YulistaCARES Supports VFW Post 2702 Day of Service
On May 4, 2024, a remarkable turnout of over 70 dedicated volunteers, including members of YulistaCARES, rallied together to support the cleanup efforts at Downtown…
At our core, we are people serving people. We are devoted to bettering the lives of our team members, customers, Shareholders, and communities. That is our purpose and through our philanthropic YulistaCARES initiatives we encourage others to do the same. Our mission is to help engage Yulista team members with our community through acts of service. Through CARES, our teams rally together to empower others because when one wins, we all win.
We recognize the impact individual non-profits have on the well-being of our teammates, our families, and our communities. Yulista is committed to making significant contributions to these organizations through volunteer hours, financial contributions, and targeted resources.
Our annual backpack campaign is just one way team Yulista gets involved. Our employee-led CARES initiative donates backpacks with school supplies to students around the world! We aim to make a difference in a child’s education and life. This year, YulistaCARES raised 1,700 backpacks and school supplies across the nation including an additional $8,530 to classrooms in Alaska.
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On May 4, 2024, a remarkable turnout of over 70 dedicated volunteers, including members of YulistaCARES, rallied together to support the cleanup efforts at Downtown…
On 25 April 2024, 8 members of YulistaCARES Jacksonville Team volunteered at the Feeding Northeast Florida organization, supporting their mission to solve hunger in Northeast…
So much gratitude to yulistaholdingllc and Yulista Cares for their extraordinary donation to connectedwarriors! Donations are used for purchasing equipment and to provide yoga teacher training. Thank you for your support in providing yoga at no cost to veterans, service members, first responders and their families! ❤️🙏🏼🙌🏼🇺🇸🚒🚑🚓❤️ Special thanks to a_resilienttortoise
for all that you continue to do to in support of our mission. "Helping the world feel better-one breath at a time."
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#yulistacares #connectedwarriors #yoga #support #donate #bethegood #dothegood #serve #liftothers #huntsvilleal #hsv #yogafree #courage #steponthemat #breathe - #regrann #sevaistheway #grateful
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This is one of my favorite photos from yesterday. Silly faces and big smiles.
8 employees from yulistaholdingllc and calistacorp traveled to Hooper Bay and Chevak to pass out school supplies and love on almost 900 amazing kiddos in the villages.
There will be more from the trip coming soon, but I can’t begin to explain how full my heart is. The #yulistacares 2022 Backpack Campaign has been a huge success! Thankful for all who helped to knock it out of the park… #giveback #travel #adventure #explore #outreach #hooperbay #chevak #alaska
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THAT`S A WRAP! This year’s campaign is one for the books! We are thrilled to announce the incredible results of our efforts:
🎒 1,700 Backpacks Raised in 39 Days
💵 $8,350 Raised for Classrooms in Alaska
Check out the stats from this year`s campaign. Thank you to everyone who contributed, spread the word, and worked tirelessly to make this campaign a success. Together, we are making a difference, one backpack and one classroom at a time. Until next year! #TeamYulista #YulistaCARES #YCBC24
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Today will definitely be one of those days I remember for the rest of my life.
After leaving bright and early, we boarded a small plane in Bethel to fly to three separate villages: Good News Bay, Platinum and Quinhagak. While they were each located in remote areas across southern Alaska, they are all part of the same school district, Kuskokwin. Kuskokwin is the 2nd largest school district in Alaska spanning over 22,000 miles. That’s roughly the size of West Virginia!
Each school ranged in size. There were 61 students at Good News Bay, 231 students in Quinhagak and 9 in Platinum. Each school is K-12.
I want to talk about Platinum because it now holds such a special place in my heart. Their teacher, who is originally from Minnesota, was asked to come teach by the district. Her one room school house holds 9 students ranging from K-10. And she’s teaches each one! We had the opportunity to talk to each student and their parents about their dreams and hopes for their kids. We got to give them each backpacks full of supplies and essential that can help them push forward to achieve their dreams. We got to talk their parents about their lives in the 70 person village.
We had this experience 3 different times today and I can’t begin to calm the smile of my face. It puts so much into perspective with the blessing we have in our lives.
These villages are located on 100’s of miles of Tundra. Parts of the world that haven’t been touched. Knowing that we even made the smallest difference in helping them become the best version of themselves is worth all the blood, sweat and tears it took to make this all happen.
This is definitely a trip I won’t forget & I can’t wait to come back! #yulistacares
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Something that has been on my heart over the past few years is getting more invested in my community and creating opportunities to give back. Last year, I accepted a position on the Board of my company’s Non-Profit program, Yulista CARES. Today, I accepted the position of Chairman of the Board. I can’t fully express how excited I am to really pour my heart into my city and continue to provide a helping hand. We have so many incredible organizations that provide essential services and aid to those who are struggling ranging over a multitude of issues. Huntsville is such a dynamic place and if the past year has taught us anything, we all could use a helping hand. #yulistacares ...
⌛ IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! ⌛ We are nearing the end of the 2024 Backpack Campaign, but it’s not over yet! Be sure to make last minute donations before the clock strikes 12am midnight CDT! So far, we`ve raised 1,700 backpack kits & over $5,000 for classrooms in Alaska. Thank you for making a real impact in classrooms across the nation. The success of this campaign is because of your generosity and support!
If you`d like to make one final donation, please use the backpack campaign link in our bio or https://bit.ly/YCBC2024. ❤️
#YulistaCARES #TeamYulista #YCBC2024
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These photos aren’t glamorous. They are of beautiful scenery or delicious food. No smiling friends laughing over a fun experience.
However, these are some of the most important photos from our trip. If you don’t know, the sole purpose of the trip to Alaska was to delivery backpacks, dental kits, school supplies and warm weather gear to teachers and students in local villages that don’t have access to them or can’t afford to have them.
