Tag: life skills

Outdoor Adventure Camp 2025

Day 1: Outdoor Adventure Begins! On Sunday afternoon the youth began arriving at the office, excited and ready for a week full of fun. We loaded everyone’s belongings into the trailer, said goodbye to the families, and set off to Lake Corpus Christi State Park. The drive was short, and many of the campers stayed… Read more »

Davis Mountains Leadership Camp

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 »

Youth Odyssey Summer 2023 was a Success!

Summer Time Fun – It’s been quite the Adventure! Our summer Youth Leadership Camps have opened minds. We’ve built trust rock climbing at Enchanted Rock, learned self-reliance kayaking the South Llano River, developed resilience on Outdoor Adventures around the Coastal Bend, and discovered resourcefulness in our Living Local community. Through all of our adventures we… Read more »

Outdoor Adventure Leadership Camp

By Bridget Clapp Day 1: Happy (Adventure) Campers As we embarked on our Outdoor Adventure Camp, the van jostled toward Lake Corpus Christi State Park. During the ride everyone quietly and politely chit-chatted amongst themselves slowly becoming acquainted in anticipation for the adventures to come. As it was many camper’s first time setting up a… Read more »

Youth Odyssey’s Public Housing Program

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Youth Odyssey facilitates a variety of programs with a wide range of participants. All of them come from different backgrounds and different levels of outdoor experience. One program in particular is very special. In that program we know a little more about our participants, and because of that we can implement curriculum  focused to fit… Read more »

Day of Giving 2020

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It’s that time of the year again and Youth Odyssey would like to ask for your support during this year’s Coastal Bend Day of Giving. Like years past, We will be counting on the support of our community. This year has been hard for Youth Odyssey, as it has for most. But we know that… Read more »

Understanding Yourself and Your Team

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 »

Visit Our Online Auction

With all that is going on in the world, it is important that everyone stay positive. A great way for people to feel accomplished is by giving back. There are so many ways people can give back to their community. The Youth Odyssey Online Auction can become a way for you to provide a great… Read more »

Jeopardy with Youth Odyssey

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 »

Stay Updated On Youth Odyssey Events

Our Virtual Programs Since the Covid-19 pandemic started, Youth Odyssey has updated its regular programming sessions. Our staff understand the importance of meeting with our youth, so we went virtual. During our live-streaming session on Twitch we use videos and activities that allow youth to continue developing essential life skills. Things needed to participate are,… Read more »