A Nation of Youth

There we were: a mass of twenty something’s, all under a big white tent, our sights on the beach and the weekend ahead of us. As a delegate through MHYC, as well as an ambassador for ASPEN, my outdoor education capstone project, I didn’t quite know what to expect at the Outdoor Nation Youth Summit. [...]

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YouthBuild Gives Public Housing a Makeover

Public housing…try to think for a moment of what that looks like to you. Over the past several decades, public housing projects have been notorious for their substandard quality of life. Images may be conjured upon hearing that word of less-than-desirable homes, in the worst part of town, with little concern for the happiness and [...]

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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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New Energy, Water and ACLC corpsmembers begin!

A new year has begun! There was a quiet in the assembly room at headquarters that could only mean it is the first day of orientation at Mile High Youth Corps. New and returning corpsmembers for the 2011 energy, water and ACLC programs shuffled their feet into the assembly room where they began to learn [...]

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YouthBuild is Up and Running!

Last Friday, at our monthly all Corps Community Meeting, it was evident that the newest class of YouthBuild is in full swing. After completing a month-long orientation, Mental Toughness, 35 new YouthBuild Corpsmembers officially began their term with Mile High Youth Corps. On Friday they completed one of their first assignments as a crew: elect [...]

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