Bringing Bullying To An End

When our founder Maria Isabel was attending Stambaugh Middle School in Auburndale​, she spoke up when a fellow classmate was being...

Immigration Reform - Keeping Families Together

Family is the most important piece in the foundation of any society, but because of current immigration policies & a broken system, they...

Food Collection For Homeless College Students

Recent news stories raised awareness of the large number of struggling college students in Polk County, especially those that are low...

Recycling Aluminum Cans

Protecting our environment is very important to YAD, & so we make sure to recycle. We collect aluminum cans all year long & then recycle...

Library of Hope

In 2009, Daniel Barajas, founded The Library of Hope to collect books & reading glasses for the inmates of Polk County. Daniel's sisters,...