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Thanksgiving Rock Climbing Camp

By: Program Director and Rock Climbing Guru, Tony Minter Day 1: Rock Climbing Meetup and Departure As the sun dipped below the horizon, families gathered in the Youth Odyssey parking a lot, the crisp autumn air filling the space with excitement. Veteran campers, rock climbers, and their families exchanged greetings as the youth packed their… Read more »

Spring 2024 Programs

Spring is in the air. The Spring Semester, that is! Youth Odyssey is looking forward to the busiest spring program line up ever. We’re currently leading 22 Adventure Challenge Programs. This includes our long-established after-school programs at area middle schools: Baker, Browne, Cunningham at Southpark, Driscoll, Gregory-Portland, Haas, Hamlin, Martin, and West Oso. As of… Read more »

Outdoor Adventure Leadership Camp

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 Programming – 2023

Summer 2023! Youth Odyssey is entering its busiest season of the year! SUMMER! We are excited to be introducing some new and exciting destinations for our participants this year. We still have our six awesome camps, but with some different locations and new events for living local and outdoor adventure! Keep reading to learn more… Read more »

Spring Programming – 2023

Starting 2023 Strong! We are excited for yet another year of programming! Youth Odyssey has grown exponentially over the past few years, and this includes both program and staff expansion. To get an idea of how much we want to expand programming this year, we started at 48 total programs in 2022. By the end… Read more »

Day of Giving 2022

It’s that time of the year again and Youth Odyssey would like to ask for your support during this year’s Coastal Bend Day of Giving. Like years past, we will be counting on the support of our community. Youth Odyssey has begun to thrive despite the challenges of COVID in recent years, and we continue to… Read more »

Living Local Camp – Summer 202

Day One! We started our camp on Monday, August 1st. The kids arrived at the Youth Odyssey office and loaded the van to head to our first destination. We started our camp at the ropes course where the kids worked on team building and problem solving on the low elements. It was a struggle in… Read more »

Outdoor Adventure Camp – Summer 2022

Day One! Youth Odyssey began its most popular camp of the season on Sunday, July 24th at the Youth Odyssey office. Once campers arrived and we packed up their gear in the trailer, they hugged their guardians goodbye, and we headed to Lake Corpus Christi State Park for our six day adventure. Once we arrived… Read more »

Rock Climbing Camp – Summer 2022

Day One! Youth Odyssey began the trip on Sunday, July 10th. Everyone arrived at the office and we loaded up the van to start our short 3-hour drive to Pedernales Falls State Park. We made one stop along the way for everyone to get snacks and drinks or use the restroom before finishing the drive…. Read more »

Canoe Camp – Summer 2022

Day One! Youth Odyssey’s canoe camp adventure left for Karnack, Texas, at around 8am on June 26th. We arrived at Caddo Lake State Park about 5:30pm. Once the van was unloaded and the canoe trailer was left in the overflow parking, we started to setup camp. We then got dinner ready and had sandwiches because… Read more »