YES Club

(After School and Summer Program)

Mental Health America started the Youth Engaged in Service (YES) Club program in 1992 as a service-learning project funded by a grant from the Ohio Department of Education. In 1999, due to the overwhelming number of participants and need for a safe place for teens to spend after school hours, YES Club moved to downtown Newark. In 2009, YES Club moved again, into the Miller-Murphy Building. The building was made possible by The William E. and Annie S. Miller Fund of the Licking County Foundation and a land donation from The Patricia R. and Herbert J. Murphy Foundation.

The clubhouse regularly serves 35-60 middle and high school students on a daily basis.

Staff and adult volunteers provide mentoring, tutoring, life-skills and character development sessions, along with a daily meal. Membership is free thus allowing any youth to take advantage of all the services and opportunities that YES offers. Children who attend daily are required to participate in service projects in order to maintain membership.

YES Club YES Member Packet.

VOLUNTEERING

An hour can go a long way at YES. We need volunteers to help mentor, teach life skills, help with homework or just interact with middle and high schoolers. Individuals or groups welcome.

Donations are always accepted (clothes, toiletries, toys, and gifts).
Click here to see the full donation list.

YES Club is a program of Mental Health America of Licking County                                                 

Address:  100 East Church Street
              Newark, Ohio 43055

Phone:     740-522-OYES (0937)

Regular Hours (please check Facebook page @YESClub for updates):

2:00-6:00 M-F     During School 
11:00-4:00 M-F     During School Breaks