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Make a pledge to give local youth the opportunity to transition into stable young adulthood and become contributing members of our community with your $25 donation today.
Your gifts of dollars, time and in-kind donations make our mission possible!!
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 NYEP residents volunteered as librarians for a day categorizing books for Project Solution's Library on 9/17/2011.  NYEP attends Homeless Awareness & Prevention Day at Paradise Park hosted by Faces of Grace Ministries on 9/17/2011. |
BIG THANK YOU'S TO: A Salon 7 for being an awesome Reno salon that has partnered with us since 2010. Cathie Bryant, Jillian Crowl and Joan Jouan for donating their time and talent to assist us with our CLP Program and Fundraising. 
Catalyst 360 for their generous donation of $500 to support our Community Living Program. BIG THANKS to our funders who have made contributions to support our program throughout the year. Their contributions make a huge difference!!!
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DONATIONS-NEEDS
Couch
Table
Refridgerator
TV
A van that can safely seat 6-10 people to transport residents to group volunteer opportunities, community events and necessary appointments.
Donations for holiday celebrations
Keep an eye out for our Annual Resident Christmas Wish List if you would like to donate gifts for individual residents.
For more info about our current needs contact Monica at (775) 240-2195.
VOLUNTEERS
We are looking for committee members to serve on our Governance, Programming, Fundraising, Marketing and Finance groups that report to our Board. This is a two hour per month commitment with additional time for agreed upon tasks to be completed.
We are looking for individuals that were in the Foster Care System and are 35 years or older. We believe that you would provide a unique prospective on what services would best benefit our residents and possibly provide them with the best mentors on the planet, you!! For more information about volunteering with NYEP, click here or contact Monica at (775) 240-2195.
Are you creative?? Do you enjoy event planning?? Are you looking for a fun volunteer opportunity that will allow you to exercise you creative and social skills?? Come join our Fundraising Committee!! We are looking for fun, creative, talented and energetic individuals to help us grow!! For more information about our Fundraising Committee contact Cindy at cindy.nyep@gmail.com.
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Don't Forget: Clothes Mentor will purchase your "gently used" clothing and accessories and pay the value of your donation to NYEP.
Learn more about Clothes Mentor here. Not only will Clothes Mentor donate the value of your donation to NYEP, they will also donate $5 in Platos Bucks to NYEP residents to purchase clothes from Platos Closet!!!
TO HANDLE YOUR OWN DONATION:
Mt. Rose Shopping Center
Clothes Mentor
1509 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502
Hours: 11am-8pm
Hillary Shieve, Owner
ourrenocm@gmail.com
TO ARRANGE PICK UP:
NYEP
2030 W. 6th Street
Reno, NV 89503
Monica DuPea, Executive Director
(775) 240-2195
monica.nyep@gmail.com
All monetary donations support NYEP's Community Living Program.
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CONTACT US:
2030 W. 6th Street
Reno, NV 89503
(775) 747-2073
We need bags of candy, ingredients to bake goodies and help with decorations! Can you help?
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A LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dear Friends and Supporters,
First of all, let me say: Thank you. Thank you for your tireless support of unprepared and unsupported parentless youth in our community. As we partner with you to prepare older youth for self sufficient living, I want you to know, that your commitment does not go unnoticed.
It is partly because of the busy lives we all lead that I am writing. As you know, NYEP generally funds its services through resident fees, insurance reimbursements, community foundation grants and individual donations: housing, food, clothing, life skills training and daily positive adult interaction. When discussing several alternative fundraising options at our recent board meeting, one person proposed that we simply write to friends/supporters and let them know the amount of our budget shortfall.
We could ask each community member to contribute a little
bit towards that amount, so that we can continue to offer our high quality residential based programming.
And that brings me to you. I wish I could tell you that we are raising money for a new program, or a special event. The reality is that we are raising money to simply continue the great program we have been able to offer in the past: the all inclusive Community Living Program.
And partly out of consideration for you, one of our esteemed friends, and your valuable time, we have decided to ask if each supporter could contribute $25 over the course of the next 4 months to help make up for where the budget has fallen short.
