Far too often I find that our organization has communicated information worth celebrating to audiences that are too specific.  Meaning the organization of CYO has grown to where we now have many audiences with much more broad landscapes.  In May, after the completion of the 2011 Maverick, we wrote this letter to the participants (audience) of the event.  I believe this letter is worthy of all audiences as it demonstrates another point of celebration for the organization which is everyone who is interested in the promotion / growth of our Mission.  So whether you are a participant of our programming, a sponsor of any fashion, an interested by stander or a passionate person hoping to find your fit into the organization I believe you will agree that his information is worth celebrating. Read the rest of this entry »

With a new year comes a lot of fresh energy to make this year even better than the past.  This year marks our tenth anniversary of building healthy relationships between youth and their parents through traditional outdoor programs.  We have been more than fortunate and truly blessed to start from scratch and now absorb where we are.

10 years of being in this business has taught us many things.  One of the most important is the constant battle of being able to focus on the priorities.  With a new company so many tangents become temptations to stray from your core mission.  I am proud that we have always reminded ourselves why we are here and how we support our mission at all times.

The next 10 years will prove to be as interesting as the past I am sure.  In fact we should not be surprised to find ourselves moving even faster as our templates of success prove their worth.  Our strength today is in the North East region with the outdoor education center and all the communities it supports.  In a matter of years we should see the build out such that we can truly see its potential.  From there who knows but our visions are very exciting and goals quite lofty.  I will share more on visions and goals later in my messages but for now its time to focus on the objectives at hand and continue to use what we have learned in 10 years to shape our successful future.

Enjoy your family, enjoy our outdoors and God Bless.

We have just completed our first session of CYO using our new model of Facilities Based Programming. This model is different from the original program outline in that rather than CYO using area high schools for facilities, the participants come to a common facility in their region and participate together. Comments from parents who have participated with other children of theirs were of high praise about the new model. Some of the highlights were the fact that they made friends with an expanded group, it was fun to be part of such a big group and having multiple instructors to learn from through the 12 weeks was a plus.

We are very excited to hear this as well as increase the quality in each program using our new facility. This model allows Colorado Youth Outdoors to better understand its growth potential and how we do business. Facilities Based Programming is proving to be the way forward in the Vision of CYO’s expansion. While it will take several years to complete the North East Facility we are already looking into where this model or template may be applied in other regions of the state.