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2008 YES Christmas Store
December 232008
On behalf of the YES Staff, Board of Directors, and (most importantly) the YES children, we want to sincerely THANK YOU for helping with our 2008 Christmas Store. This event took place on Saturday, December 20th. We are excited to announce that over 750 underprivileged children…
Nashville Predators’ Turkey Shoot
December 022008
The Nashville Predators along with the Delaware North Companies Sportservice graciously provided a Turkey Shoot for the Saint Luke’s YES Center the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. 20 turkeys and 20 hams were given out to needy families in West Nashville. Brentwood Hills Church of Christ also donated…
Jevon Kearse Thanksgiving Event
November 242008
Jevon Kearse partnered with Youth Encouragement Services (YES) to host the “Food for the Holidays” event for 100 low-income families in Nashville. This event was on Friday, November 21st from 6:00-8:00pm at the YES Lindsley Center downtown. Jevon spent the evening with the YES families from…
Mad Science comes to YES
October 072008
Monday, October 6th, a group of scientists led by Keith Trehy from Mad Science visited the McIver center at YES. Mad Science like to offer educational entertainment and to inspire imaginative learning by bringing hands on programs and exciting experiments to schools that helps to teach…
2008 Children of the Year Awards
September 122008
Each year we choose one child from each of our three centers to recieve a special award. These three young ladies are leaders among their peers. They are well-behaved and always have a positive attitude. They are hard-working and helpful to the YES staff. We are…
Titans’ Jevon Kearse Back-to-School Event
August 142008
Tennessee Titans’ Jevon Kearse partnered with Youth Encouragement Services (YES) to host a Back-to-School event for 100 of our YES kids on Sunday, August 10th. “We are so thankful to Jevon for organizing this special Back-to-School event for the children at Youth Encouragement Services,” said Chris…
Kyle Hutchison Tribute Video
June 172008
John Donne once said “Any man’s death diminishes me”... But, when the ‘man’ who has died young, selfless advocate for the less fortunate-the loss for all of mankind is unspeakable. When 33 year old Kyle Hutchison died suddenly last year (June 2007), he left a legacy-a…