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Summer at YES
July 152009
Summer 2009 is flying by here at YES! Over 250 of Nashville’s inner-city children are enrolled in our popular summer program. From going swimming to competing in kickball tournaments to spending a week at Bible camp, YES children have done it all! Thank you to everyone…
A Night to Remember Again
May 192009
On May 2, seven high school students from the St. Luke’s program enjoyed the YES Prom. After meeting up at the West Nashville YES Center for photographs, the students were able to experience Miss Marple’s Mystery Dinner Theater. The YES table came in second place for…
Crazy About CASTLES
March 182009
Youth Encouragement Services and Vanderbilt’s Center for Health Services have teamed up to offer a new fitness initiative for our students, a program called CASTLES (Communities and Students Together for Learning-Enhanced Service). Vanderbilt students have been volunteering at our Lindsley and McIver Centers for the past…
Predators Christmas Party
December 312008
Fifteen of our YES families were invited to the annual Nashville Predators Christmas Party. Not only did they mingle with Predators players and Gnash, but they also had a visit from Santa Claus who gave each YES family their own bundle of toys. The Predators continue…
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…