As our first year of operations reporting comes to a close, we wanted to welcome in the New Year by thanking all of our donors, friends, family, and business affiliates whose contributions have supported YEA Corps. We truly thank you for a successful year! YEA Corps has made a great deal of progress in our mission, as we share all of this year’s progress; we hope that you will offer your continuing support. Together through YEA Corps, we empower youth to become engaged participants in their community, experienced entrepreneurs and productive workers.
As an organization, YEA Corps sailed through an involved process of securing our operations and 501 (c)(3) tax status certification. All donations in 2009 are qualified as a charitable write-off for tax purposes. Another organizational highlight for YEA Corps was being selected to have a free website build by Sierrah Bravo. We are so grateful to the team of technology experts that made our website possible: www.yeacorps.com.
This is such a great forum for us to share our projects and latest happenings with our community!
YEA Corps would like to thank Thomson Rueters Corporation who supported us with an additional donation this year. We are also honored by the Minnesota Chapter of Social Venture Partners, which selected YEA Corps to apply for the Minnesota Entrepreneur Cup’s annual competition.
Our organization is so proud of this summer’s Organic Garden Farmers Market project. The Edina Chowen youth group successfully planted an organic garden and sold the produce. Kids involved in the project gained valuable experience: presenting to City Council Park Board, working with local merchants to obtain material donations for their garden, marketing and selling produce at the Mill City Farmers Market and working experience in gardening and sustainable practices. Congratulations to our YEA Corps participants! This fantastic group of kids went on to share their knowledge with the community, developing a “How to Build a Compost” CD and video as well as putting on a composting workshop at the Edina Day of Service/Global Climate Day of Action.
As this year comes to a close and another year of opportunity approaches, we hope you will share in our mission by donating to YEA Corps. Your funding will allow us to expand our program within the community, reaching more youth and partnering with more local merchants. We sincerely thank you for any contributions.