together boosting participation in the Y’s Third Grade Swim program, which makes swim lessons free to all Hartford children ages 5-9 with a goal of making sure that no child lacks basic swimming ability by third grade

• Connecticut basketball legend Coach Jim Calhoun will be the headliner at the 2016 YMCA Celebrates Champions, the signature fundraising event of the YMCA of Greater Hartford

• Hale Family YMCA Reminds Kids and Adults to Practice Water Safety: FREE Water Safety Workshop for adults

• YMCA of Greater Hartford receives $5000 gift from Stop & Shop New England

• Downtown Hartford YMCA Mission in Motion raises $19,000 for youth development and health initiatives

• Maura Cochran of Hartford named Chairman of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Greater Hartford

• Daniel C. Tracy of West Hartford receives the 2015 Robert C. Knox, Jr. YMCA Distinguished Leadership Award

• 2016 UTC/YMCA Youth Citizenship Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service is given to Southington student Samantha Butlier

• Granby student Kendall Comstock

• Broad Brook student Stephanie Cota and Bloomfield student Vaeyanna Lettman (view winners)

• Reach and Rise Mentoring Program Seeks Caring Adult Volunteers

• Norwich Bulletin - Community Cuts Ribbon on regional YMCA in Putnam