As summer winds down, we start to think about our new academic year schedules. In addition to taking care of those around you, may we suggest you take some time for yourself?

We are proud of the more than 100 kids who participated in last month's We Run This City program. The We Run This City (WRTC) Youth Marathon Program is a collaboration between the YMCA of Greater Cleveland, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and the Cleveland Marathon.

As you prepare to celebrate dad on June 18, you may be surprised to learn Father’s Day began at the YMCA. It was founded in Spokane, WA, at the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd, whose father, William Jackson Smart, had raised six children on his own.