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Youth Emergency Shelter & Supports (YESS) would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support from Hubbard County communities.
2023 was our founding year, and it has breezed by with great success. Our board was established in May, and tax-exempt status was approved by the IRS shortly after a month of filing in September.
We thank the community for discussing YESS, leading to engagements such as Calvary Lutheran Church and the Becker County Homeless Task Force Conference. We would also like to thank the Akeley and Laporte communities for letting us do outreach at the Christmas parties and craft fairs. Without the support to be at those events, much more work would be needed to spread the word about YESS and our mission.
Thank you to the Laporte, Park Rapids, and Nevis school boards and Hubbard County Board for listening to the presentations and supporting our mission.
Thank you to Shannon Geisen with the Park Rapids Enterprise for taking an interest in YESS and writing the fantastic article. Thank you to Zy' Riah from Lakeland News for doing a story on the organization.
Thank you to Bri Anderson of Bemidji for building the awesome brochures and website. Your marketing skills have helped boost the organization to what it is today.
Thank you to the Park Rapids ALC for the student focus groups and the active Cultivate Programming. We hope that, through this program, the youth will take at least one thing away from it and see that they can succeed.
Thank you to State Sen. Paul Utke for sitting with the director and board members to learn about YESS and our goals.
Thank you to the United Way of Bemidji Area for the upcoming assistance in strategic planning and for inviting us to apply for your spring grant cycle.
Lastly, thank all current and past board members who helped this organization get going. You have helped create change for youth in Hubbard County and are forever part of YESS' history! We have so much more work to do and wouldn't be where we are without everyone in this letter!
If you wish to support YESS and our mission of helping youth in Hubbard County communities by providing a safe and supportive environment in crisis or need of emergency shelter, please consider donating today. Your options are as follows:
Go into any TruStar Federal Credit Union and say, "I would like to deposit this donation into the Youth Emergency Shelter & Supports bank account.
Head to www.yesshubbard.org and click “donate.”
Head to facebook.com/YESSHubbard and find the posts with the Zeffy and Paypal QR codes.
Mail to Youth Emergency Shelter & Supports, 37698 North Park Drive Park Rapids, MN 56470.
Do you have questions or concerns about a youth shelter in Hubbard County? Please email youthmatterinhubbardcounty@gmail.com.
