Tag Archives: American West Heritage Center

Summer Camps!

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Madeline

The day camps at the American West Heritage Center were a huge success! We had 25 campers in the first week, and 26 the second. The kids got to milk a cow, throw tomahawks, learn about mountain men, pan for … Continue reading →

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Amazing Generosity

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Madeline

Wow! Thank you so much to our community members and friends of Youth Discovery who have made it possible for 53 children to attend educational day camps at the American West Heritage Center. Your generosity has made these student’s day camp experience … Continue reading →

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Not Giving Up!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Madeline

Due to great need for grant monies and depleted funding, we did not receive any of the grants for which we applied for the day camps at the AWHC. However! We are NOT giving up! The Run for the Kids raised 3 FULL scholarships and we are looking for ways to fund more. Continue reading →

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Volunteers Needed!

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Madeline

If you are interested in volunteering for our Run for the Kids, please click here to register!

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Run for the Kids Part 2

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Madeline

As noted in my last post, Youth Discovery and the American West Heritage Center are teaming up to host a run at the Heritage Center as a fundraiser. All of the funds raised will be used to create scholarships for … Continue reading →

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Run for the Kids

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Madeline

Val and I are organizing a fun run to help support Latino youth who will be attending the American West Heritage Center’s day-camps. The run will take place on April 23 at the Heritage Center. There will be a 1 … Continue reading →

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VISTA update

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Madeline

Val and I have been working hard on two projects. Val is working on writing grants for the American West Heritage Center summer day camps, as well as looking up grants that might be applicable for some of the other … Continue reading →

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Summer Camp for Latino Kids?

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Madeline

Youth Discovery is working with the American West Heritage Center (http://www.awhc.org/) and Sky View’s Latinos in Action to create a bilingual day camp out at the Heritage Center. Our hope is that the day camps would expose children to the history … Continue reading →

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