One of the “High-Five Expectations” in the YELLS Afterschool Program is Choose Kindness. The idea becomes a self-standard, especially for how our Scholars treat others. We support our students in the development of a greater self-awareness of how their ideas and actions affect everything and everyone around them as part…
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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…
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…
