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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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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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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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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How well do you know our dirty boots?

Every youth who comes to work at Mile High Youth Corps is required to wear steel-toed work boots everyday. Well-worn work boots become a source of pride for many of the Corpsmembers, youth participants, at MHYC; they are a sign of having made a positive contribution to our community and environment. Test your knowledge of [...]

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The Corps Tools

As part of our Dirty Boots Campaign, we wanted to highlight the tools of the trade here at Mile High Youth Corps. You can make a difference in the lives of young adults throughout Denver and the Southern Front Range this month by participating in Colorado Gives Day by making a donation to MHYC so [...]

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RidgeRunners: A collection of thoughts and photos

The summer is over and the RidgeRunners have finished up their last project. Their projects this summer have varied greatly and so have the project locations. They planted trees in Brighton, mitigated weeds and removed invasive Russian Olives in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge, and honed their trail and fence [...]

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Support the Corps! Join MHYC for our 8th Annual Happy Hour and Silent Auction

Summer is almost here! I hope you’re looking forward to the many things to enjoy about summer in Colorado – hiking in the mountains, taking a dip in a mountain stream or your community pool, or just going on a stroll around downtown Denver. Here at Mile High Youth Corps, we’re getting geared up for [...]

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MHYC’s YouthBuild Program Receives Nomination for Service Impact Award

We are excited to share that our YouthBuild program was selected by YouthBuild USA as a nominee for the 2010-2011 Service Impact Award sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service. MHYC’s program was one of only a handful of other YouthBuild programs selected at the national level for this nomination. Programs were selected [...]

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