YOUNG ENTERPRISING SOCIETY

YES The Organization

YES TOUR

Chicago, Memphis, Lafayette (LA), Houston & Dallas

YES completed a 5 city tour scheduled during NBA All Star Weekend February 13th-18th 2013. YES stopped in Memphis, TN, Lafayette, LA, Houston,TX, Dallas, TX, and Chicago, IL. During the tour YES promoted the various brands and companies within YES, hosted a free Haircuts for Kids and Pamper my Princess event at the Tellepsen YMCA, and enjoying themselves along the way. Members of Young Enterprising Society from across the United States documented their travels and experiences of expanding their brands while donating social capital and was released as a full length documentary by Von Harris Productions.

Atlanta

Young Enterprising Society (YES) visited the beautiful city of Atlanta for the second YES Tour during ATL Greek Picnic June 5-8, 2013. YES traveled with a group of 20 entrepreneurs, each of whom specialize in distinct trades ranging from business management to videography. We were on the same mission; to collectively promote each other and find the necessary components to continually grow our respective businesses and YES.

Young Enterprising Society (YES) visited the beautiful city of Atlanta for the second YES Tour during ATL Greek Picnic June 5-8, 2013. Fly Philanthropy invited YES to aid in feeding over 500 homeless citizens. While in Atlanta YES volunteered at Atwood Gardens and volunteered in helping revitalize their community Garden and they introduced us to their Aquapoincs display.

Tiara Fulilove set up the nightlife with VIP at the Hottest Clubs in Opera, Creme and Compound. During that time Hank and Mike Wayne got a chance to audition for the Remy Martin Ringleader Competition. Hank was selected as one of the finalist and was victorious as the Remy Ringleader.

New York City

As the third iteration of the YES Tour, YES is visited New York City to host STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) workshops for students. The topics chosen give students an overview of not only the career paths of today, but also the top careers when they enter the workforce. The US Department of Commerce reported that jobs within technology are growing at three times the pace of other career fields, and to compete in the global economy, these fields have to be properly introduced to our youth, then continually cultivated.

YES visited the Harlem YMCA and Ridgewood YMCA to host their workshop to children ranging of Age from 5-17. The 90 minute workshop used products from Mozilla and Google Maker to begin to expose children to new technologies that are vital to the success of America and the WORLD. Erol Sculpture of New York joined YES and gave a presentation on 3D Printing. The kids were amazed on how fast items can move from thought, to reality, using 3D printing.

Additionally, YES teamed up with Better Baller Athletics, a non-profit organization that focuses on the educational component within basketball to host a mixer at the Griffin NYC in Manhattan.  The night was epic, and YES was able to help raise money for their organization.