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February GLC:Snowshoeing and outdoor skills

March 28, 2023

In February GLC partnered with Boulder county open space to learn more about survival in the outdoors. We then took a beautiful hike in our snowshoes and learned all about …

High School
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January GLC: Youth Career Exploration Day!

January 31, 2023

This month, we partnered with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado to provide a Youth Career Exploration Day for teens across the Front Range.  The GLC team had the honor to speak …

News
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GLC Winter Sports

March 24, 2022

To kick off our 2022 winter sports events, our High School Greenway Leadership Corps started off by heading to Downtown Denver to go ice skating at Skyline Park. Everyone was …

High School, SPREE
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Greenway Leadership Corps – YES Conference Recap

October 26, 2021

The Youth Exploring Stewardship (YES) Conference was such a success due to 20 high schoolers and fellow Youth Exploring Stewardship coalition organizations joining us at the calwood nature near Jamestown, …

High School, SPREE
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GLC Snowboards in Vail

February 3, 2020

Last weekend, Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) adventured to Vail Mountain Resort to try our hands at snowboarding. We left Denver at the crack of dawn to make our way up …

Events, High School, SPREE
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Urban Animals: Holiday Camp Recap

January 31, 2020

What started off as a chilly morning, only got colder as the day went on. That didn’t stop our campers from diving deep into the world of Denver’s Urban Animals! …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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GLC Adventures to Ft. Collins

November 19, 2019

Our Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) adventures took us to Ft. Collins to discover what Colorado State University (CSU) and their Environmental Learning Center (ELC) has to offer college students.  The …

Events, High School, SPREE
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Kipp Denver Collegiate River Ranger Internship

October 28, 2019

It’s the start of a new school year, which means that The Greenway Foundation has hired ten new interns for its 2019-2020 excursion season! These students are juniors and seniors …

High School, News, SPREE
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In Stream Stewardship with GLC

October 1, 2019

This year’s Fall Stewardship Day was a success! Last Saturday, The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) had a blast helping out our South Platte River. We partnered with Environmental Learning for …

High School, SPREE, Stewardship
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SPREE HQ Summer Camp Week 7: Forces of Nature

August 5, 2019

From storms to tornadoes and earthquakes to volcanoes, campers learned about many amazing forces of nature that have shaped Colorado’s past and will be a part of its future.Monday: Meteorologists …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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GLC’s Spring Stewardship Day

June 10, 2019

Spring was in full swing Saturday as the Greenway Leadership Corp (GLC) met to celebrate Earth Day. The Greenway Leadership Corps meets once a month for stewardship events, outdoor adventures …

Events, High School, SPREE, Stewardship
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GLC takes on Skiing and Snowboarding

March 11, 2019

     This Saturday, we stayed in our beautiful city of Denver and lucked out with blue skies, as the GLC (Greenway Leadership Corps) learned to snowboard and ski on …

Events, High School, SPREE
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Practicing for the Hunger Games at Barr Lake State Park

December 11, 2018

We lucked out with beautiful blue skies this Sunday, as the Greenway Leadership Corp (GLC) explored the many outdoor opportunities Barr Lake State Park has to offer. Before parking, we …

Elementary, Family, Middle School, SPREE
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GLC Ends Summer with Service and Recreation

October 25, 2018

     The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) had a fun couple of events to finish off the summer and get going with the start of school!​     In August, we …

High School, SPREE, Stewardship
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GLC goes Rafting

June 21, 2018

The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) and SPREE’s summer High School River Rangers got to explore a new river this past weekend. We drove south from Denver to Buena Vista, where …

Events, High School, SPREE
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Staying Visible on a Bicycle

May 29, 2018

Cycling is one of the healthiest ways (and most fun!) to get from point A to point B. Whether you’re cycling on a designated bicycle path or commuting into work, …

SPREE
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Animal Fun Facts: Beaver Edition

May 14, 2018

Happy International Beaver Day! To celebrate, here are some facts about the beaver and a Native American story from the Ojibwe tribe about how the beaver got his tail. Beaver …

SPREE
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GLC goes to the Colorado Environmental Film Festival

April 4, 2018

On February 24th, a group of high schoolers got to go to the Colorado Environmental Film Festival for a GLC event! The students watched five documentaries and then got to …

Events, High School, SPREE
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Meet Our New Interns

January 22, 2018

Lily at a GLC event last year We are excited to announce that The Greenway Foundation is starting a new internship program with Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design …

High School, News, SPREE
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GLC Trail Work with WRV

October 21, 2017

​This past Saturday, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (WRV) teamed up with the GLC for a fun  morning of trail work in Eldorado Canyon. GLC high school students and WRV’s youth crew leaders worked …

Events, High School, SPREE, Stewardship
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Fall Riversweeps 2017

September 28, 2017

FALL RIVERSWEEPS CLEAN UP THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AND SURROUNDING PARKS!Over 150 people braved the cold, wet morning to join us for our Fall RiverSweep Events on September 23rd! Between …

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GLC Trail Building with TNC

August 1, 2017

    This July, the Greenway Leadership Corps and High School River Rangers traveled to Phantom Canyon Ranch to work on a trail building project with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Wildlands Restoration …

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Rafting on the Arkansas

June 20, 2017

     This past weekend, the GLC and River Rangers went white water rafting along the Arkansas River. We departed from Denver on Friday morning, spent the day in Buena …

Events, High School, SPREE
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Getting Creative at Art on the River

May 16, 2017

It was a warm, sunny day for Art on the River this past Saturday at City of Cuernavaca Park. For the last two years, this event has ended early or …

Events, Family, SPREE
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2017 Spring Riversweep Success

May 3, 2017

The Greenway Foundation welcomed over 425 volunteers to our two volunteers events on April 22nd:the CH2M Spring RiverSweep presented by Noble Energy, DaVita, and The Nature Conservancy on Comcast Cares …

Events, Stewardship
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