Youth Service, Inc. is celebrating Pride Month by highlighting LGBTQ+ voices in our various programs. In this Q&A spotlight, we are speaking with Nellie, a young adult in Youth Service, Inc.'s Community Navigator program who identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community to highlight issues youth in this community are facing in Philadelphia and find [...]
In the Employee Spotlight we aim to recognize a Youth Service, Inc. employee making an impact in the communities we serve. Tiearra Sampson is a Family Reunification Service Coordinator at Youth Service, Inc. Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am a graduate of Ben Franklin High School where I [...]
‘Tow 4 Tots’ Delivers Holiday Cheer To Needy Children In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Tow truck drivers from across several states drop off toys for children who need them for the 10th anniversary of the Tow 4 Tots program Click the following link to read CBS's coverage of our 10th Annual Tows For Tots event: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/16/tow-4-tots-delivers-holiday-cheer-to-needy-children-in-philadelphia/
Donations still welcome for youth leading up to Christmas Please click the following link to review YSI's article in the Philadelphia Tribune Ryanne Persinger Tribune Staff Writer “What giving does for people, is it let’s them know that people really care about them and acknowledge them,” added Bailey. “To someone who doesn’t have anything or [...]
YSI receives life-saving AED device YSI raised money through the GotAED.org crowdfunding site to purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED) for youth, staff, and other individuals experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. GotAED and nonprofit Simon’s Fund presented the device to YSI on December 12, accompanied by Philadelphia Eagle defensive tackle Beau Allen, who had a minor [...]
Through its Creative H.E.R.O. (Health Expression Reclaiming Originality) Art Program, Ordinarie Heroes brought opportunities for artistic expression to teens at Youth Emergency Service for several weeks this summer. Ordinarie Heroes provided the supplies and guidance for the youth to work on projects that were both creative and self-reflective. YES residents were able to express how [...]
FUGE student campers spent four days volunteering at Baring Housing Crisis Nursery and Youth Emergency Service (YES) this summer, spending time with youth in YSI’s care and drawing inspiration to serve similar programs in their hometowns. The faith-based camp brings youth in 7th-12th grades and college from around the country together to participate in volunteer [...]
In YSI’s care as a child, he gives back to the agency with gratitude Don Kennel was in foster care through Youth Service for several years as a child, along with his two younger brothers. Now working in information technology at mutual fund company Vanguard, Don has never forgotten the care he received from YSI. He has volunteered and donated to the agency over the years and most recently, contributed [...]
On more than one occasion, Rhonda Johnson, Supervisor of the Sally Watson Crisis Nursery Program, had to let parents know that she was not Sally Watson. She quickly grew to laugh along with the parents when they learned her real name. It’s moments such as this that breaks the tension and, all too often, the [...]
Plant a Seed, Water a Seed, and Hope it Grows In nearly 38 years at Youth Service, Inc., Bernice Andrews has never seen her job as a regular 9:00 to 5:00. As funding sources and the programs offered by YSI have shifted over the years, Bernice and her colleagues have always maintained their guiding [...]