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Causes: Children & Youth, Sports
Mission: Youth enrichment services, inc. Inspires and challenges youth with physical and mental activities that foster life-long respect for self, others, and the environment.
Programs: Snowsports - the organization partners with a number of ski slopes throughout new england to offer skiing and snowboarding trips. The ski areas, volunteers and retailers donate hundreds of thousands of dollars in lift tickets, lessons, and equipment each year. In fiscal year ended june 30, 2017, there were 745 participants involved in these ski trips.
yes academy - the yes academy provides year-round opportunities for youth to learn the critical and leadership skills needed to be successful in college, work, and life. In fiscal year ended june 30, 2017, 317 participants were involved with the academy.
outdoor adventure - week long "sessions" programs challenge youth with new outdoor recreational programs. One-day biking, hiking, rock-climbing, kayaking, and paddle-boarding trips take urban youth to state parks, rivers, and bays in and around boston. Overnight camping trips take place at swann lodge in western massachusetts, made available to the organization by the massachusetts department of conservation and recreation. In fiscal year ended june 30, 2017, 624 participants were involved in outdoor adventure trips.