 Yeshiva staff members were giving informal classes in homes on Denver's East Side before 1983, when YTC responded to the needs of the community by becoming the first yeshiva in the United States to employ a full-time "kiruv" professional.In 1986, Rabbi and Mrs. Wasserman traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they taught "Torah" and spent "Shabbos" in an effort to raise Jewish awareness in the Southwest.Today, Rabbi Yaakov Meyer, the yeshiva's original outreach director, leads a flourishing Aish HaTorah community in Southeast Denver.