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ABOUT US
A Brief History
Summer/Fall 2010
BYEF founders hold focus groups to help define future organization
October 12, 2010
BYEF incorporated in Missouri
December 03, 2010
1st BYEF Board of Directors meeting held
December 17, 2010
Missouri Sales Tax Exemption received
January 04, 2011
BYEF’s 1st after school program kicks off at Stix Early Childhood Center
August 13, 2011
BYEF receives IRS 501c3 tax exemption determination letter. Effective
retroactively to 10/12/10
September 09, 2011
Business license exemption from graduated business license tax by City of St. Louis License Collector
December 03, 2011
BYEF partners with Operation Food Search to conduct nutrition education
class at after school program
March 12, 2012
Reading Riders Book and Bike Riding Club formed
October 13, 2012
BYEF’s 1st trivia night fundraiser held at All Saints Episcopal Church
November 10, 2012
BYEF’s 1st Hats Off volunteer appreciation celebration held at Olive Street
Wine Press
February 08, 2013
BYEF begins partnership with St. Louis BWorks to conduct Earn-A-Bike
classes in after school program
November 01, 2014
BYEF Board of Directors hold strategic planning retreat at Highlands Golf &
Tennis Center in Forest Park
December 16, 2014
BYEF adds Humboldt Academy of Higher Learning to after school
enrichment program sites
December 16, 2014
St. Louis University High School Campus Ministry students begin
volunteering to help with BYEF after school enrichment chess program
January 10, 2015
December 06, 2015
BYEF partners with JUST US Tennis Association to introduce tennis to
students in after school programs
December 16, 2016
BYEF adds Clay Academy of Exploration and Civics to after school
enrichment program sites