Saturday, May 30 was YMCA Healthy Kids day, a day to celebrate all the ways that YMCAs build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities.We created displays for five different YMCA locations. We sold some extremely delicious and healthy cookies (that we had baked the day before, with the help of my daughter Jessica). We even had Pysanky colouring stations...that's Ben helping some kids with their Ukrainian Easter Eggs!
But most of all we chatted with folks and told them about how the YMCA promotes Healthy Kids not only in Calgary but also in Ukraine (and in 120 other countries around the world).
YMCA Calgary is committed to participating in global issues and fostering a global perspective. That's why we have a partnership with YMCA Ukraine and why we are traveling there in a few days. We hope to build some friendships, share ideas, learn lots, and hopefully help one another in our common mission of making the world a better place, one child at a time.
By the way, read this link to find out about a great peer-to-peer way that YMCA Ukraine is building Healthy Kids by combating HIV/AIDS.
Analu and Jena at South YMCA
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