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Saints, YMCA team up to help needy families with meals for Thanksgiving
November 22, 2016
WGNO-TV
More than 1,000 families in New Orleans will have a nice Thanksgiving meal thanks to the New Orleans Saints and the Dryades YMCA.
WGNO-TV
YMCA offers Nov. 8 child care so you can vote
October 27, 2016
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YMCA of the USA is trying to make sure you can get to the polls. On Friday, the Y announced they’d be offering child care so parents can vote on Nov. 8.
USA Today
Art Show Tells Stories of Refugees Through Their Own Creations
October 12, 2016
"Triumph of the Human Spirit," an art show put together by Houston's YMCA is helping refugees tell their stories through artwork.
KTRK-TV Houston
Amid Political Tensions, a Bid to Bring Together Immigrants, Americans
September 26, 2016
Lucy Westcott/
Newsweek
Newsweek visits a Welcoming Week event hosted by the Staten Island YMCA's New Americans Welcome Center and finds a community seeking to build bridges.
Newsweek
7 Smart Tips for First-Generation College Students
September 22, 2016
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Y-USA's Frederick Riley has some great tips for first generation college students.
Money.com
Pedicab tours highlight York businesses owned by immigrants
September 22, 2016
Jason Plotkin
The YMCA of York and York County (Penn.) uses pedicabs to give local tours to York city businesses owned by immigrants during Welcoming Week.
York Daily Record
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