Corpsmember Spotlight: YouthBuild

As this year’s YouthBuild term draws to an end, we would like to take the opportunity to share the journey of one remarkable young Corpsmember, Eloy Martinez. I sat down with Eloy last week and he was kind enough to share his thoughts on the program. During his term, Eloy completed over 450 service hours, [...]

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Leadership Council Elections

At the beginning of each term, we give Corpsmembers the opportunity to nominate and elect their peers to MHYC’s Leadership Council. This is a group made up entirely of Corpsmembers to act as a liaison between staff members and the crews. Leadership Council works to implement policy changes, host and coordinate events like Career Day and our Halloween party [...]

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MHYC goes to Urban Farm

On Friday, members of Mile High Youth Corps Leadership Council headed to the Urban Farm in East Denver for our monthly service project. We met lots of interesting animals and helped clean up the farm for an event the nonprofit organization was hosting this past weekend. The Urban Farm works to improve the lives of [...]

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Congratulations New Leadership Council Members

Mile High Youth Corps has a Leadership Council made up of Corpsmembers from all crews who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills. The council meets once a week to discuss agency policies and procedures, plan service projects and address issues brought up by their fellow Corpsmembers. Last Friday we gathered in “the barn” for speeches from [...]

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GOOD & GREEN, Electronics Recycling Event – Saturday April 10th

In this fast paced world we often find ourselves upgrading our old technologies with new, better, faster electronics before we can even get our old junk out the door. Well have no fear; Mile High Youth Corps (MHYC) is here to help rid you of those old TV’s, computers and piles of other electronics collecting [...]

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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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Executive Director Update

In June MHYC and Colorado Legends and Legacies Youth Corps (CLLYC) merged. After months of discussions, assessments and highway miles logged on June 30th it was official. When the legal documents were submitted Michele, CLLYC’s Executive Director, equated the finality of the merger to the bittersweet emotion of a child leaving home for college. Letting [...]

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