Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC)
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GLC Schedule
Upcoming event descriptions and links to sign up for events:
NOV16 Saturday | 8am-4pm |
We'll spend the day at the Environmental Learning Center (ELC), the environmental education center at CSU. We'll meet CSU students who work at ELC, get a tour of the space, do a small service project, and get to know each other through fun team building challenges. Sign up now! |
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DEC6 Friday | 3-5:30pm |
After school, GLC will visit GrowHaus in Denver! The evening will be a mix of group discussions, a facility tour, and hands-on activities that challenge you to think critically about issues of sustainable agriculture and food access. Additionally, we will participate in a service component so we can give back to GrowHaus' broad mission. Sign up here! |
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JAN25 Saturday | 10am-2pm |
Try your hand at snowboarding or skiing at Denver's own Ruby Hill Park. We will also help clean up the park. No experience necessary, and gear will be provided. Secure your spot here! |
Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) is a youth group in Denver for high school students to learn more about the environment and become active, informed citizens. At least once a month The Greenway Foundation will host a GLC event and meeting, often down by the South Platte River. In addition to completing volunteer work projects to help out the South Platte Greenway, students will complete team-building exercises, participate in career development opportunities, and have a chance to hear from different guest speakers in the environmental field. GLC students also have the opportunity to attend GLC Outdoor Adventure events, which involve traveling around the state for awesome new experiences in nature and additional opportunities to volunteer outdoors & learn about the environment.
Whether you are thinking about being a wildlife biologist when you grow up, want to learn about working with kids, love exploring the outdoors, or just want to meet new people and help out your South Platte River - come join the Greenway Leadership Corps! We welcome everyone to the group and are an all-inclusive organization.
Whether you are thinking about being a wildlife biologist when you grow up, want to learn about working with kids, love exploring the outdoors, or just want to meet new people and help out your South Platte River - come join the Greenway Leadership Corps! We welcome everyone to the group and are an all-inclusive organization.
Interested In Joining GLC?
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Get email notifications about upcoming GLC events, so you know what's happening and how to sign up:
(Don't worry, we wont ever email you about anything other than GLC events, and we won't share your email with anyone else.) |
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VOLUNTEER DAYS
What: Meet youth from across Denver, learn more about the environment, and help out the South Platte Greenway by completing volunteer projects down by the river. In addition to volunteer projects, GLC volunteer days also involve a short meeting and project introduction, team building exercises, career development opportunities, and guest speakers from different parts of the environmental field. Where: Different locations along the South Platte River in Denver, and occasionally elsewhere in the state. Cost: FREE |
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
What: GLC students have the opportunity to go on GLC Outdoor Adventures, where they will venture out and explore a different place in the city or in the mountains. Go snowshoeing, camping, river rafting, tour a water treatment plant, enjoy a VIP experience at our annual RiverFest water festival, and much more! Some GLC Outdoor Adventures do have a limited number of spots available, and priority will be given to students with prior involvement with the GLC program. Where: Various locations around Denver and Colorado. Cost: FREE |
See what the GLC is all about in the video below, made by one of our very own GLC students at our trail building trip over the summer!
RECENT EVENTS
INDOOR + OUTDOOR ROCK CLIMBING (oct16&19) - GLCers got the chance to learn rock climbing skills with CMC at their indoor natural rock gym. The next daythey took their skills outdoors on North Table Mountain Rock in Golden,CO.
FALL STEWARSHIP DAY (sept 28) - We walked through the South Platte River and removed trash that's been stuck in the River. GLC was joined by fellow environmental youth group, ELK and cityWild, who lead kayaking down the rapids at Confluence Park!
ROCKS & TRAILS (aug 8) - Traveled to Eldorado Canyon State Park to try rock climbing, and then helped with trail maintenance in the park.
TRAIL BUILDING (jul 26-28) This three-day, two-night trip will be at The Nature Conservancy preserve in Phantom Canyon. We will help restore and build trails in the preserve, as well as learn about the world of conservation.
RIVER RAFTING (jun 14-15) We went whitewater rafting for two days on the Arkansas River with cityWild, and spend the night camping in Buena Vista.
SAILING & STEWARDSHIP (may 04) GLCers helped out with Cherry Creek State Park's Beautification Day, working on various environmental stewardship projects. Then, after lunch, we headed to the water to learn how to sail!
SPRING STEWARDSHIP DAY (apr 20) We met at Johnson Habitat Park and helped mulch in Vanderbilt Park along the South Platte River in honor of Earth Day.
SNOWSHOEING IN RMNP (mar 09) The GLC went up to Rocky Mountain National Park for the day to go snowshoeing. We hiked along cub lake with a park ranger environmental educator, and learned about winter safety and planning and how to use a beacon in the backcountry.
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (feb 23) We traveled to Golden to enjoy a screening of films at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.
INDOOR + OUTDOOR ROCK CLIMBING (oct16&19) - GLCers got the chance to learn rock climbing skills with CMC at their indoor natural rock gym. The next daythey took their skills outdoors on North Table Mountain Rock in Golden,CO.
FALL STEWARSHIP DAY (sept 28) - We walked through the South Platte River and removed trash that's been stuck in the River. GLC was joined by fellow environmental youth group, ELK and cityWild, who lead kayaking down the rapids at Confluence Park!
ROCKS & TRAILS (aug 8) - Traveled to Eldorado Canyon State Park to try rock climbing, and then helped with trail maintenance in the park.
TRAIL BUILDING (jul 26-28) This three-day, two-night trip will be at The Nature Conservancy preserve in Phantom Canyon. We will help restore and build trails in the preserve, as well as learn about the world of conservation.
RIVER RAFTING (jun 14-15) We went whitewater rafting for two days on the Arkansas River with cityWild, and spend the night camping in Buena Vista.
SAILING & STEWARDSHIP (may 04) GLCers helped out with Cherry Creek State Park's Beautification Day, working on various environmental stewardship projects. Then, after lunch, we headed to the water to learn how to sail!
SPRING STEWARDSHIP DAY (apr 20) We met at Johnson Habitat Park and helped mulch in Vanderbilt Park along the South Platte River in honor of Earth Day.
SNOWSHOEING IN RMNP (mar 09) The GLC went up to Rocky Mountain National Park for the day to go snowshoeing. We hiked along cub lake with a park ranger environmental educator, and learned about winter safety and planning and how to use a beacon in the backcountry.
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (feb 23) We traveled to Golden to enjoy a screening of films at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.
Questions?
glc@greenwayfoundation.org
glc@greenwayfoundation.org
CHECK OUT WHAT THE GLC IS UP TO ON INSTAGRAM
thank you to all of our sponsors & supporters!
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