Fall Summit What: Fall YES! Summit and Career Expo When: Tuesday, September 28. Registration open 8:30 am. Activities begin promptly at 9:00 am. Depart by 2:30 pm. Where: PE building at SMSU in Marshall. Both building and recommended parking are indicated on map. (yellow dot = PE building; blue dot = best access to PE building) Lunch provided.
YES Update 9/16
Fall YES! Summit updates RSVP forms: we will not be using the form on our website. Instead we ask that you please send us an e-mail indicating - number of students and adults; any dietary specifications; number of returning participants and number of students who attended last year's Summit - by Tuesday, September 21. Please NOTE: Building location change: We will not be in the PE building on the
Attention coaches: Bus-pooling
Coaches, if your team could bus-pool with other teams to the September 28 event in Marshall, post your interest and proposed meeting location in a comment here.
Ag Literacy Grants
Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) provides grants to schools to integrate agriculture into their classrooms and/or help them undertake a special idea or project. They are encouraging grant applications in the areas of youth gardening, unique integration and innovation in the classroom, and field trip experiences. Grant application deadlines are 9/15/2010 and 2/1/2011. For more
Green Schools Youth Summit
Join over 100 energized youth from across Minnesota and the country at the 2010 Green Schools Youth Summit on October 25th in Minneapolis. For more information, visit www.greenschoolsyouth.org.
Programmable Thermostat Rebates
Programmable thermostats can save an Upper Midwest home over $200 a year in heating and cooling costs. CERTs and Honeywell are teaming up to offer an exclusive rebate for up to $10 back on a new Do-It-Yourself programmable thermostat. Contact your YES! coordinator for specific information for your area or visit www.mncerts.org/community-projects/campaigns/thermostat to learn more!
