I will know my meaning

I choose to live my own way

I dream to make an international difference

I hope for a full-ride to any college I dream

I predict I'll be doing something I love

I know I will find ME

I will change!

DCIS Mentor, 2008

 

Our Mission is to build EmoSmart Leadership™ within youth, their role models and organizations that support them.
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Become a Mentor Today!
Are you a college-aged student and have ever wanted to help positively impact the life of someone else? Now is the time, because the YESS Institute is recruiting mentors for the YESS Mentoring program at Kepner Middle School. If you are interested in giving just an hour and a half of your time each week to make a difference in a child's life please contact
Angelina at YESS.angelina@gmail.com or (720) 877-4949.

For more information about the program, look at our flyer (PDF).
We look forward to hearing from you soon!

City Newsletter Features YESS Institute
The Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships featured the YESS Institute in its latest e-newsletter. Check out the article on Empowering from Within!

The YESS Institute's Case Statement
The YESS Institute – a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit located in Denver, Colorado –  provides secondary school and college students the skills to shift the negative cycle of poverty, dropout and violence into a positive cycle of leadership development, civic engagement and economic contribution through peer mentoring and emotional intelligence.

NPR features South American Motorbike Trip
Listen to this NPR sengment on how a motorbike trip from California to Chile inspired co-founder Kriekels to work with youth.

 
The YESS Institute Provides:
We work hard to provide many different programs to support youth and role models to be successful
If you would like to learn more about the programs we offer, Contact Us.


Take a look at
our flyer (PDF)
to find out all the different ways YOU can help YESS