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 »
Tag: Learning as we go
I Pledge to Make an Impact
As I’m sure most of you know by now, Youth Odyssey has been chosen for the FIRST TIME to be on the Coastal Bend Day of Giving! It is very exciting for us to be on this 24-hour fundraising blitz because of how many more kids we will able to help and how many more programs… 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 »
Meet Our Newest Team Member!
Youth Odyssey is always busy and trying to capitalize on our resources in order to best serve the Coastal Bend area. One way we have done this is by hiring another program facilitator to accommodate then growing need for our programs. His name is Jesse Duenes. Jesse has been part of our team for about a month now and… Read more »
The Power of Standing Out
Anyone who has dared to step out of their comfort zone, to try something new, or to take a risk, will ultimately stand out. Sometimes for the good and sometimes the opposite. Either way, it’s how we grow. It’s how we change the world, one person at a time (and that person, first and foremost… Read more »
Blast From the Past: Part 1
Youth Odyssey was founded in 1997 and has been inspiring youth and changing lives ever since. We recently came across a Youth Odyssey member who was active in the program 17 years ago. As one can imagine, this is pretty exciting news for us, so we asked if we could interview him for our blog. Just to… Read more »
February was Just the Tip of the Iceberg
As you may know, Youth Odyssey held a variety of fundraisers during the month of February, all benefiting our summer programs for at-risk youth. First, we continued to use our online donation page to raise funds for our summer camps and programs. Second, we reached out to Geeks Who Drink and held a “Quiz for a Cause”… Read more »
Public Tantrums
We’ve all been there, either with your child or you’ve seen someone else’s; you’re in the grocery store and there’s a kid having a complete melt-down, screaming and refusing to do what they are asked. In that moment, with everyone watching, whom do you parent for? Is it for the child who has had enough… Read more »
Dethrone the Lie’s Power
Few things are as universally unacceptable as lying; it’s why parents get so worried when they find out their child has told them a lie. One lie can lead to another and all the sudden you have a sneaky child on your hands. The next step is blaming yourself; you must have done something to… Read more »
Youth Mentor: Chris, the Resilient!
Chris has been involved in our Youth Odyssey programs since 2008. He started when he was just eight years old. Yes, you are right…that is younger than we normally start participants in our programs. However, Chris demonstrated a maturity that far exceeded his peers four years his senior. Since then, he has participated every year in… Read more »
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