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Mile High Youth Corps Makes MLK Day a Day On, Not Off - January 2012

Mile High Youth Corps Helps Build Fence at Chico Basin - August 2011

Xcel Energy, Namaste Solar and Governor’s Energy Office Team Up to “Green the Building” for Local Nonprofit Organization - August 2011

Governor Hickenlooper Announces $1 Million for Youth Corps Public Land Stewardship Jobs - April 2011

US Dept. of Labor Awards $1 million to MHYC's YouthBuild Program - May 19th, 2011

A Different Kind of Graduation: YouthBuild GED Graduates To Be Recognized on May 19th

Local Representatives and Mayoral Candidates Visit the YouthBuild Program - April 2011

Governor Hickenlooper Announces $1 million in Funding for Youth Corps - April 2011

Check Out What Credible Sources are Saying about the Corps:

Pikes Peak Courier View "Fossil Beds Named Sponsor of the Year" - August 2011

Ft. Carson Mountaineer "Teens Dig Trees" - August 2011

Canyon Courier "Sweat equity: Youth corps working on Evergreen Lake trail improvements" - August 2011

MyGVR.org "Local Nonprofit Helps Buck National Youth Unemployment Rate" - October 2010

850 KOA “Saving Water with Each Flush” – June 2010

9News “Mile High Youth Corps Helps Young People Find Work – May 2010 

Stapleton Front Porch Newspaper “Stapleton Parks Get Cleaner on National Youth Service Day” – May 2010 

Denver Post Newspaper “MHYC to Hire 100 Youth this Summer” – April 2010        

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Recent Press Releases

- Mile High Youth Corps - Colorado Springs to Hire 35 Youth for Summer of Service ProgramApril 2010

- Mile High Youth Corps Partners with Denver Parks & Recreation and the Million Tree Initiative to Plant 200 Trees and Shrubs in Stapleton – April 2010

- Local Nonprofit Mile High Youth Corps Recognized in Washington D.C. by The Corps Network – February 2011


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2011 STATEWIDE IMPACT

Mile High Youth Corps (MHYC) improves communities and the lives of youth by putting young people to work in neighborhoods, public parks and open spaces throughout Metro Denver and the Southern Front Range. In 2011, the Corps had a significant impact throughout the state of Colorado:

JOB CREATION AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
MHYC employed, educated and trained over 250 young adults in 2011 and received an average of 10 applications for every one youth position available. Additionally, over 20 youth earned a GED and 200 Corpsmembers earned AmeriCorps education awards. Read More .

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