Updates & Stories

Fourth of July visitors to Itasca State Park can thank a Conservation Corps crew for a spiffy campground. The morning after a… Read More

Throughout each Youth Outdoors session, participants based at neighborhood rec centers plan and organize service projects that engage communities in volunteer work. On Saturday June… Read More

St. Paul Roving crew member Danica Das picked up trash along the river.Threatening weather didn’t keep away volunteers who boarded… Read More

Summer Youth Corps kicks off summer program A new base camp isn’t the only change in our Summer Youth Corps this year. For the first… Read More

While major fires around the country dominate headlines, Conservation Corps crews have been busy with fires close to home. A dry fall and nearly snowless… Read More

The Donaldson Foundation, ERM Foundation and Carlson Family Foundation have joined a host of Youth Outdoors partners to expand Conservation Corps Minnesota’s successful urban afterschool… Read More

Our 2011 annual report is hot off the press! As our Corps Update audience, you get the first peek. Read it online now. If you’d… Read More

On Wednesday, April 25, Youth Outdoors (YO) was awarded a Youth Leadership Award by the City of Saint Paul. Mayor Chris Coleman honored 10 businesses,… Read More

Though our unseasonably warm spring had cooled, Saturday, April 14 turned out to be a beautiful day for cleaning up the City of Saint Paul. Youth Outdoors crews led volunteer registration at four kickoff celebrations, which drew 1,100 volunteers. Read More

Hundreds of youth from across the globe gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center April 11-14 for the annual National Service-Learning Conference, hosted by the National Youth Leadership Council. Every year the Council plants trees in the city where they meet to commemorate the loss of participants and advocates in youth leadership work. Read More