Like I said, we've considered many options, but in the end, we felt that the friends/supporters of NYEP have all given so much of their time already, the easiest and most convenient way to raise the needed money would be to just lay it at the community's feet and ask if we can all work together to share this burden.
"Many hands make light work," so the saying goes. If each friend of NYEP can give an extra $100, we will have enough for the Community Living Program to carry on through the year.
I want to end this letter by thanking you again. Thank you for taking the time to read it, and whether you are able to give or not, know we deeply appreciate your dedication to local youth.
Sincerely,
Monica DuPea
Executive Director
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- We celebrated our fourth anniversary this September!We would like to thank you for all of your support. Your contributions make a huge difference and our success would not be possible with out you!!!!
- Monica our Executive Director was nominated for Top 20 Under 40 by the Reno Gazette Journal.
- Monica was interviewed about NYEP by Melanie Flores for PSA today. The interview aired October 3rd, you can listen to it here.
- Cindy, our NYEP VISTA volunteer was accepted as a member of the Nevada National Services Leadership Corps
- NYEP residents volunteered at Project Solution categorizing books for their new library.
- NYEP resident, Jacque, got a job with Youth Services.
- NYEP resident, Sol, began volunteering at Catholic Charities in the food pantry.
- NYEP resident, MIesha, began volunteering at UNR's Head Start.
- NYEP resident, Nina, began volunteering within the SPCA's marketing department.
- NYEP resident, Janinna, got a second job at CommRow.
EVENTS
- Our Volunteer and UNR student, Alexa, will teach our residents nutrition on October 9th.
- NYEP residents will host a Thank You dinner for donors, supporters and friends. Keep an eye out for an invite with the date and more info!!
- For more info on upcoming NYEP events check out out our Events Calendar.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Black Bear House, a community living program for older male youth, will be opening soon. This home will facilitate NYEP's Independent Living Curriculum and is currently accepting resident applications. Please contact Lynette at lynette.eddy@sbcglobal.net for more information.
- We are excited to welcome our new Fundraising Volunteer Team Cathie Bryant, Jillian Crowl and Joan Jouan. We are excited to have them join are team!! We appreciate all of their hard work and can't wait to tell you about their contributions to NYEP!!!
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NYEP knows that we make a huge difference in the lives of the young women we serve. We provide housing, food, and programming intended to offer older unsupported and parentless youth support and opportunities to transition into stable young adults and become contributing members of our community.
IN 2010-2011 OF THE 8 YOUTH SERVED:
HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
DONATE MONEY. Make your pledge to invest in the future of local youth in Northern Nevada by making a secure online donation of $25.00 today.
Reoccurring secure online donations of any amount can be made here.
DONATIONS CAN BE SENT BY MAIL TO:
Nevada Youth Empowerment Project
2030 W. 6th Street
Reno, NV 89503
DONATE SUPPLIES. Collect essential items or donate an item or service for NYEP to raffle and bring it by NYEP. Call Monica at (775) 240-2195 or visit our website at www.nvyep.org to learn about our current needs.
HOST. Host a fundraising event in your home or online to benefit NYEP. To learn more contact Cindy at cindy.nyep@gmail.com
VOLUNTEER. Offer tutoring services to our youth or teach life skills in our home. Info on volunteer opportunities can be found here.
SPREAD THE WORD. Tell others about the critical services that NYEP and our Community Living Program provides to local parentless and unsupported youth.
