By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Kristan Huntley The competition for the block with the most pop tabs is on again this year, and the competition is shaping up to be fierce! For those who are new, this Cooper-Young block competition is in support of Ronald McDonald House’s Pop-Tab-Palooza campaign. Each year, residents all throughout the neighborhood collect pop tabs [...]
Posted in Events | Tagged family, fundraiser, health, kids, st jude |
By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Kristan Huntley This year we have a very special guest race starter for the 20th running of the Cooper-Young Festival Friday 4 Miler. We are proud to announce that Mayor AC Wharton will be on hand to signal the official start of the race! We are honored he will be in attendance on this [...]
Posted in Events, Goings On! | Tagged Cooper Young, CYCA, events, Festival 4-Miler, fundraiser, health, Mayor Wharton |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Mary Cashiola The City of Memphis has identified the following organizations to provide temporary overnight shelter to our homeless citizens during the current extreme heat conditions. • Single ladies should contact The Salvation Army at (901) 543-8586. • Single men should contact Memphis Union Mission at (901) 526-8434. • Families should contact The Emergency [...]
Posted in Safety | Tagged health, neighbors, Safety |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Barb Elder According to cyclememphis.com there will be monthly group bike rides on the first Saturday of each month. If you would like to participate, show up at the CY gazebo at the corner of Cooper and Young at 8pm. The next ride is scheduled for August 6, and everyone is welcome to participate. [...]
Posted in Community News, Events, Goings On!, Green/Eco | Tagged bike, Cooper Young, events, family, green, health, kids |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Jeff Huelett There are two free programs offered by The Church Health Center that you will want to be sure to put on your summer calendars! We are offering a class called Love Your Heart: Controlling Hypertension every first Wednesday of the month. The next classes will be held on Wednesday, August 3 and [...]
Posted in Community News, Health | Tagged health, non-profit |
By Staff on July 2, 2011
By Emily Bishop Have you registered for the Festival Friday 4 Miler yet? I’m sure you are planning to do that soon, or maybe you are the kind who likes to wait until the last minute. Nevertheless, this past month the first online registrations began to trickle in. In fact Jon Carroll was the first [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA, Events, Health | Tagged Cooper Young, events, Festival 4-Miler, health, running |
By Staff on July 2, 2011
By Libby Flynt One reason that Cooper-Young is the best neighborhood in town is that its residents consistently turn out to support these historic blocks. As you probably know, CY has its own Festival and race. But what residents may not realize is that a large percentage of the 2000 runners who participate in the race do [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA, Events, Goings On! | Tagged 4 Miler, Community News, Cooper-Young Festival, CYCA, Facebook, fundraiser, health, kids, midtown, neighbors, running |
By Staff on June 15, 2011
By Anthony Siracusa This year, the Memphis Hightailers have agreed to donate all of the proceeds from their largest ride of the year – The Bluff City Blues 100 – to bicycling and walking advocacy in Memphis! This is a huge step towards making Memphis into a bike and pedestrian friendly city, so let’s show [...]
Posted in Community News, Events, Goings On!, Green/Eco, Health | Tagged bike, eco, events, fitness, green, health, Revolutions, volunteering |
By Staff on June 4, 2011
By Laura Johnson Other than the appearance of Cooper-Young 4 Miler runner Richard Coletta, a lot has changed since the first race in 1992. We no longer have to worry about the CD in our Discman skipping while we run; we now have our entire music collection available on a device smaller than a beeper. [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA, Events, Goings On! | Tagged Cooper-Young Festival, CYCA, events, family, Festival 4-Miler, fitness, health, kids, membership, midtown, music, neighbors |
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