Long-time Dean of Kansas State University's College of Education, Mike Holen, also serves on the advisory board for the YES! Fund, tells GMCF Podcast host, Dave Lewis, the story of how the YES! Fund got started and whom they've served.

Find out more about the YES! Fund at www.yesmanhattan.org.

Timelines:

0:00. Introduction

1:00 The formation of the YES! Fund

4:30. Local giving to the fund

7:00. Initial donors

8:10. Involvement with Kansas State University

11:30 Local impact

13:10 YES! Fund beneficiaries

14:30 How the YES! Fund resonded to the pandemic

17:50 The 2021 drive

20:25 How the YES! Fund utilizes the GMCF

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