YES! Awards 2014-2015 YES! teams all did great work this season! We recently concluded the YES! judging for the 2014-2015 season. YES! awards were presented within each cohort. Unless otherwise noted, 1st Place winners received $750; 2nd Place winners received $500; 3rd Place winners received $250. See what each team accomplished by reading more on the Teams page. Southern Cohort 1st: Sleepy
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YES! Welcomes Sarah Gainey and Outdoor U
YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff and a new program partner for the central region of the state– Sarah Gainey is the newest YES! coordinator, working out of Saint John's Outdoor University. We are excited for Sarah to share her knowledge and enthusiasm with the YES! Program as a Coordinator for the Central MN teams! Here is what Sarah has to say: In some ways, a partnership between
YES! In Action: Team Highlights
Springfield The Springfield YES! team has been very busy this year working on projects in four main categories: fundraising for clean water, environmental education, a YES! week at their school, and pop tab collection. Their clean water fundraiser, entitled "Say YES! to Clean Water," will take place on May 8th and include a silent auction and brunch. Students have been gathering items for gift
YES! Impacting the Farmers of the Future: An Alumni Highlight
By YES! Alumnus Aaron Larson The Willmar Community Greenhouse project was started in 2007 by the Willmar Senior High School YES! team, a team I joined in 2008 as a senior in high school. The project's main goal is to educate the community about renewable energy and locally-grown food. These goals are continually accomplished, as we are growing produce inside and outside the greenhouse year
WWG YES! Projects For Sale
By WWG Earth YES! students The WWG Earth YES! class has decided to take recycling to the next level! The following three projects are all example of how we are reducing, reusing, and recycling, resulting in products that you can buy to help our YES! team: Handmade bags: We are taking old colored t-shirts and turning them into handmade bags. The bags are great for carrying things to and from
Alexandria Students Gather to Learn and Plan for Native Pollinator Habitat
By YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax Late last fall, after a news story surfaced that monarch butterflies may be absent from Minnesota's landscape in as few as ten years, the students of the Alexandria Area High School YES! team saw a major problem in our ecosystem as well as an opportunity to create positive change in their school and community. Fast forward to late winter, and the