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Ballentine YMCA opens Monday, March 16 and Ballentine Family Medicine opens Wednesday, April 8

Last year, Palmetto Health and the YMCA of Columbia announced their enhanced partnership focused on improving the health and wellness of residents across the Midlands region. The partnership makes a significant move forward next week as their first major joint project – a $6.8 million, 19,925 square-foot facility, which co-houses Ballentine Family YMCA and Ballentine Family Medicine – opens to the public. Ballentine Family YMCA, where memberships currently are being sold, opens Monday, March 16 and Ballentine Family Medicine will begin caring for the community on Wednesday, […]

The YMCA of Columbia is now offering the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program to help adults make lifestyle changes that will improve their overall health and reduce their chance of developing type 2 diabetes.

The YMCA of Columbia is now offering the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program – an evidence-based program shown to reduce the burden of type 2 diabetes – one of the nation’s costliest chronic diseases. The first session of the program will begin on Wednesday, March 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Downtown YMCA.

The YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program is a group-based lifestyle intervention for adults at high risk for […]

YMCA of Columbia Chief Development Officer Wendy Broderick was recognized as one of the “Top 50 Most Influential People of 2014” in the January edition of Greater Columbia Business Monthly.

Broderick was recognized alongside 49 other prominent community leaders including the Mayor of Columbia, the Dean of the Darla Moore School of Business and the CEO of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce. The recipients were recognized for their outstanding commitment to the local community and their respective roles in business, politics, service, the arts and healthcare.

As the Chief Development Officer of […]

One of the First Projects Is a Co-located YMCA and Palmetto Health Physician Practice in the Irmo/Ballentine area

Palmetto Health and the YMCA of Columbia are starting a new journey together, focused on improving the health and wellness of residents across the Midlands region. This joint effort is a stronger alignment than in the past, designed to further the missions of both organizations by better utilizing each other’s programs and services.

One of the first joint projects is a $6.8 million, 19,925 square-foot facility, located at 1089 Dutch Fork Road, which will feature a family medicine physician practice and a YMCA with […]

Adrian Peterson, former NFL player with the Chicago Bears, spoke at the YMCA of Columbia and Palmetto Center for Women’s Annual Prayer breakfast on Friday morning, May 9, 2014.

Peterson is both an award-winning NFL player and a disabled person who has had a long, hard journey living with a stutter. Peterson travels the nation sharing his story of faith and how a difficult speech disability motivated him to fight harder to reach his life goals. He recently released a memoir titled, “Don’t Dis My Abilities,” an inspiring story of hope.

Peterson graduated from Georgia Southern in 2001, capping an extraordinary collegiate […]

Wendy Broderick Will Work in South Carolina and Nationally to Expand Afterschool

Washington, DC – The Afterschool Alliance today announced that Wendy Broderick, Chief Development Officer, YMCA of Columbia, S.C., has been selected to serve as a 2014 Afterschool Ambassador.  She is one of just 12 local leaders from across the country to be chosen for the honor this year.  Each Afterschool Ambassador will continue directing or supporting a local afterschool program while also serving the one-year Afterschool Ambassador term organizing public events, communicating with policy makers, and building support for afterschool programs. Wendy is one of three Active Hours […]