Support the Corps! Join MHYC for our 8th Annual Happy Hour and Silent Auction

Summer is almost here! I hope you’re looking forward to the many things to enjoy about summer in Colorado – hiking in the mountains, taking a dip in a mountain stream or your community pool, or just going on a stroll around downtown Denver. Here at Mile High Youth Corps, we’re getting geared up for [...]

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End of Summer BBQ

Today the whole MHYC gang – and we mean the WHOLE gang including MHYC CO Springs Crews, Summer of Service Crews, Water and Energy Conservation Crews, staff members, family, friends and MHYC supporters – gathered at a Denver park for the annual end of Summer BBQ. Every year the crews compete in the MHYC Olympics, [...]

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Just Another Day at the Office

No laptops or fax machines for Mile High Youth Corps’ Summer of Service Corpsmembers — they’re offices consist of breathtaking views of mountains and wildlife. In the photo above, Summer of Service Hayman Corpsmember Margaret Page takes in the beautiful view at Pike National Forest where her crew has been working all Summer.

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Hayman: 2002 & 2010

When I heard Mile High Youth Corps would have a crew working in the Hayman Burn Area this summer and fall, I was very supportive and enthusiastic. My enthusiasm stemmed from my recent memory of this enormous fire. It seems like yesterday that Denver had orange hued skies, I closed down the pool where I [...]

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Pulling Weeds!

What is going on people? T.J. here to deliver the news on what we are up to. We have been removing lots of invasive weed species recently! We have been pulling weeds at Camp Rollandet in the hot sun and have also been at Bear Creek removing thistle and kosher plants.

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