• When they need it: Through a significant increase in infrastructure and service capacity, YES will be able to meet the ever increasing mental health needs of the growing and diversifying Eastside for years to come.
• Close to home: Eight of every 10 families living in YES’ service areas will have easy access – within a 20-minute drive – to YES services.
• Without having to wait for it: Long waits for help will be done away with.  The expansion of service will enable YES to meet the expected growth in demand for services enabling most kids to be seen within two weeks. (Emergencies, as always, will be handled immediately).
• Regardless of ability to pay: YES has planned for long-term sustainability to help ensure that it maintains its commitment to providing services to anyone whether or not they can afford it.

• Rebuilding YES’ central facility in Bellevue’s Crossroads area, doubling its size to 20,000 square feet, increasing the number of individual and group counseling rooms from 11 to 22 and adding much needed space for the agency’s outreach, education and prevention activities and providers.
• Securing, outfitting and furnishing new satellite facilities in Sammamish, South Bellevue and North Kirkland (relocating the current Rose Hill satellite), improving outreach and access to services where the population and need are growing.
• Managing the strategic addition – over an eight year period – of qualified counselors to meet the projected growth in community need.
  

Who will help do it

The $10.7 million Extending a Lifeline campaign is overseen by the YES Board of Trustees and is being directed by a campaign cabinet comprised of YES Board members and community volunteers. While government support has been provided by the State of Washington, King County and the City of Bellevue, close to 90% of the campaign’s goal is being secured from individuals, businesses and foundations that care about the Eastside’s youth and families.

The campaign so far



On July 30, 2007, YES celebrated the groundbreaking for its new main facility located on its former site in Bellevue’s Crossroads Park and publicly announced the $10.7 Extending a Lifeline campaign.

On August 13th, YES moved into its brand new main facility.

On September 26th, 2008 YES celebrated the official opening of its new main facility.

YES will shortly begin renovating its new North Kirkland satellite facility located in the historic Forbes House in the Juanita Beach area. The site is being provided by the City of Kirkland and will replace, when it opens in early 2009, YES’ current Kirkland facility in the Rose Hill area.

As of October 29th, $10,207,731 has been raised toward the $10,700,000 goal, leaving $492,269 still to be secured.

*YES has received an $800,000 ‘all or nothing’ challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation. To meet the Kresge challenge and receive the $800,000, YES has been granted a one-time only extension to February 1, 2009 to reach the $10,700,000 campaign goal.

How you can help make a lasting difference

YES is looking to the community for the remaining $492,269 it needs to raise by or before February 1, 2009 to meet the $800,000 Kresge challenge grant and secure the total funds required to provide the infrastructure and service capacity necessary to meet the growing needs of the Eastside’s kids and families.

• Every gift made now and before February 1, 2009 helps meet the Kresge challenge.  Donate Here.
• Gifts of $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000 will be recognized with inscribed bricks on the Lifeline Pathalongside the new Bellevue facility in Crossroads Park.  Click a Brick.

• Gifts of $10,000 and more will be permanently recognized on the donor wall in the two-story high atrium lobby.  Gifts of that size and larger may be pledged and paid over 3-years.  For more information, contact Campaign Director Mel Baer at MelB@youtheastsideservices.org

To learn how you can help or receive a campaign booklet or ask any questions you might have, email Campaign Director Mel Baer at melb@youtheastsideservices.org.