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Sam’s Farewell

Written by Sam Horner Hi everyone, this is Sam Horner, the Northeast Regional Coordinator for the YES! Program. In 2014, I accepted a position with the Minnesota Green Corps and this was my first introduction to the YES! Program. I worked with Jim DeVries to expand the program in the Northeast Region of Minnesota. It was an exciting time and we did a lot of great work to make the program a

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Students Get Charged Up About Electric Vehicles

Written by Deb Groebner, Southern Coordinator Students and coaches from YES! teams across Minnesota gathered online May 12th, 2020 to learn about electric vehicles and clean transportation during What will you drive?, our first-ever virtual YES! workshop. The featured presenter was Jukka Kukkonen, an automotive engineer by training and founder of Shift2Electric and MN EV Owners. He is a rock

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YES! Alumni Spotlight: Mars Rigenhagen-Risch

Mars was involved with the YES! Program at Lac qui Parle Valley High School his sophomore, junior, and senior years. The main projects Mars worked on were composting food waste from the school's lunches, getting filtration systems on the water fountains at the school, and installing solar-powered lights on the bike trail in Appleton. Mars notes, "I was exposed to a lot of important life skills

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2020 State Championship Award Winners

On June 2nd, the 2020 Youth Eco Solutions (YES!) State Championship Award Ceremony took place via Zoom. YES! staff, coaches, students, and judges joined the meeting to celebrate and recognize teams for their outstanding work during the 2019-20 YES! season. The teams submitted final reports and were scored by a panel of judges in the following categories: Project Planning & Completion, Goal

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2020 YES! Regional Judging

YES! regional judging looked a little different this year with so many cancellations for students, but YES! was happy to be able to still hold our spring competition. We made some modifications but one thing stayed the same, the students impressed the judges with their great efforts to improve our waterways and local environments. The teams submitted final reports and were scored in the following

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Shelli-Kae’s Story

Written by Shelli-Kae Foster, Program Manager I like to fix things. Not like repairing engines or a dishwasher, but when I see something that is broken or someone in need, I like to try and fix it or help someone out.  This is why I feel my time spent with YES! is so valuable. Students are identifying problems in their community and fixing things that matter to them – their air, water, &

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