Off the Mat: Meet Kenneth Strickland Kenneth Strickland is a 27-year-old Memphis, Tennessee native, currently serving as one of the lead yoga instructors for the Y.O.G.A. for Youth research project being conducted at Phillips Middle School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Kenneth studied psychology and education at Duke University, and now leads before and after school programs at E.K. Pole…
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s holiday auction! All of us here at Y.O.G.A. for Youth would like to extend a warm, gracious thank you from the bottom of our hearts to every single person who made the 2017 end-of-year holiday auction a resounding success. The numbers are in, and thanks to all of your generosity and…
The Durham Arts Council, Creative Arts in Public & Private Schools/Community (CAPS) program has renewed their 2 year contract with Y.O.G.A. for Youth NC which allows us to participate in after schools programs. Here is a list of a few of the schools we have worked with so far in 2017: Roger-Herr Middle School The School for Creative Studies Roger-Herr Middle…
We are thrilled to be invited back to The Justice Theater Project’s 2017 Youth Summer Theater Camp. This three week camp will conclude with a fully mounted production of “The Lion King, Junior” Weeks of July 10, 17 and 24. To help us fund this programming, please CLICK HERE to donate. Thank you for your support!
Many thanks to Communities in Schools of Chatham County for inviting Y.O.G.A. For Youth to work in Chatham County Middle School this Fall! Assistant Teacher Emily Silverman reflects on the experience at Chatham Middle School: “We met a total of 19 girls, and many came to more than half of the classes. Several attended every one! For our last class,…
We are so excited about our new partnership with the Durham Arts Council to bring yoga workshops to local elementary and middle schools through their CAPS (Creative Arts in Public and Private Schools) Artists in Residency program! CAPS is a program that provides an easy-to-use and effective way for educators to integrate the arts into the curriculum. This longstanding program places professional artists in…
2015 has been a year of growth for our Y.O.G.A. For Youth NC regional branch, and we could not be more excited about all our new partnerships! This summer, we expanded into two new Wake County sites with Passage Home and Track My Steps. Passage Home is an organization working to break cycles of poverty in the communities they serve…
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Nan, Lead Y.O.G.A. for Youth Teacher, with Stephanie , Y.O.G.A. for Youth Mentee, and Jessica, who is sponsoring classes for Stephanie at her yoga therapy studio. Stephanie Galvez-Ramirez is a junior at Enloe High School and a Y.O.G.A. for Youth mentee under the guidance of Lead Teacher Nan Maule. Nan has this to say about Stephanie, “Stephanie is kind, smart, accepting, helpful…