New and exciting things are always happening at AYS!

May Events
May 16
GET TO KNOW AYS BREAKFAST
Beginning this May, AYS will hold quarterly Get to Know AYS Breakfasts.  In just one short hour, you can learn more about AYS and the 5,000 underprivileged youth in crisis we serve each year.  Click here to learn how you can join us!   

May 17
FIRST ANNUAL FOSTER CARE APPRECIATION CONFERENCE
Resource Parents are on the front lines providing nurture and structure that foster you need.  We would like to honor their selflessness and sacrifice.  Join us at our Let Us Appreciate You conference from 9:00 am - 2pm.  Get all the details....

May 17 & May 24
FITNESS IN THE PARK TO BENEFIT AYS!
To promote National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, KCFitnessLink is offering Fitness in the Park, free classes at Mill Creek Park (JC Nichols and 47th Street on the Plaza) on May 17 at 10:00 a.m. and on May 24 at 9:00 a.m.  The classes are open to all ages and fitness levels.  People interested in attending can email info@kcfitnesslink.com or self-register at www.kcfitnesslink.com/events.  The event will also raise funds for Associated Youth Services!  Participants will be able to optionally contribute a donation to AYS.

April Events
STACK THE DECKS
This year's 2nd Annual Stack the Decks, which was held at the Overland Park Convention Center on April 11, raised thousands of dollars and awareness for youth in crisis.  More than 150 guests turned out to try their hand at lady luck, while bidding on fabulous auction items.   Read more about the event....

EARTH DAY/ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION
AYS Academy youth paired up with the VOICES for JUSTICE group from Rockhurst University, the Kansas City Kansas Downtown Shareholders, Kansas City Kansas mayor, Joe Reardon, and many other groups on April 18, to plant trees and native Kansas plants at Big Eleven Lake.  The plants and trees were donated by Rockhurst and the Downtown Shareholders.  The planting kicked off Mayor Reardon's plan to make Kansas City, Kansas Tree City USA.