We want to give a big shout out to three of our partners, Advanced MD, Assurant Solutions, and United Way! Each of them played a role in making a very special afternoon for our students!
Advanced MD, a Global Payments company, first came to YELLS in 2017, and we are so happy that they keep coming back! The company organizes days of service in order to give back to the community throughout the year, and we are so fortunate that they continue to choose YELLS as a partner. This time they brought a group of 10 members to help to maintain an organized and uplifting space for our students to focus and learn in. We also had a few Global Payments team members stay to spend time with our K-5th grade students. Our kids enjoyed having new energetic volunteers to play games with and to help them with their homework.
We have been teaching our K-5th graders about the 5 Love Languages and helping them to discern which love languages pertain to them. For many of our students “Words of Affirmation” really help to encourage them to be all that they can be. The Global Payments team wrote an uplifting note for each one of our 55 K-5th graders. These special notes were taped to their cubbies as an exciting surprise when they got off of the school bus. The kids were so excited that someone would take the time to write a special message just for them! We were then able to discuss the power of uplifting others and words of affirmation with our youth. They will remember these messages for a long time to come.
Thank you, Advanced MD, for choosing to make an impact in the lives of YELLS youth!
To sweeten the pot even more, YELLS was thrilled to be a part of a snack pack making event hosted by Assurant and United Way. Thank you Assurant for assembling and donating 200 snack packs filled with a juice box, granola bar, gold fish, fruit snacks, and a fruit cup – each bag decorated with a hand-drawn doodle or message. What a treat! Advanced MD volunteers helped us to distribute the snack packs into each student’s cubby as a special surprise, along with their notes.
Partnership is all about teamwork. Thank you to each of these partners for playing a part in making a very special afternoon for our students! Teamwork makes the dream work!
