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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…

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:…

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.…

This year, YESS was invited to contribute to a special issue of Parity, Australia’s national homelessness publication. In their October issue, Preventing and Sustaining Exits from Youth Homelessness in Canada,…

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…

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…

Letter from Margo – Fall 2019

Hello everyone, and happy Fall. I have always thought of Fall and Winter as seasons for rest and reflection. It is the time when we can curl up in our…

A Sanctuary Within a Sanctuary

Meet the Latte Family, who created Richard’s Reading Room at the Armoury Resource Centre and created a legacy of giving in memory of their son, Richard 1. Tell us a…

Got Milk?

The YESS kitchens do thanks to a partnership with Alberta Milk!  “It has been a huge relief for our kitchen to not have to worry about where we are going…

Volunteering at YESS

Many hands make the work and healing done at YESS possible YESS volunteers are a huge part of the work we do in our youth programs, in our offices, at…