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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Top 5: Summer of Service

Despite what that pesky groundhog says, spring is right around the corner. Then before you know it, it’s summer! To celebrate the warm weather and farmer’s tans heading our way, we’d like to take a look back at our Top 5 Summer of Service posts. Take a look and let us know what was your [...]

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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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In the Summer Sunshine

The weather in Denver is becoming more and more unpredictable. With September ending and October gaining speed, I expect to see leaves changing, feel cool breezes coming through and sense a crispness in the air. These are the things I have come to expect from my fall growing up on the East Coast, but I [...]

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Moving Up the MHYC Ladder

Summer is a little over half way through and our crews have gotten into a comfortable groove on the project sites. A lot of this is due to their crew leaders who have done this work before at MHYC. Andrew Kennedy, Brendan Michaud and Signe Hawley were Corpsmembers last year and came back to be [...]

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Calling All Alumni

We Want You MHYC Alumni! This term, four ACLC Corpsmembers, Jessica, Tony, Jesse and Lindsay have taken on creating a networking database of alumni from Mile High Youth Corps. They hope to provide insight into career opportunities and just see what you’re up to! In other words, we want yo digits! We want yo email! [...]

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The Alumni Spotlight is on Mike Mullaley

Once a month, The Corps Conversation will highlight an alumni to see where they have gone since leaving MHYC. Our first spotlight will be on Mike Mullaley, an ACLC from 2010! What are you doing now? I work for the Student Conservation Association on a Trails Inventory and Assessment Team. We are partnered with the [...]

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New Additions to Leadership Council!

March’s community meeting was an exciting event due to the ten Corpsmembers who gave strong and insightful speeches to all of Mile High Youth Corps in hopes of being voted onto Leadership Council. They all showed an incredible amount of courage to stand up in front of everyone and display their passion for wanting to [...]

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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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