Guest blog post submitted by ACGC YES! Team During the 2015-2016 year, the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (ACGC) YES! team was given a $1,000 grant to go towards LED lights for the parking lot of our school. This grant was provided by the McKnight Foundation. As of 9/30/16, we have 14 out of 37 light fixtures switched over to LED. We plan to get them all switched over in the coming years. As soon as
NL-S YES! Team Highlights Local Food/School Gardening Project
Guest Blog Post by the New London-Spicer YES! Team The New London-Spicer (NL-S) YES! Local Food/School Gardening McKnight Foundation project began with constructing grow light stands for indoor herbal plant starts. YES! collaborated with the shop class to build the stands which were used in the 7th-8th grade science classes and in two elementary classrooms. Herbs were started and transplanted to
Amazon Smile
Exciting news! Now, you can support YES! teams by purchasing items on Amazon through Amazon Smile, a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. Since YES! is fiscally hosted by Prairie Woods ELC, donations through Amazon Smile are received by PWELC and directed to the YES! Program. So, how does it work? Simply click
Give to the Max
Each year, generous supporters celebrate Give to the Max Day by making an online donation on GiveMN.org. Generosity on this day makes a difference far beyond the 24-hour giving event, however. Please join us on November 17, 2016 for Give to the Max Day, and help us continue to impact youth lives in Minnesota by raising funds for our Regional Winter Workshops, which offer teams an opportunity to
Designing an Electric Vehicle
By Northeast YES! Coordinator Jim DeVries The Youth Energy Summit (YES!) team at Cherry School was very interested in learning about how Electric Vehicles work. Instead of researching information on the internet or test driving one, they decided the best way to learn how they work is to build one! With the realization that a full blown passenger car would be too big of an undertaking, not to
YES! Welcomes Coordinator Erin Nordquist
YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Erin Nordquist is a YES! Coordinator who will be working with the Central YES! teams while working out of the Sauk River Watershed District in Sauk Centre. We are excited for Erin to share her experience and passion with the YES! Program. Hello everyone! My name is Erin Nordquist and I am very excited to be working with the YES! Program as
