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Youth Encouragement Services - The Lindsley Center

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11 Lindsley Avenue, Nashville, TN 37210, USA

EIN Number: 62-0570681

contact information

Phone: (615) 315-5333

Hours: Closed

Mon - Fri 3:30 PM - 7:00 PM (EST)

Sat Closed

Sun Closed

Website: http://www.youthencouragement.org/

Email: office@youthencouragement.org

NTEE Code: O20: Youth Centers & Clubs

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

The mission of Youth Encouragement Services (YES) is to enrich the lives of Nashville’s youth by providing opportunities that encourage them to reach their full potential spiritually, academically, socially, and physically through daily programming in a Christ-centered community.

VISION - GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS

Building Brighter Futures for Nashville's Youth, One Child at a Time

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Academic Utilizing hundreds of volunteers from the business community and area colleges, children receive homework assistance and tutoring in basic literacy, math and English. 3 in 4 third graders are not reading on level in Metro Nashville Schools. The READY program is a literacy program that helps develop foundational, comprehension, and fluency skills among students through fun and engaging activities. Our summer program, STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, Math) will serve students from first grade through high school. Introducing a new theme each week for seven weeks, students will dive into everything from the physics behind roller coasters to the chemistry involved in launching rockets. After-School & Summer Programs Offered at both locations weekday afternoons during the school year and all day during the summer months, Youth Encouragement Services’ organized programs provide a safe place to play, relax, do schoolwork, participate in sports, develop relational skills and learn moral values. Summer Camp Many children who grow up in public housing have never had the opportunity to explore outside their own neighborhood. Each year over 300 children are taken to one of our week-long sessions to experience the wonders of nature at a 17-acre camp in Joelton, TN. Arts/Cultural Programs Because many low-income children don’t have access or exposure to the arts, YES has recently added an “Arts and Cultural Enrichment” program to bring the arts to them. YES has always incorporated art projects and music into our programs, but this new program will take us to a new level by bringing in several talented professionals to nurture the children’s interests and talents in three areas: art, music and drama. ATHLETICS LEAGUE YES operates a recreational sports league with area churches and youth programs in order to to train young men and women athletics, improve self esteem, and teach discipline within a Christian environment. This demands a higher degree of sportsmanship than is normally found with other leagues. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), youth should received 60 minutes or more of vigorous, intense exercise each day. We know our programs are needed because the CDC also reports: Nearly 3 in 4 Nashville adolescents report they do not participate in daily physical activity Each year, Youth Encouragement Services (YES) hosts our most notorious sports program, the winter Basketball League, from December – March. This season one group among (4) different teams was able to sweep the entire championship and win in every division. The Cougars of the YES Lindsley Center in downtown Nashville took home four championship trophies on last Saturday for the first time in this center’s history.