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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Learnin’ From The Best

Another CYCA camping trip has come and gone at Golden Gate Canyon State Park, and the Corpsmembers have learned some new tricks, met some of Colorado’s finest youth corps members, and shared many a laugh. At the beginning of every summer, CYCA, or Colorado Youth Corps Association, puts on a crew leader training for all [...]

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Summer Begins

Summer is officially here at MHYC – our Summer of Service crews are busy loading up the trucks and vans this morning, packing up chain saws and shovels, water jugs and sack lunches. After spending last week in trainings at the Colorado Youth Corps Association camping trip, our AmeriCorps Leadership and Conservation Corpsmembers are eager [...]

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MHYC’s Corpsmember of the Year

Yesterday we celebrated last year’s AmeriCorps Leadership and Conservation Corpsmember Rachel Hansen as she accepted her award for Mile High Youth Corps’ Corpsmember of the Year. The Colorado Youth Corps Association hosted the 2009 Champions and Corpsmembers of the Year at the gold-domed Capitol Building. Rachel proved herself as a leader and hard worker over [...]

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