Mile High Youth Corps Community Impact
For the past 20 years, MHYC has helped youth make a difference in themselves and their communities through meaningful service opportunities and educational activities.
Water Conservation Corpsmember, Deja Sanders, summed up Mile High Youth Corps impact best:
“The cause is always a lot bigger than the labor. You might think, oh putting in toilets is not that glamorous. It’s gross, it’s icky. But once you see the impact that four million gallons of water are saved, people’s water bills are going down... we’re making a huge difference, not only with our own community but with our state, and hopefully starting a trend for the rest of the world. So try to have an open mind and really see the overall impact and not just the toilet at hand.”
By the Numbers:
- 2,346 youth ages 16-24 served
- 891 Corpsmembers earned over 1.5 million dollars in AmeriCorps education awards to use towards college or post-secondary education
- Completed 551,783 hours of service to the metro-Denver community
- 228 young adults successfully earned their GED
- 443 youth transitioned into jobs.
- 301 graduates entered or returned to post-secondary education
- 124 youth returned to high school
What Youth Corpsmembers accomplished:
Since 1999, MHYC crews have…
- Built and/or maintained 157 miles of trail
- Planted 3,919 trees
- Removed 2,317 bags and 606 acres of noxious weeds from public parks and open spaces
- Installed energy-efficiency and weatherization services to 7,640 low-income households in Denver and Colorado Springs providing over $572,000 in annual energy savings
- Saved 234,331,770 gallons of water – enough water to supply 1,952 households with water for one year
- Constructed, repaired or rehabilitated 328 households for low-income familes
