Fundraising

Serve-A-Thon 2008

This year Y.E.S. coordinated their Serve-a-Thon service project with an impressive effort undertaken at Hammond Park in Eureka. A national non-profit organization, KaBOOM, worked with the City of Eureka and many civic, private and volunteer groups to refurbish the park with playground equipment, garden beds and plantings, and a mural of Cesar Chavez.

A photo of Gabe and Leonel enjoying their key role!

Our 80 volunteers teemed up with over 300 more hard working individuals who spent much of the day on March 29th accomplishing this amazing feat.

A photo of Ruby & volunteer get a feel for their work.

The best part about this project was the benefit it would bring to the children and families of Eureka. In just days, as the cement had cured and the structures were made available for use, hoards of little ones were testing out the playground equipment. We helped make that happen and it feels great!

A photo of Hand-in-Hand lending a hand.

Thanks go to all volunteers who contributed to this effort and to the fundraising that accompanies our annual Serve-a-Thon. We have received over $2,000 so far and anticipate much more by the time all donations have been counted. Some programs and individuals went all out to ensure the success of this yearly fundraiser. The programs that earned the top three spots in the competition based on their efforts per volunteer were Youth Mentoring Program, North Coast Music Mentors and New Games. Good Job!

A photo of Service Learning & YES working together

Golden Years had a great time [Photo]

A photo of David & Lorena working on the play equipment

Supporting Y.E.S

Y.E.S. Programs survive through the generosity of many individuals and businesses. We welcome and greatly appreciate your financial contributions at any time. If you would like to discuss how you could best assist us to continue our services to the community while building the leadership capacity of young people, please contact our executive director, Annie Bolick-Floss, (707) 826-4965, or amb2@humboldt.edu

Cookbook Project

"A Taste of Humboldt" cookbook was made possible because local people believed in our goal: providing scholarships to those students who spend long hours in direct community service. Any profits from the sale of this book will be used to support student program directors of Youth Educational Services.

The Marjorie Fitzpatrick Cookbook Scholarship Fund

Why a cookbook project?

A picture of
"A Taste of Humboldt" cookbook
[Photo by Kyana Taillon]

The organization and implementation of the many Y.E.S. programs are achieved only through the hard work of the numerous student directors who initiate and orchestrate each program. Being a student director takes a great deal of time from an already busy student schedule. All proceeds derived from the sales of "A Taste of Humboldt" form a scholarship fund that enables student directors to continue in their roles when faced with economic hardship. The Fund has been named in honor of a long standing Y.E.S. community advisor who served as a founding member of the group that developed the cookbook.

While the primary goal of the cookbook has been to support Y.E.S., the cookbook also supplies the reader with a great way to get to know some of the people that are Humboldt County. From the original Native American inhabitants of California's North Coast to its newest Southeast Asian immigrants, many peoples and cultures have left their handprints on Humboldt County. The Italians, Portuguese, Scandinavians, Swiss, Yugoslavs and Nova Scotians who left their home lands, as well as pioneers who moved westward, brought diversity and enrichment to their new communities. Their stories, along with maps and vintage photographs are collected here with hundreds of their recipes.

To order a cook book, you will need to download, print and mail this form. To print the cookbook order form you will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader.