YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Michelle Isaacson is the newest YES! Coordinator. We are excited for Michelle to share her knowledge and enthusiasm with the YES! Program as a Coordinator for the Southern MN teams while working out of Ney Nature Center in Henderson! Here is what Michelle has to say: Hello everyone! I am looking forward to all the great experiences I can share with
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YES! Bids Farewell to Coordinator Katelyn Bocklund
YES! Coordinator Katelyn Bocklund bids farewell to YES! as her last day was January 6th. We have been fortunate to have Katelyn as a part of our staff and wish her the best with her future adventures. Katelyn reflected on her time with YES! and shared the following: As I think about the last couple years serving as a YES! Coordinator and most recently as Communications Specialist, my mind is
Several Northeast YES! Teams Take on the Task of Teaching
By Northeast YES! Coordinator Jim DeVries School is a time for young people to spend learning, learning, and learning. Seldom do we think that school should be a place for students to be teachers. Teaching is a profession where a college educated person will impart the lessons and help to raise the collective IQ of our entire student body. Well that is all well and good, however the tables are
Winter brings a salty issue to our ecosystem
Written by YES! Coordinator Ali Dahmes “Minnesnowta” can be a great place to live, if you like freezing winters and many feet of cold snow! With all this cold and snow, we get another fun weather factor in Minnesota—ice. It’s that time of year again where our roads and sidewalks are no longer clean but instead covered with ice and snow. So what do we do? Traditionally, we dump an excessive amount
Why Bat Houses?
Written by YES! Coordinator Erin Nordquist The Melrose Middle School YES! team is building bat boxes to put in their community. If your team is interested in helping preserve an important part of Minnesota ecosystems, more info on bat boxes, including plans to build them, can be found here. When most people think of bats, they have a reaction that goes a little like, “EWW!” From popular culture to
YES! Welcomes Coordinator Monica Thompson
YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Monica Thompson is a YES! Coordinator who will be working with the Northwest teams while working out of Lakes Country Service Cooperative in Fergus Falls. We are excited for Monica to share her experience and passion with the YES! Program. Here is what Monica has to say: Hello everyone! My name is Monica Thompson, and I am very excited to be