Serve Our Youth Network
Main Office (Pella)
309 Roosevelt
Pella, IA 50219
(641) 620-9037

Des Moines Office
c/o Polk County Youth Services
1548 Hull Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50316
(515) 286-3344 x6818 (#8 after hours)
http://serveouryouth.org
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Serve Our Youth Network Info about our next mentor training... please pass it along!

We are holding our next mentor training for prospective mentors on Thursday, November 19 at 6:00p-9:00p at Polk County Youth Services (1548 Hull Ave. in Des Moines). Attendees will learn about our...more
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Serve Our Youth Network Mindy Jamison of the Friendship Baptist Center explains how the tyranny of the moment can lead to a downward spiral in the life of someone living in poverty. This is from the Understanding Poverty workshop we hosted. If you would like to watch the whole training online you can visit - http://serveouryouth.org/2009/10/understanding-poverty-workshop-video/

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Serve Our Youth Network Missed the last training we hosted for our volunteers (and opened to the public)? No problem, you can watch it on our website.

If you were unable to attend the training we hosted on 10/20 with Mindy Jamison of the Friendship Baptist Center in Des Moines.  Mindy shared with us out of a decade of experience working with urba...more
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SOY has been blessed with another successful annual fundraising banquet! We extend our heartfelt thanks to the approximately 230 supporters who helped celebrate SOY’s 10th anniversary and participa...more
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Serve Our Youth Network Part II of our banquet keynote speaker, Brian Brown, who is the director of the Drake Relays and assistant pastor at Elim Christian Fellowship in Des Moines.

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Serve Our Youth Network Part 1 of our banquet keynote speaker, Brian Brown, director of the Drake Relays and assistant pastor at Elim Christian Fellowship in Des Moines

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This was written by a young man at Woodward Academy and shared with his permission: I can’t stand the pain of living with all this regret.  I’ve tried almost everything in the book, but still I...more
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Serve Our Youth Network SOY is hiring for the Second Chance Juvenile Mentoring Initiative - http://serveouryouth.org/category/updates/job-openings/

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The case manager project duties include the following: assistance with mentor recruitment, monitoring mentor matches, supervising transition groups that meet, provide curriculum for mentors to use with ...
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Serve Our Youth Network An article that we'd encourage you to read.

Source: www.nytimes.com
CHICAGO (AP) -- The topic of suicide makes many people squirm. It's something we've been told we're not supposed to talk about. If you speak it, someone might do it.
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Serve Our Youth Network We're offering a training for our volunteers, but also opening it up to the community. http://serveouryouth.org/2009/10/framework-of-poverty-training-2/

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We are holding a training for our volunteers and anyone in the community who may be interested in attending. Serve Our Youth Network is hosting this training
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The young men in the picture may seem different and the environment they are in alien to you. Often times we are tempted to want to write these kids off as
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Serve Our Youth Network We have this afternoon's radio interview embedded at our website if you'd like to check it out.

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Shane Vander Hart, our Director of Ministries & Volunteer Development, will be on Des Moines Local Live on Tuesday, 10/6/09 from 3:00p-4:00p on the
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Serve Our Youth Network Shane will be on Des Moines Local Live (Internet Radio) on Tuesday, 10/6/09 at 3:00p-4:00p (CST) - http://www.desmoineslocallive.com/.

October 5 at 12:16pm
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Serve Our Youth Network Brooke Bouma introduces Mike Conlon, a new mentor who share about his experience.

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