By Jessica Mitchell We have a sign in our dining room that reads “No Phone Zone” and even though we don’t always obey its simple phrase, my husband and I… read more →

By Jeremy Brown Serving is not about building a resume or completing a class project for 15-year-old Lindsey Koester. Serving is a deeply-rooted practice in the Koester family that Lindsey… read more →

By Jessica Mitchell Early last month, I attended the Indiana Youth Institute’s annual Because Kids Count Conference in Indianapolis with my co-workers. I had the privilege of listening to Father… read more →

By Jeremy Brown Somewhere along the line, being identified as independent became synonymous with being a person of strength. There’s a cultural connotation that suggests that independent people possess a… read more →

By Jeremy Brown Molli Pearson is a pretty talented 12-year-old. Pearson, a sixth-grade student at Scott Elementary, plays the piano, flute, guitar and sings in honors choir, all while maintaining… read more →

By Laura Heister In the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library’s One Book One Community read Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman invites us into her life while she spends a… read more →

The time I have spent in YR for the last 24 plus years is really broken down into three separate stages: student, adult and parent. As a student, I attended… read more →

Serving on the TAC executive committee for three years gave senior Holden Abshier the chance to work closely with new people he said he wouldn’t have been able to meet… read more →

It was the summer before I would attend a new school. I was an incoming brace-faced eighth grader, questioning daily why I never felt that I belonged. One morning, my… read more →