November 15th is just a week away and that means that YOU can pre-schedule your donations for the Coastal Bend Day of Giving this week! The process is easy. However, if you aren’t sure how to go about scheduling your donations we are here to help you. You can either donate directly on the organizations… Read more »
Category: Staff
Celebrating Birthdays!
Working for a nonprofit is tough sometimes because we are constantly doing multiple things at once; whether it’s fundraising, grant writing, planning trips or participating in festivals, there is always a project. As the expression goes, Youth Odyssey constantly has our hands in a multitude of cookie jars and it’s all to further our mission by… Read more »
Expanding Awareness
Last Friday, Youth Odyssey held a profit share to raise funds for our CCISD school programs. But this profit share wasn’t like any profit share we’d done before. We usually focus on the Corpus Christi area to promote Youth Odyssey and this time we went to College Station, Texas! Some may wonder why we chose to go so… Read more »
The Advantages to the Mentor Program
Last weeks blog discussed how Youth Odyssey’s mentor program was created in 2008 and how we use the program to foster and build up our amazing mentors. Becoming a mentor-in-training and then a mentor are exciting steps in Youth Odyssey because we are allowing our mentors to take on more responsibility and grow into new positions. Youth… Read more »
What is a Youth Odyssey Mentor and How to Become One
Throughout our blogs and Facebook posts we mention our youth mentors; we are usually thanking them for being great and helping us and the community. It occurred to me that there has never been a blog or post that has discussed Youth Odyssey’s mentor program in great depth; how does a youth become a mentor, what that… Read more »
2016 Summer Program Impact
Youth Odyssey had a pretty jam packed 2016 summer season but it was all for the benefit of the Coastal Bend youth and beyond (with our summer camps). This summer season we were able to complete 14 programs! Of those programs, four were our week long summer camps that were open to all youth ages… Read more »
Backpacking Camp 2016 Finished With A Bang!
Last week was our fourth and final summer camp. The Hit the Trial Backpacking Camp was one of our toughest camps this season but also one of our most impressive camps. The camp consisted of three days of backpacking through the Sabine National Forest in adverse weather conditions. Over the course of the three days, the youth hiked over… Read more »
Getting Out of the Comfort Zone and Into a Canoe
Last week, July 18-23, Youth Odyssey completed our 2016 Canoe Summer Camp that took place at Martin Dies Jr. State Park. Campers and their families met our staff at South Park Middle School at 8:00 a.m., Monday morning, loaded up, and hit the road for a 4.5 hour car ride to the State Park. The car… Read more »
We Do So Much More Than Play Games:
Youth Odyssey’s mission is to provide at-risk youth, ages 10-17, with positive youth development through adventure programming. As most people understand Youth Odyssey to be “an organization who works with at-risk youth to help them make better decisions by playing games and taking them on trips.” Honestly, that’s not too far from the truth, but it… Read more »
Fresh Fun at the Farmer’s Market
Every Wednesday the Corpus Christi Art Center hosts the Downtown Farmer’s Market where you can find everything from a freshly prepared chef’s meal to pollen in a jar. They have a variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs, eggs, and bread. The family friendly environment and laid back vibe make it a great place to stop in and browse… Read more »
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Youth Odyssey
Mailing Address :
PO Box 331394
Corpus Christi, TX 78463
Physical Address :
400 SPID, Suite 200
Corpus Christi, TX 78405
(361)444-5420
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