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Celebrating Our VISTA Team during AmeriCorps Week

AmeriCorps members take the following pledge: I will get things done for America – to make our people safer, smarter, and healthier. I will bring Americans together to strengthen our communities. Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground. Faced with adversity, I…

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Laura March 17, 2018 March 18, 2018Posts, Uncategorized

United Way Achievement Club Members Celebrate Success at First Graduation

YELLS Parents and Franklin Gateway community members celebrated their shared success at last month’s Achievement Club Graduation. Spirits were high as each club member reflected on the goals they achieved and the relationships they built by working alongside each other to improve their lives. We’re so grateful to the United…

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Laura March 16, 2018 May 1, 2018Posts, Uncategorized

Celebrating 10 Years of YELLS: A Look Back, February Edition

Celebrating 10 Years of YELLS: A Look Back 2018 marks the 10 year anniversary of YELLS!  It’s been a beautiful journey made possible by each of you.  YELLS truly is a family, and we owe every powerful community project and youth and family success story to the partners, volunteers, and…

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Laura February 7, 2018 February 8, 2018Posts, Uncategorized

YELLS Featured on Focus Atlanta!

If you missed us live on The CW 69, you can still catch the segments here!  Thanks to the Cobb Community Foundation, YELLS had the opportunity to share our work with all of metro-Atlanta through an interview on Focus Atlanta with host Keisha Lancelin. Check out the first segment where…

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Laura February 6, 2018 March 18, 2018Posts, Uncategorized

Representative Anulewicz Listens to the Voices of Franklin Gateway

YELLS teens were honored to host our local House District 42 State Representative, Teri Anulewicz, for a Listening Session in their Community Action Cafe.  It was a wonderful opportunity for Franklin Gateway residents to learn more about decisions that impact our lives at the State level and also provide a…

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Laura February 6, 2018 February 11, 2018Posts, Uncategorized

Digital Literacy Class for Adults at YELLS

Join us for Technology 101 and get on your way to becoming computer savvy!  We’ll be offering this digital literacy class on two different dates – February 8 and February 10. At this intro class, attendees will share their interest and availability for additional classes and topics as well!  Email…

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Laura February 5, 2018 February 8, 2018Posts, Uncategorized

Funder Spotlight: Cobb EMC Community Foundation

Here at YELLS, we like to celebrate each and every member of our family. As a part of our funder spotlight we are “shouting out” some of the different people and organizations that help us empower our community. This month, we’re so excited to shine a light on our partners,…

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Laura February 4, 2018 February 25, 2018Posts, Uncategorized

Community Transcends Language

What do youth from Niger or the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire have in common with Franklin Gateway youth who enroll on the YELLS Community Action Café program? They each want to live happy, healthy lives. YELLS teens were lucky to welcome our guests from across the ocean traveling with the…

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Laura February 3, 2018 February 4, 2018Posts, Uncategorized

Bringing School and Community Together

This Thanksgiving, we have much to be thankful for.  On the top of the list is our partnership with Marietta City Schools.  We’re proud to collaborate with them to help our Franklin Gateway community feel how special, different, and better our school system is! There’s no better way than a…

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Laura November 19, 2017 February 4, 2018Posts

Student Spotlight: Joaquin Santana & Zacchaeus Johnson

YELLS Community Action Cafe CEO, Zacchaeus Johnson, and Director of Marketing, Joaquin Santana, recently had the opportunity to represent Franklin Gateway in a two high-profile events within Cobb County.  The two Cafe veterans first spoke at a Cobb County Commissioners meeting in front of the whole board and followed this by accepting…

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Laura November 19, 2017 November 19, 2017Posts, Uncategorized
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  • Because we learn about the community [from community members] we are more knowledgeable about the needs of the community.
    Tori
    YELLS has been a medium where I can actively change a life, and actively manipulate my own life to be what I want it to be.
    Ana, YELLS Big
    YELLS allowed me to see that all people have something to offer.
    Imani, YELLS Big
    It’s all positive energy in here!
    Devin, YELLS Graduate
    The kids out here [on Franklin Road] are all looking for a better future, and we help them find that better future.
    Ashami, Hospitality and Service Team Member
    The way people see you changes when you help them address a problem in the community.
    Ashami
    At [the Community Action Café] we get people who sacrifice so much for us, and that motivates us to help those around us.
    Tori
    I take everything I learned from YELLS everywhere I go. Your vision is truly being lived out through students like me.
    Jonah, YELLS Big
    It makes you feel good to give back.
    Devin
    When we first came to America we were timid. When we came to YELLS my mentality changed… YELLS has helped me to keep my family together and organized. Taking care of kids by YELLS is wonderful!
    Patience Ehehom, YELLS advocate since 2012
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