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- EIN 27-4846178
- (503) 883-9654
- 638 Ne 5th Street Suite 200 Mcminnville OR 97128-4507 USA
- yamhillenrichmentsociety.org
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Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development
Mission: The mission of the yamhill enrichment society (yes) is to enrich yamhill county with projects supporting education & the arts, food, agriculture, history and community. Yes strives to find innovation, creativity, collaboration and efficiency in all its endeavors.
Programs: Bounty of yamhill county is a program that celebrates the vibrant community of famous wineries, celebrated chefs and sustainable family farms of yamhill county. The purpose is to make yamhill county a national culinary destination and help build a healthy local food economy.
yes is the yamhill county affiliate for the dolly parton foundation's imagination library program. Yes enrolls children birth through five, without charge or qualification other than residence in the county. Each child enrolled receives an age-appropriate book every month sent to their home. To date, yes has enrolled over 2800 yamhill county children in this program.
enriching lives through music (elm) - yes started a violin strings program at edwards elementary school in newberg, based on the international el sistema program. With the collaboration of the newberg school district and the edwards principal and music teacher, yes hired a part time violin teacher to come in during music class and teach the children. All children in the 4 kindergarten classes participate. This program will expand to first graders next year and to other schools in the future.