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  • YESS Executive Director Margo Long

    Letter from Margo – Spring 2020

    March 6, 2020 admin Life at YESS

    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

    December 23, 2019 admin Life at YESS

    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

    December 17, 2019 admin Life at YESS

    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.…

  • December 10, 2019 admin Life at YESS

    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,…

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    Winter Giving 101

    November 6, 2019 admin ChristmasLife at YESS

    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

    October 18, 2019 admin Life at YESS

    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…

  • YESS Executive Director Margo Long

    Letter from Margo – Fall 2019

    October 10, 2019 admin Life at YESS

    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

    August 7, 2019 admin Volunteer StoryYESS Champion

    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?

    July 23, 2019 admin YESS Champion

    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

    July 18, 2019 admin VolunteerVolunteer StoryYESS Champion

    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…

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