18th Annual Cherry Creek Diversity Conference

Earlier this month, Denver Outreach Alumni Mentor Michelle and Colorado Springs VISTA Sylvia attended the Cherry Creek Diversity Conference at Cherry Creek High School. Over 1,000 students and adults gathered for a day of diversity events and workshops that promote diversity and understanding within and among students attending Colorado’s public and private high schools. Students [...]

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Great Expectations

This month I was given the opportunity to attend the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference in Washington D.C. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect. What I got was insight into the people and organizations that are rallying around the call for good, green jobs in this country. It was an experience that [...]

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How do you feel about Mile High Youth Corps?

We asked some corpsmembers last year how they felt about Mile High Youth Corps and here were some of their answers: MHYC taught me: •Teamwork benefiting the community •Hope for the future •To live with integrity •To Serve the community •To grow by giving •How to save the world one flush at a time •Change [...]

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Mile High Youth Corps Hosts Visitors from South Africa

Last week at Mile High Youth Corps we had some very exciting visitors. We were fortunate enough to meet four individuals from South Africa who are focused on developing youth in their country. As part of the International Visitor Leadership Program these individuals sat down at our headquarters office and listened in about how we [...]

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A Look Back on Orientation

My first two weeks of AmeriCorps have been awesome, and I can’t believe I’m already reaching the tail end of my third week. When they say time flies, they mean it. In fact, I find this to be especially true at Mile High Youth Corps (MHYC), as the first two weeks of orientation were full [...]

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Having Great Times at Mile High Youth Corps!

As usual, Mile High Youth Corps always has interesting things for the Corpsmembers. On Monday, February the 2nd , Mile High Youth Corps gave us the chance to get free tickets to go to a basketball game to have some fun away from work and study pressure. For me it was a great experience, because [...]

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G.E.D. Testing Underway

The new year brought out an exciting new aspect of the program; G.E.D. testing!!! It’s about a month and a half in and already almost half of the class has taken and passed one or more of their G.E.D. tests. Good marks have upped morale form nervous to confident. Some students have scored over 100 [...]

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Colorado Youth Corps Association Celebrates the 2010 Champions and Corpsmembers of the Year.

On Monday, February 7th Mile High Youth Corps Corpsmembers of the Year Juan Martinez and Steven Ladefoged were honored at a dignified Corpsmember award ceremony held at the Old Supreme Court Chambers of the State Capitol. Parents were honored to attend this ceremony that recognized the achievements of their children. Many of the Corpsmember’s Representatives [...]

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One Year with Mile High Youth Corps: A Staff Perspective

Mile High Youth Corps -Colorado Springs Regional Director Nancy Wilson celebrated her one year anniversary with MHYC in December. She shares her challenges and joys with us in this blog. After spending two years with the Peace Corps in Macedonia, Nancy hoped to continue to work within the areas of youth and service and found [...]

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Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference

Annie and I have made it to Washington DC for the 2011 Green Jobs Good Jobs Conference! Our flight arrived on Sunday at the perfect time to see everything in the city lit up in the night sky. The Washington Monument was a subtle reminder that we were in our nation’s capital and potentially the [...]

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