Tag: hard skills

Spring Break at Caprock Canyons

North Prong Trail at Caprock Canyons

Day One: Leaving for Caprock Canyons As families dropped off their eager youths at the crack of dawn, their excitement palpable as they loaded their belongings into the trailer, ready to embark on a journey with Youth Odyssey. With a flurry of activity, the trip set out from Corpus Christi’s Youth Odyssey office, bound for… Read more »

Living Local Leadership Camp

Day 1 – Alpacas, Sheep, Livestock Guardian Dogs, and Birds! OH MY!  The first day of Living Local had arrived and the campers were eager to get their day started. First, they prepared their lunch while  getting acquainted with one another. Stories about the latest movies and games they’ve enjoyed over summer break. Then we… Read more »

Trail Etiquette With Youth Odyssey

Trail Etiquette

Trail Etiquette: you could consider them the unwritten laws for the trail. Like most outdoor activities, there are expectations for everyone out hiking. Abiding by these expectations makes for a much more enjoyable and memorable experience. One great thing about hiking, is that you never know what you are going to run into. If everyone… Read more »

Adventure Boxes coming soon!!

Adventure Boxes

Adventure can come in many ways to those who seek it. For some Youth Odyssey participants,  this may come in the shape of fun activity filled boxes. With all that has happened in the last few months, many changes have had to happen. But the the mission for youth development stays true. The adventure boxes… Read more »

Summer Camps are in full effect!

What can we expect?Summer is upon us and there is not better time to be outside. Youth Odyssey summer camps are fun filled camps that are themed around a specific skill that we use to teach life long lessons through experiential learning. We have a total of six different camps, that are all just as… Read more »

Summer Camps are back!!

Camps

Youth Odyssey Summer Camps are around the corner and we want to let everyone know that registration is open. Our 2020 camps are week long overnight trips, that incorporate a specific theme throughout. This year we have a included one more camp, which means we will have 6 camps available this year. Our camps include… Read more »

Fall School Programs

Summer has come to an end, which means Fall school programs are right around the corner! We will be having our programs at 7 different CCISD schools once again. The great part about our CCISD programs is they are free to youth between the ages of 10-17. Like any program, there are expectations for everyone… Read more »

Nature Effect

Youth Odyssey’s AdventuresNature works in mysterious ways. One thing it does not lack is giving us challenges. Each day and each adventure provides something different. Youth Odyssey is all about challenging adventures, it is what helps us grow into better versions of ourselves. We enjoy getting youth out into the outdoors because nature has a… Read more »

Fall Programming is Back

Fall programs are back in session and we want to know when you are coming. For this entire month, Youth Odyssey will be implementing our youth development program at Housing communities around the Coastal Bend. In addition to those programs, we will also be having our Seed to Plate program with our partners at Grow… Read more »

End of Summer

Today marks the end of Summer 2019, and it was our best summer yet! This was our first year we were able to bring on summer staff and boy were they a huge help. Our summer session is by far our busiest, but the hard work always pays off in the end.  We had a lot… Read more »