Summer Crews Announced!

Summer is just around the corner and our new crews are amped and ready to go! We’ve got a little info on what you can expect from our crews during their Summer of Service! This season, we are going to have four amazing crews out of our Denver office: The Trail Blazers are a sawyer crew that [...]

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MHYC Receives Award in DC

As you may have learned last week from Nancy Wilson’s blog post on the Post to Parks Project, MHYC was recognized recently for one of our summer land projects. The Corps Network invited MHYC CEO Kelly Causey to Washington, D.C. to receive the award. We asked Kelly to tell us about the experience. “Accepting a [...]

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The Mind Of A Pathfinder

Have you ever heard the saying, “you don’t know a person or what they go through until you step into their shoes?” Of course you have. So how do you do this for a team? Let me tell you. First, you will need boots (steel toe), a hard hat, and working gloves. Now, pick up [...]

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HEAL THE EARTH…HEAL YOURSELF

Critical Point, Tread, Inside Edge and Back slope. Don’t forget to cut your slough and Berm! Crew Leaders learned about these terms and how to create the perfect trail at the Colorado Youth Corps Association’s training May 24-26. Volunteers from OSI (Outdoor Stewardship Institute) and VOC (Volunteers Outdoor Colorado) came to beautiful Golden, CO to [...]

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SIX SUMMER OF SERVICE APPLICATION SUGGESTIONS

For this blog segment, we thought it would be helpful to give some application tips to those applying to our summer land conservation positions. Following is a list of six reminders when filling out an application at Mile High Youth Corps which should help to avoid confusion and to best reflect upon your qualifications. 1.If [...]

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Making a Difference in CO Springs

From the South… MHYC-Colorado Springs spent last Saturday making a difference in our community, through the United Way “Make a Difference Month” initiative. A group of alumni crewmembers, staff, and friends came together to restore the eroded Strausenback Trail at the Garden of the Gods Park. They built rock retaining walls, steps and drainage structures. [...]

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From the City to the Mountains

“It’s funny how music puts time into perspective. Add a soundtrack to your life to perfect it. Wherever you are, feel the flow, keep walkin and we can’t get far. Wherever you are.” –Nujabes, Japanese hip-hop producer and DJ Sitting on top of the hills watching the sunset really seems to put the world you [...]

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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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Photos from the Springs

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