YMCA weathering COVID-19 by feeding first responders, going ‘virtual’
When Jimmy Woodruff was invited to speak to the Columbus Rotary Club shortly after he took over as director of the Frank P. Phillips YMCA on Feb. 17, he had a pretty good idea of what he wanted to talk about.
YMCA brings in familiar face as new director
Attention, Kroger shoppers: There will soon be a familiar face in charge at the Frank P. Phillips YMCA.
Bain Nickels, board chairman for the Y, confirmed Wednesday the selection of Jimmy Woodruff as the organization’s new director. Woodruff, who succeeds Andy Boyd in the role, will start his new job on Feb. 17.
Andy Boyd retiring as YMCA director
When Andy Boyd was chosen as director of the Frank P. Phillips YMCA in 2009, no one had to show him around the facility.
He knew it by heart, you could say.
St. Paul’s Socktober boosts Y’s Undercover Project
Congregation members at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Columbus now know what 547 pairs of new socks look like. That’s how many they collected during their Socktober drive, to donate to the YMCA’s Undercover Project.
Swim Columbus setting records, focused on expansion
Axel Phillips held the plaque steadily.
YMCA collecting undergarments for disaster victims
When disaster strikes and donations begin pouring in, relief workers know they’ll get plenty of the usual staples — bottled water, nonperishable foods and clothing.
But there is one needed item that is almost always in short supply:
Underwear.
Making a splash: Caledonia mulls building splash pad while other area cities praise value of theirs
The town of Caledonia hopes to make a big splash at a one-acre parcel located next to the YMCA.
Photo: The Big Why
Colin Krieger announces his weight loss program to raise money for the Columbus YMCA during a basketball game outside Zachary’s Restaurant on Thursday. YMCA board member and Ward 5 Councilman Stephen Jones and Zachary’s owner Doug Pellum stand in the background. The goal is for business owners and other sponsors to pledge a certain amount of money for each pound he loses this summer to raise money for the YMCA to add a child development center. “We want to turn our child watch room into a child development center and that requires buying furniture and supplies to set up centers so that it is more educational,” said YMCA membership and marketing director Cynthia Mutch.
A new look for YMCA summer camps
Camp Pratt may have a new owner, but the Frank P. Phillips YMCA in Columbus will still host a day camp for children this summer — it’ll just be downtown instead of 25 miles away.
New Hope YMCA gets reprieve from closure
Two weeks before its planned closing, the New Hope YMCA has been given a reprieve.
New Hope Y members continue to attempt to save facility
For the second time in a week, Frank P. Phillips YMCA Director Andy Boyd met with members of the New Hope YMCA to answer questions and listen to solutions about the impending closure of the facility.
New Hope YMCA members organize to try to save facility
Members of the Frank P. Phillips Memorial YMCA branch in New Hope are rallying to save the facility.
YMCA Parkinson’s program packing punch
After sliding on her hot pink boxing gloves, Gina kept her chin down and eyes forward, ready to face her opponent.
“One, one, two,” her husband, Gill, said instructively, bracing for the next punch into the boxing mitts.
YMCA hosts chaplain training
Stephanie Gibson hoped the week’s training at the YMCA would be the start of something special.
YMCA renovations nearing completion
Longtime visitors to the Frank Phillips YMCA in downtown Columbus are convinced the renovations of the 86-year-old facility included an expansion.
Downtown YMCA getting facelift
The YMCA in downtown Columbus is being renovated and getting new equipment.
Self-defense class gives options
I spent Saturday morning being slammed repeatedly to the ground.
This was O.K., because I also slammed some people to the ground.
Our View: YMCA, Rotary join forces to ease the suffering of Parkinson’s patients
The Frank P. Phillips YMCA Parkinson’s aquatics exercise program that started 10 years ago really began in Japan, when Wesley Platt visited an international Rotary Convention in Osaka.
MSU paints the campus pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
Mississippi State will shed its maroon and white Tuesday and turn the campus pink as they recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
When life gets messy…a Journey to Freedom may have the answers
It wasn’t so long ago that Linda Warnat saw a flyer at the Frank P. Phillips Y in downtown Columbus for a class called Journey to Freedom: Your Start to a Lifetime of Hope, Health and Happiness. Warnat isn’t quite sure why, but she was compelled to sign up for the eight-week experience.