Strategic Planning Workshop

Today, 1/26/24, the Board of Directors for YESS participated in a strategic planning workshop with the United Way of Bemidji Area! The board discussed education/outreach, finance, building, operations, and programming. After the meeting, the board looked at a house being considered for the shelter. It was indeed an inspiring and educational day, for sure! Thank you, Denae from @United Way of Bemidji Area, for helping lead conversations and tasking yourself with helping us build our strategic plan! Thank you to Bella Caffe and Third Street Market for letting us use the fabulous space! Thank you to Bri Anderson for taking headshots for our website and other workshop photos (including this one) and using your real estate experience to show us the potential shelter location! Thank you to the board of directors who took time from their day jobs to ensure this workshop was successful! As the founder, seeing the passion and motivation in the room was truly humbling!

-Kori