Visual Storytelling Art Apprenticeship in Partnership with Anderson Ranch Arts Center Students 8th grade through high school are welcome to join YouthZone and Anderson Ranch Arts Center to explore visual storytelling, memory, and photography. Participants will be awarded $200 for their artistic contributions! REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 30 CALL: YouthZone at 970.945.9300 EMAIL: gwreception@youthzone.com VISIT: YouthZone […]
Continue ReadingSopris Sun Article: YouthZone Film Festival Takes Students to New Heights
YouthZone Film Festival Takes Students to New Heights News By Kate Phillips Published Sep. 21, 2022 Read The Sopris Sun article: Prepare to be inspired and entertained as student filmmakers from the Roaring Fork Valley and across the country take center stage at the third annual YouthZone Ascent Youth Film Festival. The film festival doubles as a […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone Understands the Value of a Living Wage
By Jami Hayes YouthZone Understands the Value of a Living Wage YouthZone is a family first nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering positive youth development for teens and their families. We have been supporting 6- to 18-year-olds in the Western Slope of Colorado for over 46 years, specializing in intervention, prevention, and volunteerism. Through the dedicated […]
Continue ReadingCommunity profile: Judge Paul Metzger reflects on his 20 years on Garfield County Court bench
A huge thank you to County Judge Paul Metzger for his dedication to YouthZone for so many years and the youth of our communities. Read the Post Independent‘s Community Profile article from August 28, 2022. From presiding over mock trials with local high school students to many a real trial in the Garfield County […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone Brings Award Winning Filmmakers to 2022 Ascent Film Festival
By Carol Wolff YouthZone Brings Award Winning Filmmakers to 2022 Ascent Film Festival Emmy-nominated Katherine Roberts and award-winning filmmaker Rob Shearer will be mentoring 10 youth filmmakers. The talents of these young filmmakers will be showcased through video, animation, music, writing, poetry, and photography. Mentors will work directly with each youth filmmaker to achieve their […]
Continue ReadingYouth Substance Use and Mental Health is a Community Issue
by Michelle Lopez and Carmen Iacino Youth Substance Use and Mental Health is a Community Issue The mental health and wellbeing of Colorado youth often have a direct relation to substance use education, accessibility to helpful resources, and the overall culture of substance use in our communities. Substance use, such as alcohol, marijuana, and […]
Continue ReadingParenting is Difficult and You are Not Alone
By Tina Olson Parenting is Difficult and You are Not Alone Let’s start with the facts, parenting is difficult! And, far from what some may have you believe, there is no easy parenting situation. Parenting in a two-parent or nuclear family situation is difficult. Parenting as a single, divorced, or stepparent is also difficult. Parenting […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone Offering Teen Life Coaching as New Service
By Keith Berglund YouthZone Offering Teen Life Coaching as New Service The adolescent years are a time of transition on many levels. The changes that occur during this critical developmental period affect our biological, physical, psychological and behavioral areas of functioning. The scope of these changes makes this period of life somewhat risky, given that […]
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