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Winter Recipe from The Organic Box
The Organic Box provides hundreds of dollars’ worth of produce to our kitchens every week. They have also shared their passion for helping our youth with their Food Family initiative,…
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Meet Our Youth: Tom’s Story
My name is Tom and I am 21 years old. My girlfriend’s mother took me to the YESS Shelter about three years ago. I was in a real emotional state…
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Interview with YESS Board Chair Robert Blackwell
You’ve served on the YESS board for a number of years. What was it about the work YESS does that first drew you to YESS? I moved to Edmonton 11…
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What is trauma and how do we heal?
by Jessica Day, Director of Program Innovations at YESS Working in the field of trauma support is hard; my friends and family are often confused about what I do and…
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#tbt Stardust Retro Roller Rink
This summer, Southgate Centre hosted the Stardust Retro Roller Rink for five weeks of groovy fun in support of YESS. They welcomed kids and adults, talented rollerskaters and newbies to…
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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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Letter from the ED – Fall 2018
Homeless=Hurt When you see a youth on the street in Edmonton, you are not just seeing someone without a home, you are seeing a child that is hurt. They have…
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Fall Recipe from The Organic Box
The Organic Box provides hundreds of dollars’ worth of produce to our kitchens every week. They have also shared their passion for helping our youth with their Food Family initiative,…
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YESS Champions: Boston Pizza Northern Alberta
We asked the staff in our overnight shelter, Nexus, what it’s like when youth arrive for the night and they all easily agreed on a highlight: “A big part of…
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A Summer Recipe from The Organic Box!
The Organic Box provides hundreds of dollars’ worth of produce to our kitchens every week. They have also shared their passion for helping our youth with their Food Family initiative,…