YES!Atlanta, Inc.
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Direct beneficiaries per year: 50-75
Geographic areas served: Metropolitan Atlanta area
Mission:
YES!Atlanta stands for "Youth Experiencing Success"
Founded in 1988, YES!Atlanta’s mission is to enhance the lives of “at-risk” teenagers in metropolitan Atlanta. Its voluntary programs are based upon long-term, empowering contact with caring adults and a wide range of support services offered by collaborative partnerships with other agencies.
All programs are based on principles evolved over a period of twenty years, and have as their primary objectives the following:
* Increase in academic performance
* Reduction in delinquent behavior
* Increase in self-esteem
* Better relationships with family, peers, and authority figures
Founded in 1988, YES!Atlanta’s mission is to enhance the lives of “at-risk” teenagers in metropolitan Atlanta. Its voluntary programs are based upon long-term, empowering contact with caring adults and a wide range of support services offered by collaborative partnerships with other agencies.
All programs are based on principles evolved over a period of twenty years, and have as their primary objectives the following:
* Increase in academic performance
* Reduction in delinquent behavior
* Increase in self-esteem
* Better relationships with family, peers, and authority figures
Results:
Since 1990 have worked intensively with nearly 1,000 youth. Declared a “Point of Light” by Pres. George H.W. Bush
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Michael_in_Atl
01/29/10
I helped found YES!Atlanta in 1988, and served thereafter for over two years as the organization's volunteer executive director. I am still active on the Board of Directors.
YES!Atlanta is a long-term mentoring program for inner-city youth that assigns to each participant a trained adult coach. For...
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Michael_in_Atl
01/15/10
In the mid-1980's I served as a volunteer in the Emergency Room of Atlanta's major municipal hospital. While there I became aware of the hopelessness of many of our less-fortunate teenagers, and I wondered what I could do to make a difference. In 1987 I became involved with a group founding a long-...
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