Gear Drive!

The 2012 Summer of Service kicks off on May 29 for Mile High Youth Corps – Colorado Springs (MHYC-CS). This field office will be sending four crews out to their job sites to begin their land conservation work. Three of the crews, the Marmots, the Bobcats, and the Hayman, are all camping crews: they will [...]

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Looking for a Paid, Unique Leadership Experience? Become an ACLC!

Mile High Youth Corps is full of diverse job opportunities in order for it to run smoothly as a growing nonprofit. MHYC requires folks who can work in management, finance, program development, employee recruitment, marketing, direct conservation service and more. One program exists to blend the direct service with the operations of a nonprofit: the [...]

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MHYC Receives Award in DC

As you may have learned last week from Nancy Wilson’s blog post on the Post to Parks Project, MHYC was recognized recently for one of our summer land projects. The Corps Network invited MHYC CEO Kelly Causey to Washington, D.C. to receive the award. We asked Kelly to tell us about the experience. “Accepting a [...]

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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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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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New Colorado Springs VISTA

Hi! I’m Kate Prestine, the new VISTA at our Colorado Springs field office. I’ll be doing marketing and outreach for MHYC down here. I’ve got about a month and a half under my belt and so far, so good! A little about me: I’m originally from Southwestern Michigan, but call Indiana my home – spent [...]

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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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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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Meet Emily! Fall Sawyer Corpsmember

I had a chance to chat with Emily when the Sawyer crew invited the office staff out for a delicious meal at their campsite! Check out her story below. Emily graduated with a BS in Chemistry and randomly decided to take a Military Science class in her last year of school. This class led her [...]

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