YESS in the News

Man's marathon golf raises $6,000 for charity (KCCI, July 2018)

Duck Derby Raises$250,000 for Children in Need (WHO-TV, May 2018)

Giving Tuesday: Small donations make great impact at metro youth shelter (KCCI, Nov 2017)

Get All Your Ducks in a Row for the 2017 YESS Duck Derby (WHO-TV, May 2017)

Wells Fargo Employees Give Back to the Community (KCCI, Apr 2017)

Human-sized foosball game raises thousands of dollars for youth (KCCI, Sept 2016)

Nonprofits Fear Losing Prairie Meadows' Much-Needed Donations (WHO-TV, June 2016)

Hiring Freeze Could Affect the Juvenile Court System (WHO-TV, June 2016)

Sammons Financial Group Donates $50,000 to Youth Emergency Services & Shelter (Yahoo Finance, Aug. 2015)

Hundreds Turn Out for West Des Moines Duck Derby  (WHO-TV 13, May 2015)

Iowa Star, Aurora, Quasar winners honored (Des Moines Register, Apr. 2015)

Finalists for Iowa Star, Aurora, and Quasar awards revealed (Des Moines Register, Apr. 2015)

Moving Day for YESS (WHO-TV 13, Apr. 2015)

Finding trust and hope in Des Moines youth shelter (Des Moines Register, Feb. 2015)

Des Moines area briefs: YESS receives $280,000 donation from Microsoft (Des Moines Register, Feb. 2015)

Youth Shelter Receives $280,000 from Microsoft for Technology (Business Record, Feb. 2015)

Microsoft Offers Major Donation to Youth Shelter (WHO-TV 13, Feb. 2015)

Youth Shelter Expansion Project Nears Completion  (WHO-TV 13, Jan. 2015)

Leadership Institute Team Partners with YESS to Furnish Expansion (Business Record, Jan. 2015)

Grant Ganzer visits YESS talent show (The Des Moines Register, Dec. 2014)

YESS Human Foosball (ABC 5 News, Nov. 2014)

Human Foosball Game Raises Money for Youth Shelter (WHO-TV 13, Nov. 2014)

In Waukee, Foosball Plays You (Cityview, Oct. 2014)

Chive Charities Donates $50,000 for YESS Expansion (Chive Charities, Apr. 2014)

SHELTER EXPANSION: Simon Estes Visits YESS Talent Show (WHO-TV 13, Feb. 2014)

VIDEO: YOUTH SHELTER - YESS Announces $4m Expansion (WHO-TV 13, Jan. 2014)

VIDEO: YESS expansion could make big difference (KCCI 8 News, Jan. 2014)

Shelter launches expansion campaign to help homeless kids (The Des Moines Register, Jan. 2014)

YP Spotlight: Eden Stokka uses music to help kids find harmony (The Des Moines Register, Dec. 2013)

Juvenile Care: State And Non-Profit Costs Compared (WHO-TV 13, Aug. 2013)

Duck Derby: Success Despite Fowl Weather (WHO-TV 13, May 2013)

Press Releases

YESS Receives Grant from Mid-Iowa Health Foundation.pdf (July 24, 2014)

Press Release - YESS Groundbreaking Event.pdf (June 2, 3014)