Youth Odyssey has been making a difference in the lives of at-risk youth here in the Coastal Bend for the past 19 years; and 2017 makes it our 20th. We have come a long way from an attorney who wanted to get kids active in something other than breaking the law. When we started we maybe… Read more »
Tag: Adventure Challenge Program
Day of Giving Success!
I want to start by giving a huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped us throughout this Day of Giving process! Without our combined efforts we would not have been able to surpass the match amount and raise $34,133.16! This being Youth Odyssey’s first year on the Day of Giving we weren’t sure what to expect… Read more »
Day of Giving: Early Donations Can Be Scheduled Today!
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 »
CCISD Programs are Back!
Youth Odyssey just finished up its on-site housing programs this week and, starting next week, Youth Odyssey will continue our partnership with the Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD). Starting on next Tuesday, October 11th, Youth Odyssey will begin its after school programs with six middle schools in the coastal bend area. The schedule for… 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 »
Youth Odyssey is Heading Back-to-School
This 2016 fall season is packed with schools, housing projects and homeschool programs; bringing our program total to eleven, which is one more than last year. On top of those eleven programs, we are still actively working to get into new areas like Flour Bluff Independent School District and to rekindle our partnership with Richard Milburn Academy and… 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 »
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 »
H.U.T.
For the past four years, Youth Odyssey has been partnering up with Homeschoolers Unlimited Texas (HUT). We help enhance their curriculum through our Adventure Challenge programming, complete with numerous adventures along the way. A typical HUT program spans over the course of the regular school year, and like our school programs, it just come to an end. We had a great… Read more »
Call to Action: Volunteers Needed
As one can imagine, our Youth Odyssey staff are pretty busy year-round. The demand for our programs continues to grow each year. You may have heard the phrase, “Volunteers are the lifeblood of a non-profit”. This is absolutely correct! Volunteers bring fresh perspectives, life experiences, and energy. They lend an extra set of eyes and… Read more »
