For years Youth Odyssey has been hoping to get on the Coastal Bend Day of Giving and this year we finally made it!! What is the Coastal Bend Day of Giving you ask? The Coastal Bend Day of Giving is a one-day, online, matching gift campaign held each November to raise funds for nonprofit organizations who serve the… Read more »
This past Saturday, April 9th, Youth Odyssey participated in the 17th annual Earth Day-Bay Day celebration at Heritage Park. Earth Day-Bay Day is an event put on by the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation to educate the public about the bays, estuaries, other native habitats, and the importance of clean air, water and a clean environment. To help… Read more »
Spring Break 2016 was definitely an adventure and took us across both Texas and New Mexico. It was a full week, so let’s jump right into what we did: Our first stop was near the New Mexico border at Monahans Sandhills State Park in Texas. As you can imagine, it is a large area covered by sandhills (smaller… Read more »
Summer camp season is just around the corner and we would like as many youth as possible to join the fun and adventures. The question is, which camp is the one(s) for me? Each camp is open to youth ages 10-17 and is six-days overnight in duration. The camps focuses on different themes, so we want to make sure… Read more »
For the month of February, Youth Odyssey has been focusing on raising funds so local kids can have the opportunity to attend our summer camps. We are offering four different camps: Nueces Delta Camp, Living Local Camp, On The Water Canoe Camp, and Hit the Trail Backpacking Camp. Unlike our school programs, the summer camps do cost money to… Read more »
What a great year we had! As I look back on 2015 I am simply amazed at what we have accomplished. We set the bar high for ourselves and knew that we would be stretching, stepping out of our own comfort zones. “However, practice what you preach”; if our youth can do it so can… Read more »
Jerry has been a part of our Adventure Challenge program since 2008. He began his journey at Martin Middle School as a 6th grader. For the next two years we watched him grow in confidence and skills. In 2009, he was invited to be a youth mentor because of his ability to inspire others and… Read more »
REI wasn’t the only one who decided to opt outside this year for Thanksgiving break. Youth Odyssey chose to reward our youth mentors with a week-long trip to Palo Duro Canyon, the “Grand Canyon of Texas,” before the festivities began. 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, the 21st of November, we met up and loaded into our trusty Youth… Read more »
Chris has been involved in our Youth Odyssey programs since 2008. He started when he was just eight years old. Yes, you are right…that is younger than we normally start participants in our programs. However, Chris demonstrated a maturity that far exceeded his peers four years his senior. Since then, he has participated every year in… Read more »
We are so pleased to report that we partnering with Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD) again, for the thirteenth consecutive year! This valuable partnership produces amazing results and even better youth. Our surveys and CCISD’s reports conclude that youth who participate in Youth Odyssey throughout the school year have: higher attendance, higher STARR scores,… Read more »
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