If you're looking into charitable donations, we hope you'll consider giving or requesting a donation to the Young Alberta Book Society. You can make a safe, secure, tax deductible donation through CanadaHelps.org!

YABS is pleased to welcome back Stephanie Gregorwich as Executive Director and Jenn Plamondon (formerly Jenn Macaig) as Executive Assistant. Both women have previously worked as Executive Assistants and Executive Directors with YABS. The Board is thrilled to have their passion for the organization and keen administrative skills, and is excited to work with this staff to make this year the very best that YABS has seen!

YABS and the Children's Literature Roundtable of Edmonton would like to thank everyone who came out for the Celebration of New Works on November 10!

The printed anthologies for WordsWorth participants are in the mail to all of the participants, and we've put .mp3s of the recordings on our WordsWorth page for download!

Raise-A-Reader Day went swimmingly! Our gratitude goes to the Edmonton Journal, to the many volunteers from all organizations, and to the generous Edmontonians who emptied their pockets and opened their wallets to support important and meaningful literacy initiaves. A big thank you to all of the members of Team YABS: Natasha Deen, Chris Dupres, Bethany Ellis, Renee Englot, Dana Ferguson, Joan Galat, Stephanie Gregorwich, Kathy Oster, Jenn Plamondon, Karen Spafford-Fitz, Joseph Simons, Ann Sutherland, Joseph Tong, Debby Waldman, and Grant Wiens. An especially big thank you goes out to our fantastic and enthusiastic youth volunteers: Elizabeth W. and Angela K. from Scona High; Noah W., John B., Ian S., and Joseph S. from McKernan Junior High; and Jordan H. and Tristan R. from Delton School. Thank you all!