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Start Date-End Date: 04/23/2011-04/23/2011
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Summary: Celebrate Earth Day with youth who are making a difference!
Description: THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY FULL. Please contact becca@voc.org if you would like to be put on the waitlist.
FAMILY FRIENDLY
Celebrate Earth Day weekend with youth who are making a difference! Join VOC's Cairn Youth Program high school students for a fun day repairing and restoring one of Cherry Creek State Park's most popular walking trails. This is a perfect opportunity for families, youth, and small groups to join together in repairing and restoring the Shop Creek Trail.
Shop Creek Trail has suffered significant damage from frequent floods along Cherry Creek. Hikers trying to avoid damaged section of trail have created multiple trail corridors, braided walkways and wide paths. To alleviate the damage and re-create a sustainable trail, volunteers will restore eroded areas with new soil, and repair and resurface sections of the trail with finely crushed rock.
VOC's Cairn participants will show their skills in volunteer leadership by completely planning and organizing this project under the mentorship of VOC's skilled adult volunteer leaders. Show your support for all young stewards by volunteering on this super one-day project.
There is no fee for this project. Lunch will be provided.
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Physical Difficulty: Easy
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Desired Number of Volunteers: 100
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 37
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 56
Total Volunteer Days: 92
Total Unique Volunteers: 93
Total Volunteer Hours: 997
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Stewardship Education: Cairn Youth Program had four students act as a roving Stewardship Advisor Crew that roamed from crew to crew and gave them a small presentation on Shop Creek wetland and the Cairn program.
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Description of Work Completed: Worked on 1100 feet of crusher fine trail. 377 new trail construction and 723 of maintenance on exisiting crusher fine trail.
On April 23, over 100 adults and youth spent the day completing the last sections of the Shop Creek trail at Cherry Creek State Park. This special project, organized and led by students in VOC
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