News
If you are a member of the media developing a story about Youth Services System, Inc. please contact:
Betsy Bethel-McFarland
YSS Communications Manager
bmcfarland@ysswv.com
(304) 218-2894
For links to local media coverage, please go to Area News/YSS in the News
2020
1.31.20 — Youth Mentoring Network Celebrates 'Thank Your Mentor' Day
1.24.20 — WCDS Second-graders Learn, Serve at YSS Winter Freeze Shelter on MLK Day
1.23.20 — St. Matthew's Donates to YSS Lazarus/Mary & Martha Houses
1.22.20 — Generations Donates Proceeds of Enchanted Winter Breakfast to Winter Freeze Shelter
1.15.20 — Winter Freeze Shelter Newsletter January 2020
1.7.20 — New Blog Post: Behind the Scenes at YSS
2019
12.23.19 — Newsletter - Lazarus House / Mary & Martha House Winter 2019-2020
12.20.19 —AEP Mitchell Plant Donates Sleigh Full of Christmas Toys to Families in Need
12.20.19 — Ugly Server Contest in Full Swing at Ye Olde Alpha
11.18.19 — YSS, St. John's Home for Children Enter Into Management Agreement
11.15.19 — Pancake Breakfast Features Popular Cold-Weather Characters
11.15.19 — Youth Services System Earns First Three-Year Accreditation
11.13.19 — 9th Annual Wheeling SleepOut Raises More Than $65,000
11.5.19 — Wheeling Mayor Proclaims Nov. 8 as Wheeling SleepOut Day
10.31.19 — YSS Opens Winter Freeze Shelter One Month Early for Women
10.19.19 — Kids Helping Kids: Youngsters Set Up Roadside Hot Cocoa Stand for SleepOut
10.4.19 — YSS Wheeling SleepOut Art Installation Calls Attention to Youth Homelessness
9.20.19 — YSS Seeks Mentors for Local Children
- 9.10.19 — Comcast Newsmakers: Betsy Bethel-McFarland Shares How YSS Helps Homeless Youth
- 9.5.19 — Day of Hope: Wheeling Faith Communities Bring Hope & Light to Substance Use Disorders
- 9.5.19 — YSS Hosts Meeting to Discuss Housing for Women, Children
- 8.26.19 — Chicken or Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Lazarus House/Mary & Martha House
- 8.20.19 — Where Will Wheeling Homeless Stay This Winter?
- 8.20.19 — YSS Officials Say It Will Take a Whole Village to Fill Void Left by Salvation Army
- 8.16.19 — YSS Honors Local Businessman, Chef as Good Samaritan
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CELEBRATE YOUTH 2019 MEDIA COVERAGE
8.2.19 — Thousands Turn Out for 12th Annual Celebrate Youth Festival at Wheeling Park
8.1.19 — Anticipation Was Heavy for Thursday's Celebrate Youth Festival
8.1.19 — Celebrate Youth Festival Brings Thousands to Summer's Biggest Bash
- Celebrate Youth Festival Brings Thousands to Wheeling Park
- Discover Recovery Offers Hope to Ohio Valley Residents
- Youth Services System Celebrates 45 Years (WTRF-TV 7)
- Youth Services System Celebrates 45 Years (WTOV-TV 9)
- Youth Services System Names Restaurateur Charlie Schlegel the 2019 Good Samaritan
- Woodsdale Fifth-Graders Donate 30 Tents to Freeze Shelter
- Lazarus House Winter 2019 Newsletter
- Youth Mentoring Network Celebrates National Mentoring Month
2018
2017
- Lazarus House Fall 2017 Newsletter
- This is My Brave Auditions
- Winter Freeze Shelter Newsletter- April 2017
- Winter Freeze Shelter Newsletter- March 2017
- Winter Freeze Shelter Newsletter- January 2017
2016
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YSS Reusable Goods Donation Guidelines
- Triadelphia Middle School Addresses Teen Suicide
- YSS Facts About the Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center
- Youth Mentoring Network Interest Form
2015
- New Youth Acievement Center Supports Boys' Success
- Join us on July 31, 2015 for YSS Night at the Washington Wildthings game
- Volunteers sought for Celebrate Youth Festival Aug. 6, 2015
- Challenge Wheeling: June 20, 2015