Take a moment to look at the prices of some of these items. It’s mind boggling to think about.
Yesterday, we flew to Bethel, Alaska. A small tundra village located on the inland bowl where we were gathered our supplies, met with our additional team members and gathered supplies.
(I’ll share more about Bethel later.) It was our place to regroup before we depart today.
Here is the reason we are in Alaska. Over the month of June, we held a fundraiser for backpacks and supplies to be donated to kids all over the country through YulistaCARES. Thanks to the generosity of our employees, we raised enough to purchase a years worth of supplies for every single teacher/staff at each school we are going to as well as backpacks and supplies for every kid (that’s 24 teachers and just under 400 kids!)
So today, we get to pack up our little seaplane and fly to each village. We get to meet the staff & teachers, play with kids and spend time really pouring to love into these villages. I have a feeling this is going to be a day we’ll never forget. #backpackcampaign #yulistacares #giveback #alaska #travel #adventure
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#yulistaCARES had a busy August!
First, we had the Alaska trip to deliver almost 400 backpack full of school supplies to students. As well as fully supply 24 teachers and staff with a year’s worth of supplies.
Second, we started our local school supply drop-offs with various nonprofit and community programs. We also prepped roughly 500 backpacks to go to New Jersey, Hawaii, Texas and New Mexico.
Third, we launched our Employee Wellness Program. We partnered with heartalabama to host a series of weekly Lunch & Learns. Topics included Hands Only CPR, Building a Healthy Lifestyle and Mental Health in the Workplace. We also offered a Heart Healthy lunch option in our cafeteria with recipes from AHA.
Fourth, we volunteered with drmhuntsville for their annual Glow Run. Volunteers helped participants with parking and packets.
I am so proud of our members and the amazing yulistaholdingllc CARES Board I get to work with. We all have a big heart for giving back & we have so much in store for the future! #yulistacares #giveback
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Can I brag about yulistaholdingllc for a moment?
Not only did they sponsor 19 families this year and purchase every single item that was requested, they bought extra. Enough to sponsor ANOTHER 6 KIDS! But it didn’t stop there. They raised over $1300. That allowed us to not only sponsor 3 extra kids. But allow us to make sure that Family A (Yulista Employee Family) was completely outfitted for Christmas in their new home. I can’t thank everyone enough for helping making this year’s #yulistaCARES Christmas Toy Drive such an incredible success. This is by far our biggest Christmas drop we’ve done. So proud to be a part of the Yulista Family! #yulistacares
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I think we all have little dreams. Goals that we keep to ourselves that maybe we put on the back burner because we don’t think opportunities will ever come knocking.
My whole life, I’ve loved giving back and helping others. My heart had always had this little dream of finding ways to make a bigger impact. But sometimes it feels impossible to even know where to start.
So when the opportunity to head an outreach program at government contracting company came around, it seemed like this little gift. The building blocks to start to build an impact.
Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to witness people come together and make such a dynamic impact through a wide array of initiatives and programs that have the ability to make such an impact to people from all walks of lives. We’ve raised funds, created collection drives, organized free resources to people to have the tools and building blocks to live a full life.
Back in college, I discovered my Role Model, MM. Friends always joke or roll their eyes when I say she’s my role mode, but this gal has made an impact on my life in the best way. She inspired me to believe in myself, give more than you take and live life fully by living it with authenticity and inspiration. I feel like that part of myself has come alive again.
Yesterday, I arrived in Alaska where are going to travel to local villages to meet with kids who don’t have the tools they need to thrive. This has helped me realize that those little dreams we have in our hearts, might not make sense to others and they might seem unobtainable, but keep believing. Trust that even when the smallest opportunity comes along, you will be able to turn into something amazing. Not for yourself, but for those who need a helping hand. Thanks for the inspiration, Meg. ❤️#believeinyourself #thetig #meghanmarkle #inspiration #dream #believe #rolemodel #sussexsquad #compassioninaction #giveback #yulistacares
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Yesterday, I received the sweetest package for some the kids we traveled to Alaska to donate school supplies to as part of YulistaCARES Annual Backpack Campaign. It was an entire box of handwritten Thank You Notes from one of the village schools we visited. All the letters were from kiddos of all ages and full of colorful drawings and lovely little notes. Blessing my heart big this morning… #yulistaCARES #giveback #support #alaska #nonprofit #donate ...
This photo is important & means a lot.
Because this photo shows a roomful of men and women who help run and lead all of the different nonprofits in the Greater Huntsville Area & other cities around the country. Their soul purpose to leave this city better than they found it & I couldn’t be more proud to be here with them at cfhuntsville Navigate Conference… #giveback #yulistacares #navigatehsv
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Day 4 in Alaska - This day was big. 9 people traveled on a little puddle jumper from Bethel to Hooper Bay and Chevak to visit almost 900 students. At Hooper Bay, we met with roughly 475 students from K-12. We spent over 4.5 hours chatting to kids about resources and opportunities to help make their dreams come true.
Then we travels to Chevak. Due to weather and extra time spent at Hooper Bay, we had to change our strategy for Chevak. We landed 30 mins before school got out and had to pass out the supplies as the students were leaving. While the circumstances were out of our control, it was great to see some smiling faces and get big hugs.
Something that is common between these two villages, education is the center focus. Driving through the street is a stark contrast to the bright colors and constant positivity that floods the hallways of the schools. Teachers are invested in their students and staff work hard to use their resources to help paint bright futures for these kids.
We returned back to Bethel to catch our flight back to Anchorage where we are wrapping up our trip. Thank you to everyone who donated their time, money and voice to help make this Backpack Campaign a huge success. #yulistaCARES #giveback #outreach #alaska #travel #explore #gooutside #volunteer #nonprofit
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