YDEKC Response & Roundup: COVID-19 (May 11, 2020)
Breathe in...…. Breathe out...…. Greetings YDEKC Members and Friends: Last Thursday, we gathered virtually to celebrate the accomplishments of YDEKC's Whole Child, Whole Day mini-grantees. These youth-serving organizations are dedicated to supporting the whole child in [...]
Topic: COVID-19 Resources, Newsletter
YDEKC Response & Roundup: COVID-19 (May 4, 2020)
Greetings YDEKC Members and Friends, Well, here we are on May the fourth, and entering Phase One tomorrow of the extended Stay Home, Stay Healthy protocols for Washington State. Our member organizations continue to offer the essential service of child care for school age children [...]
Topic: COVID-19 Resources, Newsletter
YDEKC Response & Roundup: COVID-19 (April 27, 2020)
Greetings YDEKC Members and Friends, This race (marathon? ironman? ultramarathon?) we are running without knowing the course or distance is pretty exhausting, eh? We are trying to pace ourselves — and hope that you are too — and we know that each of us is experiencing a very [...]
Topic: COVID-19 Resources, Newsletter
YDEKC Response & Roundup: COVID-19 (April 20, 2020)
Dear YDEKC friends, I think it is safe to say that we are all having ups and downs, moments of clarity and confusion, and times when our inner voices are shouting “you got this!” or “stop being so hard on yourself!” or “just get out of bed!” I’m there, too. Some days [...]
Topic: COVID-19 Resources, Newsletter
YDEKC Response & Roundup: COVID-19 (April 13, 2020)
Breathe in...... Breathe out...... Now with school in Washington officially closed through the the end of the school year, we are thinking about how the youth development field (and nonprofits more broadly) can be supporting parents and young people not only in crisis mode, but as [...]
Topic: COVID-19 Resources, Newsletter