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Catch Up with YESS Champion Boston Pizza
Boston Pizza has been a long-time champion of YESS and youth in Edmonton! For the past few years, they have focused their donations to the YESS overnight shelter, which has…
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Major TLC for the YESS Kitchen
In December our Whyte Ave kitchen underwent a major renovation. This kitchen is instrumental in providing nutritious meals for the hundreds of youth who access YESS every year across our…
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Meet the Youth Education and Employment Team
In 2019, YESS launched the Youth Education and Employment Program, a 12-week program that focuses on job readiness skills like cover letter writing and interview skills, workshops for job-specific trainings,…
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Letter from Margo – Spring 2020
Hello everyone and Happy Spring! YESS started 2020 with a very strong financial profile and a lot of excitement about the momentum we are gaining. We spent the winter months…
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Meet the YESS Trauma Care Team
In 2018, we updated our vision to focus on walking beside traumatized youth on their journeys towards healing. In 2019, that vision came closer into focus with the introduction of…
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Letter from Margo – Winter 2019
Good winter, everyone, As I age and move through the cold months with more focus on my discomfort, I realize I have lost my childhood joy of the gifts of winter:…
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Winter Warming
In the winter months our Armoury Resource Centre operates on extended hours to provide a safe and warm place for youth who might otherwise have to risk the elements outside.…
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Winter Giving 101
Fall is setting in at that means winter is just around the corner. Between the weather getting colder and Christmas approaching we know that donations are going to start to roll…
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Built to Serve
Learn the storied history of our Whyte Ave Building The YESS Whyte Ave building is 105 years old this year! Built in 1914, it was intended to be a fire…
