AmeriCorps: Living on a Budget

Living on a Budget: VISTA Style By Kate Prestine (MHYC Colorado Springs) With signing up for AmeriCorps comes the understanding that not much of a salary will follow, no matter what program you choose. In the AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program, the one I’m a part of, the point isn’t to make [...]

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Weekly Energy Saving Tip

Lower the thermostat on your water heater to 120°F. Each 10° reduction can save you up to 5% in energy costs each month.

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Post to Parks Project Receives National Recognition

by Nancy Wilson, Regional Director: Southern Front Range Have you ever hear the expression “each one, teach one”? It refers to the fact that when we learn something new, from a book or a class, we might learn it. But, when we have to teach our new knowledge or skill to another person, that’s when [...]

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Weekly Energy Saving Tip

Air dry your dishes instead of using your dishwasher’s heated drying cycle.

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Corpsmember Spotlight

Our spring term is well underway and our new crews are hitting the ground running to conserve water and energy around Colorado. We have 14 new ACLCs, 7 new Energy Corpsmembers, 2 new Water Corpsmembers and we are thrilled to have all of them on board. We recently put together a video introducing a few [...]

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YouthBuild has earned its first diploma!

Mile High Youth Corps is very excited to recognize the achievement of one of our YouthBuild Corpsmembers, Tequael Walker. Tequael has just earned his high school diploma through Aurora Public Schools, giving our YouthBuild program its very first diploma. This achievement would not have been possible without his hard work and perseverance, so we would [...]

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MHYC Heads to the Capitol for “Hill Day”

Getting up and getting fancy for an important ceremony starting at 8:15 a.m. on a Monday is not exactly the most appealing idea to many young adults. However for 10 Colorado youth, they could not have been more honored. On Monday, Feb. 6, the Colorado Youth Corps Association (CYCA) held their annual awards ceremony at [...]

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Weekly Energy Saving Tip

Plug home electronics into power strips. Turn off the power strip when the equipment is not in use – TVs and DVD players in standby mode still draw electricity.

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YouthBuild USA’s National Conference of Young Leaders

Mile High Youth Corps is happy to announce that Eloy Martinez and Aaron Cordova of our YouthBuild program have both been selected to attend YouthBuild USA’s National Conference of Young Leaders in Washington, D.C. this spring. Eloy and Aaron will join over 100 delegates representing many of YouthBuild’s 273 programs nation-wide. At the National Conference [...]

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We Have a Food Pantry!

It was a cold December day. Kara and I, the two VISTAs at MHYC, got into Kara’s car and drove to The Food Bank of the Rockies for our Agency Orientation. We followed her Garmin’s directions all the way to northwest Denver past the Purina factory. We weren’t sure what to expect. How big was [...]

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