We believe youth have the power to shape their own future
Our mission: to create opportunities for youth enrichment in their neighborhood through community engagement, job training, and education. We envision a diverse community of empowered, skilled and capable youth working to strengthen their local environment.
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A message from the River City Youth Ops Board of Directors: We will do better. We love you. We are with you.
BALANCING REALISM & OPTIMISM
Now more than ever, Youth Ops is grateful for the support of our local community. The COVID-19 crisis has met us with change and uncertainty, but it has also brought to light the incredible strength, creativity and resiliency of humanity. We will continue to monitor the impacts of the pandemic and how those might affect our programs, keeping you, our valued partners and participants, in the loop every step of the way.
Tue, August 27, 2019 · 6-9 pm
River City Youth Ops has partnered with chef CJ Callahan of Hogwash Whiskey Den and chef Austin Conklin of Inland Pacific Kitchen to create a five-course garden dinner. The gourmet meal features produce grown by local youth participants in River City Youth Ops' urban farm program. Wine and a featured cocktail will be served. Vegetarian option available.
Sat. July 13 · 1 - 4 pm
Join us for a wet felting class to create your very own functional, beautiful, and handmade product to take home or share as a gift. In this class, you will learn how to cover soap with beautiful wool to create your own unique bar of soap and washcloth combined. It will exfoliate and make your skin feel wonderful. Wool is naturally anti-microbial so it will stay fresh and clean until it's all used up.
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Youth Voices
“When we started, I barely knew who the people in the internship were and was just getting through the day. But as it went on, silly things happened, and we’ve done a lot and accomplished a lot in the garden. It taught me that life can be beautiful. It just takes time, effort, and consistency. The weeds aren’t going to stop coming back, so you have to keep taking care of the garden so it stays beautiful. If you take care of the garden, it will take care of you.”
-Kasper
This experience helped me learn to be more of a leader, and communicate better with my teammates. I learned more about money management and how to save for taxes.
-Illy
Being an intern has taught me many things including teaching me the difficulties of juggling personal life and work life and how they differ. I also learned many social skills that will help me a more ways than I can count.
-Rhory
