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YPP Late-Night Craps Tournament

January 27, 2012 by Brittany Baize

We are extending a special invitation to all of our YES Prep Professionals members to join us for one of the most fun and exciting charitable events of the year! 

Click here to purchase a ticket.  The deadline to purchase tickets is 11 pm Tuesday, February 7th.

For seven years, YES Prep has hosted a Texas Hold 'Em Oil & Gas Tournament as our largest annual fundraiser.  Designed for and attended by over 650 oil and gas professionals annually, YES Prep’s tournament has become Houston’s premiere business development event for entertaining and networking with decisionmakers
in the oil & gas industry (see www.yesprep.org for a list of our 2012 sponsors).

Widely anticipated, with over 75% of sponsors returning year after year and 100% of our top-tier Scholarship sponsors

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7th Annual YES Prep Texas Hold ‘EM Oil & Gas Tournament

January 18, 2012 by Brittany Baize

We are so grateful for our generous 2012 Sponsors. 

Thank you for supporting the mission of YES Prep at our largest annual fundraiser.  We have already broken tournament records with our table sponsorships, and we look forward to shattering more records on the evening of the tournament February 9th.  We are SOLD OUT!

SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS:

LUCKY 7 CRAPS SPONSOR:

ROYAL FLUSH SPONSORS:

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YES Prep Professionals: Spring Kick-Off Party

January 10, 2012 by Brittany Baize

YES: Youth Engaged in Service.  YPP: 100 Professionals Serving Youth.

You are cordially invited to join us for live music, BBQ, and brew compliments of Liskow & Lewis, Iberiabank, and Brant Lee Croucher.

To drive attendance to our next service day, we're hosting a party to introduce Houston professionals to YES Prep and YPP: the coolest service, social and leadership organization in town!  Help us reach 100 volunteers by January 28th and mark your calendar for that Saturday to serve next to YES Prep students.  We look forward to seeing you and your friends there!

Questions? brittany.baize@yesprep.org or call the number above.

Please RSVP via evite or on facebook.  Visit us on the YES Prep Professionals facebook page and register to join at www.join-ypp.org.

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YES Prep Scholars Society 2011-2012

December 26, 2011 by Brittany Baize

We would like to honor our 2011-2012 YES Prep Scholars Society Members. 

These generous individuals are invested in the core values of YES Prep - particularly our commitment to drive visionary change in Houston.  Thank you for all of your support - this year and in years past.  We are so grateful for your support!

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Denham Capital Builds Library for YES Prep West

December 22, 2011 by Brittany Baize

YES Prep is lucky to have many dedicated partners in the Houston community.  Our supporters give their time, energy, expertise, and resources to support our mission and to help us transform Houston.  One of our supporters, Denham Capital, packed their screwdrivers, rubber mallets, and drills and headed over to our new YES Prep West Campus on Harwin Drive.  The group of twenty volunteers broke down boxes, built library shelves, arranged the room, and even leveled fourteen boxes of books so that students will be able to access material according their reading level.

Denham Capital, a private equity firm, and its generous employees have given both time and money to support YES Prep students. As part of this relationship, which started in 2009 through YES Prep board chairman and

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