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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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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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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Rock Climbers Work on the Platte

This week the mighty Rock Climber crew worked in a beautiful location on the South Platte River called Lone Rock campground. Each morning we hopped in the van and got ready for the winding drive to the site which put most everybody to sleep…luckily the drivers were able to drink enough coffee to stay awake. [...]

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