Welcome to Cedar Park!

Mothers & Sons Serving Together to Impact Their Local Community

 

Welcome to the Cedar Park Chapter of the Young Men’s Service League!

The four years of high school go by incredibly fast. Finding time to spend together with your teenage son gets harder and harder. When you join YMSL, you commit to spending quality time together with your son serving your community.  In these moments, he sees your dedication to serving others. You see his eyes and heart become open to the world around him. These are memories to last a lifetime and service projects that impact our community forever.

In addition to service, YMSL offers valuable leadership opportunities and a four-year curriculum that covers topics such as car repair, interview skills, cooking, hazing prevention, and more.

We hope you will consider joining us. The time to start the membership process is during your son’s 8th-grade year. We look forward to meeting you and serving together!

 

About YMSL

The Young Men’s Service League is a 501(c)(3) non-profit national organization. Members of YMSL are moms and their teenage sons who volunteer together to serve their local communities during his four years of high school. YMSL currently represents over 27,000 members and young men as part of more than 153 chapters across 20 states. 

YMSL offers moms service opportunities and time together with her son(s) to grow their relationship and to instill in him a heart of service to last a lifetime. In addition to service, as part of its four-year comprehensive program, YMSL teaches leadership and life skills to develop our young men to become the capable, confident, and compassionate leaders of tomorrow.

The pillars of the YMSL experience are service, learning, and leadership. YMSL is a four-year comprehensive program. Requirements for membership include:

YMSL Mentor (Sponsor)

YMSL is a sponsorship organization; a prospective member needs to be mentored (sponsored) by a current member of the chapter she wishes to join. Contact membership for guidance. Enrollment is during the son’s 8th-grade year. 

4-Year Commitment

Joining YMSL is a four-year commitment. Young men and their mothers are expected to remain active in the chapter during his four years of high school. An annual Volunteer and Senior Recognition Banquet is held each spring.

20 Hours of Service

A minimum of 20 service hours is required annually at a variety of chapter-approved philanthropies. Half of these hours must be served as a Mother/Son team.

Job within the Chapter

Each mom and son must individually serve in a job or leadership position within the chapter. Positions rotate annually. Roles offer valuable experience and leadership opportunities.

5 Meetings

A structured four-year curriculum for young men covers a variety of life skills and brings in local speakers. Young men must attend at least 5 meetings per year. Moms must attend at least 3 meetings per year.

Membership Fees

YMSL annual chapter dues and banquet fee.

Contact membership for more details.

Joining YMSL

Ready to take the next step?

Enrollment for new members takes place in January/February/March of the son’s 8th-grade year.

If you do not know anyone in YMSL, please contact us to assist you.

YMSL is a sponsorship organization, which means a prospective member needs to be sponsored by a current member of the chapter they wish to join.

If you would like to learn more about joining, please click the contact membership button below to send us a message. 

Our Chapter’s Membership Dates & Deadlines for Enrollment:
  • 01-10-2023Prospective Member Meeting
  • 01-31-2023Sponsor Forms Due
  • 03-01-2024Letter of Intent due from Prospective Members
  • 05-01-2024New Member Orientation

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Testimonials

YMSL has provided a wonderful bonding opportunity during my son’s fleeting high school years. We love being members of YMSL and my son’s favorite part is working side-by-side alongside me as we serve the community.
Sue Cedar Park, Texas
It has been an incredible journey and privilege serving with my son with YMSL! We’ve loved serving our community while spending priceless quality time together and my son has grown in his leadership skills by leaps and bounds! Thank you YMSL!!
OlgaCedar Park, Texas
I feel so lucky to have found YMSL. It has been such a wonderful way to spend time with my son during his high school years. I would highly recommend this journey to every mom!!
AmyCedar Park, Texas

Leadership

Our Chapter’s Leadership Board

Michelle Peterson

Board Member: President

Sunnie Fox

Board Member: First Vice President

Tracy Bramwell

Board Member: Parliamentarian

Colleen Gaudreau

Board Member: Secretary

Jamie Hobbs

Board Member: Treasurer

Shelley El-Hitamy

Board Member: VP Communications

Jessica Henderson

Board Member: VP Membership

Rebecca Wang

Board Member: VP Philanthropy

Nicole Barucky

Board Member: VP Website

Leah Hearnsberger

Board Member: VP Young Men Coordinator

Brooke Huling

Board Member: Assistant VP Membership

Shirin Khadivi

Board Member: Assistant VP Philanthropy

Debra Snyder

Board Member: Assistant Secretary

Nicole Whitmire

Board Member: Assistant Treasurer

Lisa Schmitt

Board Member: Assistant VP Young Men Coordinator

Philanthropies we Serve

Alphabetical List

  • Adventurers Academy of Lifelong Learning
  • Austin Child Guidance Center
  • Austin Miracle League
  • Caritas of Austin
  • Cedar Park Blue Santa
  • Central Texas Food Bank
  • Colin’s Hope
  • Drive A Senior (Northwest)
  • Heroes Night Out
  • Hill Country Community Ministries
  • Honor Flight Austin
  • Hope Austin
  • Hopefully Sow/Settlement Home
  • Keep America Beautiful
  • LISD Clothes Closet
  • Meals on Wheels Central Texas
  • Mobile Loaves and Fishes
  • Open My World
  • Operation Gratitude
  • Partners in Hope
  • Partnerships For Children
  • Reveal Resource Center
  • Safe In Austin
  • Simple Sparrow Care Farm
  • Sleep in Heavenly Peace
  • Special Olympics
  • Texas Ramp Project

If you are a philanthropy interested in partnering with our chapter, we would love to hear from you. Please use the contact our chapter button below. 

Contact our Chapter

We look forward to hearing from you about membership or how our members can serve your philanthropy and our community. Click the button below to contact our chapter.

If you are interested in joining our chapter, please use the contact membership button in the Join section.

To learn more about the YMSL National organization visit: YMSL.org

To see a full list of chapters visit: YMSL.org/find-a-chapter

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