Rock climbing and obstacle courses are a big part of Youth Odyssey. They are one of many activities we do during our programs. One of the exciting things we do in our programs is take kids to our ropes course. Our course contains many different High elements, which are obstacles up off the ground. Anytime... Read more »
And just like that, school starts back up and the kids are out of the house again! We are full of hope and energy for this on coming school year! It is important to remember to help your child maintain a balanced lifestyle. Self Confidence is Key Active involvement within the school is so important... Read more »
This summer has been one crazy and fruitful season! We ran six housing programs, two recreation center programs, finished two home school programs, wrapped up Farm to Fork, and completed six week long summer camps. Talk about busy bees! We serviced a total of 173 youth this summer and we couldn’t have asked for better... Read more »
We ended our crazy awesome summer with Girl's Empowerment Camp! It was chock full of amazing experiences and epiphanies that these girls will take with them for many moons to come! Day One is For the Girls! We arrived at the Rockport Warriors United’s house at 2 pm on Tuesday. The girls were mostly quiet... Read more »
Boys in the House!The OutdoorsMen Camp is back! We just had an amazing week jam packed of super fun activities! We were at a new location this year in Rockport, TX. Rockport Warriors United opened up their facility to us, and we were highly thankful! The OutdoorsMen camp focused on empowering young men to help... Read more »
Summer has been a whirlwind of activity and growth! Let’s recap what has happened thus far and talk about what’s ahead! So far we have finished four out of six summer camps and five recreation center/ housing programs! Living Local, Backpacking Camp, Delta Adventure Camp and Canoe Camp were all extremely successful! Summer Camp Testimony... Read more »
Caddo Lake State ParkWe just got back from one of our favorite camps of the summer, Canoe Camp. Youth Odyssey's new location this summer was at Caddo Lake State Park! We first scouted the area during our spring break trip with our youth leaders back in March 2018. It was an amazing find, so we had... Read more »
Welcome to another Outside Scoop with the Youth Odyssey crew! This time we will be taking a look at Garner State Park and all the amenities it has to offer. Youth Odyssey takes kids to Garner all the time and it's one of our favorite camping spots. So let's break it down and talk about... Read more »
The adolescent years are the time for self-discovery and defining the first version of who your youth will be. As we have talked about in previous blogs, the human brain doesn’t finish developing until a person is at least 25 years of age. Therefore, we go through many changes. Altering and becoming different versions of... Read more »
Did you know that we have a brand new team member? His name is Edward, Eddie for short. Eddie is a pretty cool guy and we are all looking forward to getting to know him better. He has been with us for about 2 weeks now and is enthusiastic, eager and loves to have fun.... Read more »
