Steinbach YFC Executive Director Rueben Singh

Thursday evening, Steinbach Youth for Christ held one of its two largest fundraisers of the year.

YFC Executive Director Rueben Singh says they managed to raise $33,300 at their annual Festival of Friends banquet.

"I think overall it went really well," Singh notes.  "People were supportive with their comments afterwards, and beforehand coming in they were really excited to be there.  It didn't take long for us when we started having people reserve tickets to have no more tables available.  The community is always a really positive support, and we really appreciate it."

2015 began with significant change for YFC, as Executive Director Jim Harms became Executive Coach on January 1st, with Singh becoming the new Executive Director.  Singh explains that change is indicative of how the past year has been for YFC.

"We've had a significant year of transition between Jim and I," he describes.  "We've had Ashley Reimer come on staff and take over my role as Drop-In Director.  We had another staff person join us half-time just a couple weeks ago.  So in that way we've grown a lot staff-wise, which then grows our capacity to impact our community in the areas we impact."

YFC now has the largest staff it has ever had, and Singh says they are very thankful for all of the fantastic community support they receive as the growth never would have been possible without it.