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With the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina You Belong

The Y Highlights its 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts The Y’s core values of caring, honesty, respect, responsibility and faith inspire us to ensure everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential and be authentic in all aspects of life: ability, age, cultural background, economic status, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender identity, ideology, language, national or
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Wellness

Have a Happy Healthy Holiday!

With all the shopping, cooking, family visits, and parties, it’s harder for people to make healthy choices during the holiday season. Luckily, two experts from the YMCA are here with tips to help everyone feel their best – even when life gets busy. Together, they’ve compiled a 7W “Wish List” of healthy habits to build over the holidays.
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Wellness

Know Your Risk: November Is National Diabetes Awareness Month

North Carolina YMCAs Offer Program to Help Prevent Diabetes [Raleigh, N.C., October 31, 2022]–November is National Diabetes Awareness Month and a time for all North Carolina residents to assess their risk for developing prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. More than 96 million adults in America have prediabetes, while eight in 10 people don’t know they have prediabetes.
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