Yelm Community Services Providing social and economic programs to enhance the quality of life in our community Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content About Social Services Housing Services Vehicle Licensing Home→Social Services Holiday Toy Application - must be submitted 5:00 PM on Friday December 10th, 2021 Click for Toy Application Form COVID-19 – TEMPORARY CLOSURES – Update October 1, 2020 Temporary Licensing Office Hours: CASH or CHECKS only No Debit/Credit Cards at this Time (our machines do not reach to the windows, we cannot move them unless/until DOL provides the agency with the wires, very sorry!!!) Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. We are waiting on people through the windows by the door. We can only accept cash or check at this time. We need your I.D., your plate number, and cash or check for all transactions. Please be patient, as we are short-staffed, thank you!!! PLEASE RENEW YOUR TABS ON-LINE. THEY ARE MAILED OUT ON A DAILY BASIS, THE SAME DAY THAT YOU ORDER THEM. DOL LINK: Renew Tabs Online Yelm Community Services is committed to doing everything we can to ensure the health and well-being of our clients, customers, tenants, and donors. We want to keep you informed about Yelm Community Service’s response to the presence of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. To help prevent the further spread of the COVID-19, we will only wait on people in the DOL through the outside window. We will not be conducting any regular in-person contacts during this timeframe. There is a limited ability to respond to phone calls during non-open hours. If you need to contact Yelm Community Services, please do so fax, or phone and leave a message. Telephone: 360.458.7000 (Vehicle Licensing and all Social Services) Thrift Shop Telephone: 360.458.4230 Fax: 360.458.4226 Some special instructions: For Vehicle Licensing: : Please renew your tabs on-line. They are mailed out the same day as the order. Please make sure you have the correct mailing address on your notice. Link to renew tabs: https://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/renewyourtabs.html For customers who ordered tabs to be picked up at the office: All on-line payments received prior to March 25, 2020 were mailed out re customers who wanted to pick up their tabs from the office. If you need in-person assistance, here is a link to all sub-agents in Thurston County: Thurston County Subagents Please call them before going to make sure they are open. For the Food Bank: The food bank will be open on Thursdays at 1:00, and will serve clients until 3:45 p.m. Clients may not enter the building, and must wait in their vehicles. Staff will have carts of food already made up to give out to clients. There will be not be the usual food bank sign-in procedures, to help to prevent the health issues. The staff will only ask the number of people in the family. People who come can only pick up for their own family. Please park in front of the food bank building, so that staff do not have to go far, as the staff are very busy with making up the bags, and the agency is short-staffed due to the health situation occurring. Please patiently wait your turn, and please follow the instructions given out by the staff and volunteers. Please do not park in the food bank loading zone. For the Thrift Shop: We will not accept any donations to the thrift shop, and the doors will be closed to the public. For more contact or program information, please refer to our website Yelm Community Services These actions are designed to help keep our staff, volunteers, community partners and people in the greater community safe. The spread of COVID-19 is a public health issue. To stay informed or ask questions, you should contact: Public Health - Thurston County WA State Department of Health COVID-19 Video Social Services Food Bank,Thrift Shop and Clothing Bank 624 Crystal Springs Rd. NW, P.O. Box 5320, Yelm, Washington 98597 Phone: 360.458.7000 Fax: 360.458.4226 Food Bank Serving Yelm and Rainier School Districts, and the Nisqually Tribal Reservation since 1971Yelm Community Services is proud to be the first and oldest food bank in Thurston County. Open on Thursdays from 1-4 p.m with food bank check-in until 3:45, and food pick up until 4. For emergency food bags on non-food bank days, YCS is open Monday through Wednesday, and Friday, 9-4, plus Saturdays, 10-1 We ask that all people come to the food bank on food bank day (Thursday) between 12 and 1. Thrift Shop (360) 458-4230 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 2021 Holiday Program Dates Holiday Toy Application – must be submitted 5:00 PM on Friday, December 10th, 2021 https://forms.gle/UJq7NR1LewUkdPuW8 Toy Program Contact Request Form https://forms.gle/KtF4CPfQ5komVvQi7 Friday December 17, 2021- last day for toy and gift drop-off Monday – December 20, 2021, Holiday Toy and gift pick up, by appointment only Christmas Holiday Food distribution– Wednesday, December 22, 2021 from 11am to 3pm No food bank on Thursday, December 23, 2021 The Yelm Community Services’ clothing bank is one of the primary programs of the agency and has been in existence since the agency was formed in 1971. Over the years, the generosity of the community resulted in the need for expanded services. The agency opened the thrift shop in February, 1990. The proceeds are used to purchase food for the food bank. Donations to the thrift shop are tax-deductible. Please see the attached guidelines, but please rely on the guidelines from the Internal Revenue Service to fully document any charitable donation you make. Please donate to the food bank and thrift shop. Your donations are tax-deductible. Yelm Community Services is a nonprofit, charitable organization registered with the State of Washington, Secretary of State and the Internal Revenue Service. The organization’s federal tax I.D. is 23-7226534. Please donate directly to Yelm Community Services, where your support is turned back into help for people in need in your community. Our Mission Yelm Community Services, A United Citizens Betterment Organization, is a nonprofit, community development organization that provides social and economic programs to enhance the quality of life in our community. Agency Office Hours Phone: (360) 458-7000 Fax: (360) 458-4226 Temporary Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Thrift Shop Hours (due to COVID19-CLOSED) Closed to the public and no donations accepted at this time. Food Bank Hours: Thursdays, 1:00pm - 3:45 p.m. Food Bank serves Yelm and Rainier School Districts, Nisqually Tribal Reservation © 2021 - Yelm Community Services