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Connecting for Community YELLS youth and local leaders forged lasting connections during a magical night of networking for community. Our YELLS Mentoring Program “Bigs” and Community Action Cafe teens impressed guests with their professionalism and poise. The YELLS Networking Dinner offered youth the chance to practice the relationship-building skills they learn…
Our YELLS Afterschool Program youth amaze us each day as they demonstrate servant-leadership. Each month, we honor youth in each grade level that go above and beyond. This month’s youth include: Kindergarten: Sofia Duarte Sofia has grown leaps and bounds this school year, particularly in the homework room. Sofia is…
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Imagine if metro Atlanta’s most energetic young change-makers had the opportunity to utilize the power of relationship building and networking to impact their world and their lives. The YELLS Networking Dinner and Fundraiser offers the youth of the YELLS Mentoring Program and YELLS Community Action Cafe just that chance through…
Who says being a Leader can’t be fun? This year, our Community Action Café teens and Mentoring Program “Bigs” began their journey as servant-leaders with a three-day Retreat jam packed with team building and leadership activities. The North Georgia Mountains provided the perfect landscape for our youth to bond with…
Volunteer as a YELLS Service Coach and become a part of a movement of service with limitless impact. Our Marietta YELLS (Youth Empowerment through Learning, Leading, and Serving, Inc.) Mentoring Program youth are working hard to change our world, and they need your help! Our high school “Bigs” and the elementary “Littles”…
On a warm September afternoon, YELLS youth burst through a banner that proudly proclaimed #welovefranklingateway to kick-off the first ever Franklin Gateway Academic Pep Rally! Music boomed around the courtyard as the teens from the Community Action Café and children from the Mentoring and Afterschool programs completed laps giving guests…
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The YELLS family is growing thanks to a grant from the AmeriCorps VISTA program, which awarded YELLS three VISTAs for the 2016-2017 school year. VISTA, or Volunteers In Service To America, was created by President John F. Kennedy and officially began in 1965 as a national anti-poverty campaign. Funded by…
On April 16, 2016 after planning for months, YELLS youth leaders hosted the Franklin Fair in the Liberty Pointe residential community. Support from numerous partnerships developed by YELLS Bigs helped make the event a success. “We’re so proud of our YELLS high school Bigs for their hard work and perseverance…
