YouthBuild Graduation

The end of the term for our YouthBuild Corpsmembers is finally here. Last Friday, this year’s YouthBuild program concluded its nine-month cycle with a graduation ceremony for the Class of 2012. The MHYC family is incredibly proud of our YouthBuild Corpsmembers. This term, 22 Corpsmembers have earned their GEDs, 2 earned high school diplomas, 20 [...]

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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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In Case You Missed YouthBuild Graduation…

Here is the slideshow! Congratulations Graduates!

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Toodaloo!

It’s been many a day as we come toward the end of such an awesome term. It has been 10 spectacularly awesome months and I can say my terms here at Mile High Youth Corps couldn’t have gone any better. I am leaving some of the best people I’ve ever met and I can say [...]

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Top Ten Things We Love About Our Alumni Mentors

Today, Steve and Vanessa will depart Mile High Youth Corps after two full years of service to the agency. Both began at Mile High Youth Corps in February 2009 as AmeriCorps Leadership and Conservation Corpsmembers. After serving a full 1,700 hour service term, they were both selected (and chose to!) serve a second full year [...]

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MHYC Graduation Around the Corner

On December 10th, 39 MHYC Corpsmembers will graduate, earning a combined $106,425 in AmeriCorps education awards and having contributed almost 38,500 hours of service to the Denver metro area. Meet four soon-to-be graduates and learn about their plans after graduation. Name: Corey Brown Age: 21 Corpsmember Position: Energy and Water Alumni Mentor Greatest Lesson Learned [...]

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Congratulations Energy and Water Conservation Corpsmembers

On Friday our Energy and Water Conservation Corpsmembers graduated from their five month programs. Mile High Youth Corps would like to thank them for their hard work and dedication to the programs. Check out these videos of why a few Corpsmembers are glad they chose to serve with Mile High Youth Corps.

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Excerpts from YouthBuild Graduation

Last Friday, September 11, Mile High Youth Corps Corpsmembers took part in a graduation ceremony celebrating successful completion of the YouthBuild program. All YouthBuild graduates have developed construction skills, obtained educational goals through making educational advancements and/or completion of a GED, and engaged in leadership development, civic engagement and job readiness activities. The final step [...]

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At the End Of the Program

Now that we are at the end of the program, I have a promising job and steady income flowing. I have learned lots of leadership skills and teamwork skills, and threw out everything else, and have grown as a person. YouthBuild has been a great experience for me and really helped me to get back on [...]

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