cityWILD student guiding the Arkansas River. Photo courtesy cityWILD.
Turns out the high water in Colorado this season has actually been great for some Denver youth… A couple of weeks ago I took a couple fly-fishing at Mayhem Gulch. Sure enough Clear Creek was still pretty high. In fact, three different whitewater rafting trips whizzed by. That’s when it hit me. All of this run-off and high water that’s been driving us fly-fishermen crazy across the state is actually providing for an opportunity to make huge positive influences on some of Denver’s students school, work, and family experiences.
cityWILD is a non-profit organization that has been operating here in Denver since 1997. Their work provides middle school and high school youth, who are at-risk for a variety of reasons, the support and opportunities to become empowered through outdoor leadership experiences.
cityWILD provides kids an opportunity to grow at both their facility and out and about in nature. There is another integral part… cityWILD Adventures provides outdoor adventure recreation to anyone at greatly reduced costs where all proceeds go to support cityWILD’s tuition free Youth Leadership Program in Denver.
So yeah… the rivers have been big and pretty much unfishable for most of this season. But seriously, how awesome is it that cityWILD is able to benefit and help out plenty of youngsters by taking advantage of what we fly-fishermen would consider less than favorable conditions? While the rafting season is over for this year, you can definitely go next year! And if you want to support cityWILD, you can attend the River Rendezvous this September 22 at Lodo’s.
cityWILD Has Four Main Objectives:
Objective:
To develop leadership, social skills, and self-concept.
Objective:
To promote environmental awareness and a community ethic through service learning.
Objective:
To increase academic achievement.
Objective:
To prevent and/or decrease alcohol, drugs, and tobacco use.
To support or get involved take a moment to learn more at cityWILD or click on the image below.
And their upcoming River Rendezvous Thursday, September 22 – 6:30pm @ Lodo’s.
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Thumbs up to cityWILD. Thanks for highlighting their work.
Very cool… Mother Nature best teacher ever!
Cool…Different! One plus for City Wild, one mans posion is another mans something or other!
Thanks for posting this sowbug! And thanks for the great comments all!
-cityWILD
No problem. cityWILD is an important program more people around this area should be informed of. If this helps… great!