YES! Students Speak
"The best part of YES! is being able to engage with our community and our school to help solve problems."
"Kids do have good ideas. And with YES! we get to act on them. I believe we have a really big impact on our community and it's fun!"
 "YES! is truly unique in teaching me and my peers to value our environment and help our community."
"YES! gives students an opportunity to contribute to the world in a different way. Students can feel empowered when they participate in YES!"
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Volunteered for over 4,100 hours
Created 6 educational lessons on water quality and aquatic invasive species, which were used in classrooms in their school. Assessed learning by their peers after these lessons. Continued their efforts to reduce waste at their school.
Collected water quality data from 4 different taps in their school. Based on these results, they designed and built water filters and tested how this changed the water quality. Used hydroponics to grow over 80 pollinator plants and natural insecticide plants, which they sold at their Community Green Day. Amended soil and planted 3 Agriscape Landscapes. Hosted their 2nd annual Community Green Day. Completed a school energy audit. Built over 20 bee hotels. Designed and built vertical gardens.
Designed and planted a native plant school garden. Completed a human impact study on Lake Adley,
Created a Supermileage vehicle, which reached an estimated 100 MPG. Created a solar boat for the solar
Recently, YES! staff participated in a state-wide effort, "Starry Trek", headed by the University of Minnesota to survey lakes to help locate an aquatic invasive species called starry stonewart. YES! staff partnered with others in their communities to help survey 19 total bodies of water in Itasca, Douglas, and Kandiyohi Counties.
YES! is gearing up for its 13th season! We invite YOU to be part of the solution to today's ecological challenges by becoming a YES! team or letting us know what school might benefit from having a YES! team. Find out more and register 
The 13th annual YES! Fall Summits will be taking place Monday, September 30th at Laurentian Environmental Center and Wednesday, October 9th 
