July 4th Fun Run Results
Bainbridge Youth Services hosted its 34th Fun Run this July 4. The event featured a 1-mile run and a 5k run/walk on a day that was perfect running weather, dry and just cool enough. A whopping 639...
View ArticleThe Bainbridge Healthy Youth Revolution Continues This Weekend: Inspiring You...
Don’t worry if you missed Part I. This Saturday, January 11, you will have another chance to experience the Healthy Youth revolution that started November 2 at Bainbridge High School, when about 200...
View ArticleHealthy Youth Summit Part III, Initiation, Set for Saturday
The third in the popular and well-attended Healthy Youth Summit series will focus on Initiation this Saturday, March 15, with the goal of putting into action the ideas generated and developed in Parts...
View ArticleThird Healthy Youth Summit Focused on Who Bainbridge Kids Are, Not Just What...
Marina Cofer-Wildsmith, Executive Director of Bainbridge Youth Services, sees the three Bainbridge Island Healthy Youth Summits that have been held so far as a way to tackle a very real problem in our...
View ArticleJoin the Hundreds Registering Now for the Fourth of July BYS Fun Run and Get...
Every year, the runners get up early on the Fourth and run, finishing well before the rest of us pack up our coolers and lawn chairs and head for our favorite streetside posts on Winslow Way or...
View ArticleBainbridge Youth Services Turns 50, Tells Powerful Stories About At-Risk Youth
More than 150 people attended the Bainbridge Youth Services “Voices Heard” breakfast October 29 celebrating the organization’s 50 years spent providing services to the Island’s youth. The event, held...
View ArticleBainbridge Island Youth Shine Sunday in Spotlight of Compassionate Action Awards
It should be no surprise that on an Island with such high volunteerism, our young people so eagerly take up the call of compassionate action. The service of 100 such local teens and tweens was honored...
View ArticleLink Crew Coming for BHS Freshmen (Has Nothing to Do with Rowing)
This Tuesday and Wednesday, August 18 and 19, Link Crew is coming to Bainbridge High School. No oar locks will be involved. Instead, 70 peer mentors will be trained to help incoming freshmen navigate...
View ArticleKnow Any Young People with Compassion?
It’s time to nominate compassionate youth for the 14th annual Bainbridge Youth Services Compassionate Action Award. Established by BYS in 2001, the award honors local kids, in grades 7 through 12, who...
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