by Lauren | Nov 17, 2020 | blog, Stories of Impact
What it means to be a servant leader. How a CYL alum continued a life of service and found her passion beyond high school. I am currently at Colorado State University in Fort Collins studying Social Work and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Biology. Something I learned...
by Lauren | Oct 29, 2020 | Stories of Impact
Legacy. The word holds a lot of power and is one of CYL’s core values. For CYLers it empowers young people to think of the impact they are leaving behind after high school. It means creating something sustainable and long-lasting. It means letting go of the fixed...
by Lauren | Sep 23, 2020 | blog, Stories of Impact
Recently, I watched a short documentary about Important Places. It starts, “may you always remember the path that leads back, back to the Important Places.” For Colorado Young Leaders, that Important Place starts at the Kite Lake Trailhead, in the shadow of four...
by Lauren | Aug 31, 2020 | blog, Stories of Impact
CYL was awarded a grant on behalf of the VF Foundation to support the Youth Exploring Stewardship (YES) Coalition. We’re proud to work with 17 other great organizations as we collaborate to provide more outdoor experiences for youth of all ages across the Front...
by Lauren | Aug 31, 2020 | blog, Stories of Impact
Those who knew Lauren Guthrie reflected on her leadership style as “Kindly Bold.” If you look up “Kindly Bold” in the dictionary, it is not there. Seemingly impossible to define in a few, concise words, it is a leadership style that has to be lived out. A leadership...
by Lauren | Aug 27, 2020 | Stories of Impact
What if we truly listened to our young people? How would our world change? On November 2nd, over 60 youth gathered at the History Colorado Center to take part in the 4th annual Colorado Young Leaders (CYL) Base Camp, a youth-led leadership conference created by CYL’s...
