Youth Odyssey

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400 S Padre Island DrP O Box 331394Corpus Christi, TX 78405 United States

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http://www.youthodyssey.com

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Fundraising Committee

Flexible Schedule | Corpus Christi, TX 78405

We have a Fiesta Committee that meets August through April each year. Come join a fun group of people who are working to plan our major fundraiser. Tasks of the committee are: securing the venue, planning the menu, gathering auction items, arranging speakers and testimonies, planning fun games, and ensuring that the event goes smoothly. This event funds our summer and fall adventures each year. The more hands, the merrier! Come join us.

Date Posted: 2024-02-15
Ropes Course

Flexible Schedule | Odem, TX 78370

Come out to the ropes course for a fun filled day-trip. These usually occur on the weekends where youth participate in low and high elements. Low element activities are on the ground which foster teamwork, overcoming challenges, and support. The high elements are rock-climbing and walking across cables suspended 35 feet in the air (facilitated by trained and certified belayers), focusing on overcoming fears, problem-solving, and pushing yourself to new limits in a safe and controlled way

Date Posted: 2024-02-15
Kayaking Trip

Flexible Schedule | Corpus Christi, TX 78405

We welcome all volunteers eager for a water adventure. Join us on a day trip to either the Nueces River at Labonte Park or in the Bay of Corpus Christi. Trained staff teach basic paddling strokes and water safety onshore before the group enters the water and continues to teach and assist while traveling the body of water. This is a fun day-trip filled with wildlife and growing together as a team.

Date Posted: 2024-02-15
Outdoor Camping Trip

Flexible Schedule | Corpus Christi, TX 78405

Join us on a 3-7 day camping trip to a Texas State Park and explore the outdoors with us. Activities include at least two of the following: Camping, Hiking, Backpacking, Fishing, Canoeing, Kayaking and Rock Climbing, Bouldering, and much more. E ach activity provides "challenge" and encourages youth to stretch themselves beyond their self-imposed limits through facing that challenge. These activities encourage the evolution of judgment, personal responsibility, and awareness of group needs. The trip includes reflection, evaluation and goal review to help the youth derive meaning from what they have experienced and how the experiences apply to their lives.

Date Posted: 2024-02-15
Ropes Course Belayers

Flexible Schedule | Odem, TX 78370

Trained or interested facilitators/belayers needed to assist with low and high elements on our Ropes Course throughout the year. Our Challenge Course is located off of I-37 (30 min drive from Corpus Christi).

Date Posted: 2024-02-15

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Mission Statement

Our mission is to inspire, engage and empower disadvantaged and underprivileged youth through leadership development, life skills, and outdoor activities.

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Created in 1997, Youth Odyssey is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit based in Corpus Christi. We focus on six life skills that help discover their potential by teaching them: communication, teamwork, problem-solving, goal-setting, leadership, and trust. We teach and apply these skills through adventure activities that include teambuilding sessions, ropes challenge courses, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, bouldering, hiking, backpacking, camping, and more. Since our establishment, Youth Odyssey has provided approximately 12,000 at-risk and disadvantaged youth with life changing opportunities; 800-900 youth annually.

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