Introducing our new YES! Reuse It Page where teams can reuse the items that are listed in their schools or communities. Teams can also submit items they have lying around that they would like to see reused by other teams and we will add them to our page! Right now on the YES! Reuse It Page we have 10 windows available to a good home! There are some that are 84×35 inches and some that
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Winter Edition of YES! e-Newsletter
The Winter Edition of the YES! e-Newsletter is hot off the press! Be sure to check it out here. There are great stories on what YES! teams are up to, what the YES! Fall Summit entailed, an energy business highlight, information about upcoming YES! events, Southwest Initiative Foundation news, and a fun energy-related fact!
Check out the YES! 2012 t-shirt design!
Teams will receive their shirts at the October 31st Fall Summit according to their RSVP numbers and size preferences. We may be placing a second order later this season, to accommodate teams unable to attend the Fall Summit as well as new teams.
YES! Announces Award Winners
Think Global, Act Local YES! 2011-2012 YES! awards were presented within each cohort. Unless otherwise indicated, Grand Prize winners received $1,500; Second Place winners received $1,000; Third Place winners received $750; and all Category Award winners received $500 each. See what each team accomplished by reading more on the Teams page. Grand Prize Pine Island & Mankato
Royalton YES! team “in the news…”
Article adapted from the 'Morrison County Record', an ECM Publishers, Inc. Publication "It is good to work with the community on how to change to green without changing lifestyles," stated YES Club president Damian Lenarz. In it's first year, the Royalton YES! Club has been involved with assessing and setting goals to continue working with and educating the community and school district toward
Creatively Connecting Things
Winter Workshops 2012 Creatively connecting things - either literally duct-taping them together or more figuratively connecting issues with opportunities - was the theme to the three YES! Winter Workshops that recently took place across Minnesota. YES! teams from southern and west-central Minnesota all had the opportunity to gather at one of the three Workshops February 1st and February 8th.