January 2008: New Orleans: rebuild after Hurricane Katrina

2008-2010: Rwanda, Africa

• Worked with refugees from the genocide returning home

• Helped develop a new community and school that became self reliant. They learned the importance of empowerment and sustainability through local leaders.

2011: First trip to Port Au Prince, Haiti.

2011-2012: Worked with children living in an orphanage.

2012-2015:

• They saw the devastating impact of life in the orphanage.

• They saw when youth left the orphanage, they were strangers
  to their country.

• They realized how at risk these youth were when released at
  18 years old.

2015: Established YES!

• Beth moved to Haiti, Dawn supported her work stateside and Nicole joined the board.

February 2016: YES! became a 501(c)3.

2019: Board grows: Marybeth (2019), Rachel (2020), Roxanne was (2021) Bios found on the "about us" section.

2020: Began the feeding program and started praying for the right YES! property.

2021: After 6 years, Beth married her husband, Pierre. Together they bring change, hope, and love to young adults and children in Haiti.

2025: YES! celebrated it's 10 year anniversary and due to the ongoing gang violence in Port au Prince, we started praying about moving the YES! organization to Cap-Haitien.