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A Focus On Fitness & Sports

Teens Find New Direction With Mountain Biking

Start the Cycle introduces court-referred and at-risk teens to the sport of mountain biking as a positive alternative to drug and alcohol use and other unhealthy activities. 

Girls on the Run Gets Girls Running, Healthy and Happy

We all want our kids to have well-balanced, healthy and long lives. One of the keys to that is getting kids physically active and teaching them what to eat. A mid-Michigan program, Girls on the Run is doing that for young girls in Saginaw and Bay counties.

Leaning into Change: Carlo Sweeney, Downtown Youth Boxing Gym

When he founded the boxing gym in 2005, Carlo Sweeney wanted to better engage Detroit youth. Mission being accomplished, reports Tunde Wey.

Carl Kelly & the Grand Rapids Youth Boxing Foundation

Every Wednesday night, approximately 35 children and young adults from the surrounding schools and neighborhoods gather with the staff and volunteers of the MLK Mentoring and Boxing Program to train in the sport. But talk to any member of the staff, and you’ll hear that there is much more to the program than athletics.
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David Gamlin

Removing obstacles that limit young people’s success

Denise Nightingale

Running and leading

Lisa Machesky

Serving those in need and those with a need to give

Christopher McCoy

Tailoring programs to meet community need

Rick Huisman

Helping kids to succeed

Carlo Sweeney

Using personal experiences to inspire

Kolmarge Harris

Having faith to improve kids’ destinies

Dennis Nordmoe

Making neighborhoods better

Ronald K. Nelson

Strengthening community through health living

Carrie Wilson

Using passion and running to nurture girls
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Follow Through

Bringing more than a good swing to kids’ lives

Kids Run the Nation Saginaw

Building motivation and fitness

Supporting Talented Athletes to Succeed (S.T.A.T.S.)

Learning and playing to excel in school, sports

Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program

Mentoring youth through boxing

Lansing Spartans Youth Organization

Teaching kids not to fight out of the ring

Healthy U at the YMCA of Grand Rapids

Bringing exercise and health education into neighborhoods

Fun in the Sun Summer Day Camp

Playing and learning week boosts kids

Girls on the Run of Calhoun County

Running for confidence and pride

Martin Luther King Boxing and Mentoring Program

Youth box their way to a better future.
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