by: Tony minter, program director and christina lee, program facilitator Day 1: Travel to Emma Long For rock Climbing Camp At about 4:30pm campers and their families began to pull into the Youth Odyssey parking lot. This crew was an even mix of some of our most seasoned Youth Leaders and new participants. The trip… Read more »
by: christina lee, program facilitator Heading to Austin On Friday, November 11th, the YO program facilitators and program director left for a weekend of camping and learning. The main purpose of the trip was to attend the NOLS Wilderness Medicine First Aid Class. Allowing us to be better prepared in our first aid skills, and… Read more »
Our Program Facilitators have been working really hard to put together some unique adventures for the upcoming Fall and Winter Leadership Camps. These camps are going to provide campers with opportunities to experience the outdoors in a new way! Space is limited to 10 youth per camp so don’t delay in saving your spot! Here’s… Read more »
Fall Programs As the summer fades into pleasant memories, Youth Odyssey’s facilitation team is gearing up for our next season: Fall! Between our weekly programs and week-long camping trips, the calendar is already filling up with action packed adventures. After School Programs will begin the week of September 11. We will be returning to Baker,… Read more »
Summer Time Fun – It’s been quite the Adventure! Our summer Youth Leadership Camps have opened minds. We’ve built trust rock climbing at Enchanted Rock, learned self-reliance kayaking the South Llano River, developed resilience on Outdoor Adventures around the Coastal Bend, and discovered resourcefulness in our Living Local community. Through all of our adventures we… Read more »
Day 1 – Alpacas, Sheep, Livestock Guardian Dogs, and Birds! OH MY! The first day of Living Local had arrived and the campers were eager to get their day started. First, they prepared their lunch while getting acquainted with one another. Stories about the latest movies and games they’ve enjoyed over summer break. Then we… Read more »
By Bridget Clapp Day 1: Happy (Adventure) Campers As we embarked on our Outdoor Adventure Camp, the van jostled toward Lake Corpus Christi State Park. During the ride everyone quietly and politely chit-chatted amongst themselves slowly becoming acquainted in anticipation for the adventures to come. As it was many camper’s first time setting up a… Read more »
Summer Programs Although the last few months have been strange and challenging for programs, we have been fortunate enough to run a variation of programs this summer! Since April, we have been working to adapt our regular programs. These adapted programs were created in order to keep staff and students safe and engaged. In June… Read more »
September Programs!We just wrapped up our September programming. It was a great month of fun and new experiences. September is always a month for our housing programs, but we also had other programs. With all of our amazing experiences in Youth Odyssey, we like to share and talk about them. For the youth, each experience… Read more »
Fall programs are back in session and we want to know when you are coming. For this entire month, Youth Odyssey will be implementing our youth development program at Housing communities around the Coastal Bend. In addition to those programs, we will also be having our Seed to Plate program with our partners at Grow… Read more »
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