Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC)
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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.
Read on for more information about the program and find out what events we have coming up!
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.
Read on for more information about the program and find out what events we have coming up!
GLC Schedule
JAN26 Saturday | 10am-2pm |
snowboarding/skiing at ruby hill |
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. Sign up here to secure your spot! |
FEB23 Saturday | 10am-3pm |
colorado environmental film festival |
Travel to Golden with GLC for a screening of the Colorado Environmental Film Festival movies! We'll get to see 1-2 feature length films in addition to other shorter films. There will be a Q&A with someone in the industry, and we'll have a chance to explore the Eco Expo as well as see the Photography exhibit. Sign up here! |
MAR9 Saturday | time TBD |
snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park |
Snowshoe in the Rocky Mountains! GLC will be driving to Rocky Mountain National Park for an afternoon of snowshoeing. We'll provide you with your snowshoes for the day, and no experience is required. Space is limited, so Sign up here! |
Interested In Joining GLC?
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Do you want to 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 For more information about our upcoming GLC Volunteer Days, scroll down to the "GLC Schedule" section below. Sign up to find out when the next GLC event is happening! |
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
What: GLC students who have attended at least one GLC Volunteer Day also 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
ARCHERY at Barr Lake (dec 9) GLC took a trip to Barr Lake State Park to learn about and test their archery skills and help with a service project!
ELC in Ft. COLLINS (nov 10) We road tripped up to Ft. Collins to learn about stewardship with ELC and then checked out the CSU campus!
FLY FISHING (oct 20) GLC students traveled to Deckers to fly fish in the South Platte River with the help of Denver Trout Unlimited.
SOUTH PLATTE STEWARDSHIP DAY (sep 22) The RiverSweep is our biannual riverside volunteer event. Volunteer groups help with numerous projects including trash removal, crusher-fine based trail construction, painting, graffiti removal, tree protection, willow harvesting or relocation and more. GLC students picked up trash in and by the South Platte River, and kayaked at Confluence Park. GLC volunteers were joined by other high school students through ELK and City Wild
STAND UP PADDLEBOARDING (aug 18) GLC went out on the South Platte River and learned how to paddleboard
TRAIL BUILDING (jul 27-29) 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 16-17) We went whitewater rafting for two days on the Arkansas River with cityWild, and spend the night camping in Buena Vista.
CHALLENGE COURSE (may 12) GLC students traveled to Genesee Challenge Course to test their teamwork and their wits on a high and low ropes course.
SPRING RIVERSWEEP (apr 21) The GLC participated in TGF's RiverSweep trash clean up downtown and made our South Platte River Trail cleaner and safer by removing trash along the river.
SKIING & SNOWBOARDING AT RUBY HILL (mar 11) GLCers tried their hand at skiing and snowboarding right in Denver, at Ruby Hill, after which we helped pick up some trash in the park.
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (feb 24) We traveled to Golden to enjoy a a screening of films in the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.
SNOWBOARDING WITH SOS & ELK (jan 7) We teamed up with Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK) to participate in a one-day snowboarding adventure with SOS Outreach at Beaver Creek. Students received a professional lesson, lift ticket, equipment rental and lunch.
ARCHERY at Barr Lake (dec 9) GLC took a trip to Barr Lake State Park to learn about and test their archery skills and help with a service project!
ELC in Ft. COLLINS (nov 10) We road tripped up to Ft. Collins to learn about stewardship with ELC and then checked out the CSU campus!
FLY FISHING (oct 20) GLC students traveled to Deckers to fly fish in the South Platte River with the help of Denver Trout Unlimited.
SOUTH PLATTE STEWARDSHIP DAY (sep 22) The RiverSweep is our biannual riverside volunteer event. Volunteer groups help with numerous projects including trash removal, crusher-fine based trail construction, painting, graffiti removal, tree protection, willow harvesting or relocation and more. GLC students picked up trash in and by the South Platte River, and kayaked at Confluence Park. GLC volunteers were joined by other high school students through ELK and City Wild
STAND UP PADDLEBOARDING (aug 18) GLC went out on the South Platte River and learned how to paddleboard
TRAIL BUILDING (jul 27-29) 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 16-17) We went whitewater rafting for two days on the Arkansas River with cityWild, and spend the night camping in Buena Vista.
CHALLENGE COURSE (may 12) GLC students traveled to Genesee Challenge Course to test their teamwork and their wits on a high and low ropes course.
SPRING RIVERSWEEP (apr 21) The GLC participated in TGF's RiverSweep trash clean up downtown and made our South Platte River Trail cleaner and safer by removing trash along the river.
SKIING & SNOWBOARDING AT RUBY HILL (mar 11) GLCers tried their hand at skiing and snowboarding right in Denver, at Ruby Hill, after which we helped pick up some trash in the park.
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (feb 24) We traveled to Golden to enjoy a a screening of films in the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.
SNOWBOARDING WITH SOS & ELK (jan 7) We teamed up with Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK) to participate in a one-day snowboarding adventure with SOS Outreach at Beaver Creek. Students received a professional lesson, lift ticket, equipment rental and lunch.
Questions?
glc@greenwayfoundation.org
glc@greenwayfoundation.org
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thank you to all of our sponsors & supporters!
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