Thank You Starbucks Foundation!

YES is thrilled to have been selected as a recipient of the Starbucks Foundation ‘Opportunity for Youth’ grant. The Starbucks Foundation have awarded a grant to YES to help support 680 opportunity youth (youth that are not engaged in employment, education or training), many of whom are facing challenges such as living in poverty, having less than Grade 12 education, experiencing mental health issues, and having no prior work experience.

The grant from The Starbucks Foundation will be used by YES to provide these youth with the skills, tools, knowledge, and resources needed to finding and maintaining employment or starting a business. Thanks to this grant, youth will participate in a number of development trainings including pre-employment, life skills, hard skills, entrepreneurial skills, leadership skills, and on-the-job experience. We look forward to working with Starbucks and their employees to change lives, forever.

https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-foundation-grants-to-canadian-youth-organizations