NYEP is a non-profit, tax exempt 501 (c)(3) organization. Your gift is tax deductible as allowed by law. |
OUR CHALLENGE TO YOU IS TO CHALLENGE US September was an exciting month as we celebrated our fourth anniversary. When we look back on the last four years, we can't help but to think about our journey. Like the youth we serve we have also grown over the year. That got us thinking about our successes and failures and the importance of learning what about our program is working and what is not. Who better to measure our success rate than you? We value your insight and would like to see how you think that we are doing. We challenge you to challenge us, measure our success rate. Here are some tips to get you started. This is just a guideline, all feedback is greatly appreciated. 1. Set NYEP apart. Determine what makes NYEP different than others that do the same sort of work. Read up on our program by reviewing our website, perusing newspaper articles and talking to people who used our services. 2. Make a list of our program's traits on a paper or spreadsheet. List how you think the program best benefits youth and our community. List areas where you think we could expand. Use side-by-side columns to compare those traits with those of similar programs. A good method is to continually question what the program adds to what youth are getting elsewhere. 3. Make a list of what matters most. Read our program's mission statements and establish benchmarks that judge how well that mission statement is followed. Think about how youth development factors into education, crime and the economy. Set reasonable expectations on what youth should be getting out of the program. 4.Find the budget. Our annual budget is available on our website or call and request a copy. 5. Examine the numbers. Look at staffing costs compared to program costs. 6. Compute a cost ratio. Divide the total budget by the number of kids in the program. Divide that number of days or hours the program is in service. The goal is to say how much the organization spends on each youth. Breaking it down to time intervals also will give perspective on how much each dollar is worth to the program. 7. Compare our costs to other organizations. A good way to do this is to compare overall budgets, then factor in how many youth are served by the other programs. 8. Look for success stories. Attend the next board of directors meeting or read our organization's annual review. Ask for at least one concrete example of youth who have been put on track for a better future because of the youth program. We love bragging about our residents!!! 9. Find greater context for our organization's work. Call the county's criminal court clerk to ask for the annual juvenile case load for the past five years. Look for graduation rate data from the state department of education. 10. Put your thoughts on paper. Write a report listing all positive and negative points of our program. 11. Send your report to monica.nyep@gmail.com or call us to talk about your findings!!! We hope to hear from you soon. We are always looking to learn and grow as an organization. Your support and insight will help us offer our residents the best quality program possible!! Please feel free to ask us about how you can get involved. As a community we together can support parentless and unsupported youth. Without you our mission is not possible. Thank you!! |
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GET TO KNOW OUR STAFF
Dr. Bob Quilitch, Clinical Supervisor
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself: Born in Long Beach, California, raised near Washington, DC, Florida, Virginia and Knoxville, Tennessee. I developed a real yen to see Alaska while I was a high school student and put myself through Mexico City College by working in a gold mine, putting out forest fires, cooking on a mail boat and working as an Assistant Engineer and disc jockey at KFAR Radio and TV in Fairbanks. I came out West after earning my PhD in Developmental and Child Psychology from the University of Kansas. I have always had a passion for teaching family life education, family meetings and cooperative games to children. The rest of my family (brother, sister and two nieces) all live in Denver. I could live happily in Denver or Portland. But, now I'm used to my "Reno Rut". I love train travel and want to go to Europe to zip across the French countryside at 150 mph.
2. What do you do at NYEP?
I help Monica and Jeanine keep their eyes on the ball and noses to the grindstone. We have developed some wonderful goals for our young women clients and we teach them the success skills they will need to make it in the world. We want them to have happy lives, now and in the future.
3. What do you like about working at NYEP?
I like seeing the progress we all make by working together at our Problem Solving Groups and Staff Development meetings. We take care of business and have a good time doing it.
4. What is the best advice that you have ever given and received?
To parents: raise you children so they will be successful and happy today and will be your friends after they leave home.
5. If you could give the world one piece of advice what would it be?
Plan as though you will live forever and live as though you will die tonight.
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GET TO KNOW OUR RESIDENTS
Miesha
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself: I am 18 years old. I am from Orville, Ca born July 8, 1993. I am a very fun person, I plan on going to college to become a CI Social Worker. I am also President of the Local Youth Advisory Board for Washoe County (WAYCLIP), I am Secretary for the State Board.
2.Why are you at NYEP?
I am at NYEP because I aged out of foster care and was not ready to be on my own, so I was accepted here.
3. What do you like about living at NYEP?
I like that I am getting help with things that I actually need help with and that I can trust every person that is at NYEP to help us. I love MMA with Vernon White. I have learned a lot.
4. What is the best advice that you have ever given and received?
Some advice that I have given is, "the only thing you have to fear is fear itself." I say that because being afraid of doing something is hurting you because it could have been worth while.
5. If you could give the world one piece of advice what would it be?
The only thing you have to fear is fear itself and always believe in yourself no matter what.
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NEVER SURPASS YOUR CAPACITY FOR RESPONSIBILITY
There are always more things to DO!!! See the rest here.
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