By: Kayaking Facilitators, Arianna & Reagan (July 2024) Day 1: Travelling to Kayaking Base Camp We took off from Youth Odyssey for our kayaking adventure at Inks Lake State Park. Our lunch stop was at Whataburger where everyone got to fill up. The rest of the trip there, people slept until we arrived at camp. Everyone… Read more »
by: bridget clapp, program facilitator Day 1: Davis Mountains, The Adventure Begins… The campers gathered at the Youth Odyssey offices at 6:30 a.m. for an early departure to the Davis Mountains of West Texas. After loading their things into the trailer and before saying their goodbyes and climbing into the van, the group participated in… Read more »
Our Program Facilitators have been working really hard to put together some unique adventures for the upcoming Fall and Winter Leadership Camps. These camps are going to provide campers with opportunities to experience the outdoors in a new way! Space is limited to 10 youth per camp so don’t delay in saving your spot! Here’s… Read more »
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 »
Understanding yourself and your team is critical to functioning as a healthy organization. Every size organization from a one man entrepreneurship to Google must discover out who they are and how they function. Within an organization, this begins with outlining mission, vision and core values. Once those are established, team members can start discovering who… Read more »
Summer Programs Although the last few months have been strange and challenging for programs, we have been fortunate enough to run a variation of programs this summer! Since April, we have been working to adapt our regular programs. These adapted programs were created in order to keep staff and students safe and engaged. In June… Read more »
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 »
Youth Odyssey has been online streaming for the past few months due to these unforeseen circumstances. We have been using Twitch as our streaming platform for all of our teambuilding sessions. As of now, we have discussed our six essential life skills and have concluded the session with a fun game of Jeopardy. This is… Read more »
Parents and Guardians We have all found ourselves in this time of social distancing and isolation. We have many restrictions to what was our daily routine and life. But that doesn’t mean that we need to put our learning on pause because of this. With the day in age that we find ourselves, we are… Read more »
Making Adjustments During these hard times its important to make sure that we are keeping ourselves busy. Getting into a routine and finding ways to make the best out of the situation we all unfortunately find ourselves in. There are many outlets that people can use, that our school districts are recommending. But in case… Read more »
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