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Dear Friends of YSB, Thank you for supporting Youth Service Bureau’s first-ever Virtual Gala Event on Friday, September 18th. We are delighted to share with you that you and your fellow donors, sponsors, and auction item purchasers made our event fun, exciting, and a...

Summer is typically viewed as a reprieve from the busyness of the school year and a time we dedicate to experiences such as summer camp, vacations, and family gatherings. With social distancing and quarantine measures in place to protect our health and physical...

We all have a voice of care for family members, students, neighbors, and community members.  Thanks to a PACER’s focus on bully prevention, we all have an opportunity to unite, get educated, bring awareness and hope to all. Joining this this important message we at...

"Together it gets better" The Suicide Prevention Collaborative (SPC) was founded in the spring of 2010 by Dr. Shelly Strong, MD and Dr. Renee Penticoff, PsyD after the loss of several young lives to suicide in Washington County, MN.  Renee and Shelly felt deeply moved...

Want to know more about the impact of legalization/commercialization of marijuana in Minnesota and other states?  We encourage you to read this position paper from Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota to learn more …you may be surprised!  SAMMn Position Paper 2019...

By: Merri Guggisberg, YSB’s Youth & Family Education Coordinator School’s out and the sun is shining but what now? YSB has compiled some fun activities to create lasting memories with your family, and none of them involve technology. Use this list to build a...

Youth Service Bureau Celebrates its Third “Growing Together Gala” By Paul DeGeest, YSB Development Director On Friday, May 10th, educators, community leaders, elected officials, parents, friends, and YSB staff and volunteers came together to celebrate the third annual...

By Julia Geigle, YSB Chemical Health Specialist With graduation and other end-of-year celebrations coming up, let’s reflect on the role alcohol may play in these celebrations, dispel myths about underage drinking, and help our children celebrate in healthy ways....

By Ravi Roelfs, YSB Diversion Staff Welcome to Summer, hopefully everyone had a nice Winter and enjoyed all the snow we received through May 2019. As we move forward, YSB would like to discuss the topic of distracted driving while using a cell phone. Did you know the...

By Katy Jo Turner, Grassroots Organizer, NAMI Minnesota With a startling statistic that one in five people live with a mental health condition, it is equally as startling that the topic of mental illness is still met with insecurity and avoidance. Fortunately, this is...