FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC
PO BOX 1029, MONTICELLO, UT 845351029 www.ccdiscovery.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO CREATE LIFELONG LEARNING EXPERIENCES ABOUT THE COLORADO PLATEAU THROUGH ADVENTURE, EDUCATION, AND STEWARDSHIP.

EDUCATION & ADVENTURE 1) PRE-PLANNING TRIP PACKETS HAVE BEEN MADE AND UTILIZED. 2) TRIED A NEW CAMPER EVALUATION FOR EARTH WATER SKY 2019. 3) SERVED 29 YOUTH THIS SUMMER AT OVERNIGHTS (INCLUDING 2 GROUPS FROM NEW JERSEY AND OUR FIRST GIRL SCOUT TROOP IN SEVERAL YEARS). 4) SERVED 145 STUDENTS ON CAMPUS (SCHOOL GROUPS- FIELD TRIPS). HAVE RECEIVED 44 PROGRAM EVALUATIONS WITH 100% OF TEACHERS STATING THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THE CCDC TO THEIR COLLEAGUES. 5) BIOCRUST PROGRAMMING COMPLETED. PROGRAMMING DELIVERED TO 1444 PARTICIPANTS (WITH POLLINATOR PROGRAMMING). PROGRAMS INCLUDE: A) EXPLORING EROSION (3-6), B) CARBON CYCLE (9-12) 6) POLLINATOR-THEMED BOOTH IDEAS HAVE BEEN CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR CAREER FAIRS AND THE STEAM EXPO. INCLUDING: A) POLLINATORS AT PLAY B) DANCING WITH THE BEES AND HABITATS (K-2), C) FOCUSING ON PHENOLOGY (K-5), D) PICK APART A PLANT (3-5) 7) OBTAINED SUSTAINABILITY FELLOWSHIP TO HELP IMPLEMENT MORE CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAMS ON CAMPUS. 8) DARK SKY DISCOVERY - OVERALL NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR ARE UP COMPARED TO 2018. FALL PROGRAMS WERE GENERALLY MORE SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE RETURN FAMILIES/INDIVIDUALS. MARKETING 1)DESIGNED AND SUBMITTED ADS FOR MOAB HAPPENINGS, FOUR CORNERS FREE PRESS, CORTEZ CHAMBER, MANCOS CHAMBER, DOLORES CHAMBER 2)DESIGNED AD FOR UTAH.COM MAGAZINE

STEWARDSHIP THE ORGANIZATION'S STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM HIRES YOUNG ADULTS AGES 15-25 FOR FIVE TO TWENTY-FIVE WEEKS TO COMPLETE SERVICE PROJECTS ON PUBLIC LANDS IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. CCYC CREW MEMBERS WORK ON THE HEALTH AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE LANDS THROUGH PROJECTS SUCH AS BUILDING AND MAINTAINING TRAILS, FUEL MITIGATION, FENCE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, AND HABITAT RESTORATION. 1)THE CANYON COUNTRY YOUTH CORPS RAN CREWS CONTINUALLY THROUGH 2019 FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE ADDITION OF A 18/19 WINTER CREW. WE WERE ABLE TO FILL 96.9% OF OUR AMERICORPS SLOTS (6.77 OR 6.97 MSY TARGETS). 2)VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION INCREASED IN 2019 TO 27 AS THE RESULT OF A PROJECT CCYC COMPLETED AT CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, DURING WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER VOLUNTEERS FREE ENTRY AND CAMP FEES AT THE PARK WITH THEIR COMPLETION OF A SET NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT WERE COMPLETED DURING THE CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK PROJECT WAS 610 SERVICE HOURS. 3)CCYC HAD A TOTAL OF 24 YOUTH CREW MEMBERS DURING 2019 AND OUR "SUMMER YOUTH CREW" CONSISTED OF 12 MEMBERS. IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMER YOUTH CREW, WE RAN AN ADDITIONAL "SUMMER YOUNG-ADULT CREW." FOR THIS CREW WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT COLLEGE-AGED AND GRADUATING-HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THESE YOUNG ADULT CREW MEMBERS WILL RETURN TO CCYC IN FUTURE SEASONS AS CREW LEADERS OR MEMBERS. 4)DURING 2019, CCYC TREATED 1,104.63 ACRES OF AT-RISK ECOSYSTEMS AND MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO 45.6 ACRES OF PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS. CCYC ALSO TREATED AND MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO 12.24 MILES OF AT-RISK ECOSYSTEMS ON TRAILS OR ALONG RIVERS. 5)LOOKING FORWARD TO 2020, CCYC HAS DECIDED NOT TO RE-APPLY FOR OUR 3 YEAR AMERICORPS GRANT CYCLE. INSTEAD, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH UTAH CONSERVATION CORPS AND WILL RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MSY UNDER THEM (THEY WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE AMERICORPS GRANT). WE WILL REPORT ALL OF OUR GRANT ACTUALS, MEMBER 'S, ETC. TO UCC.

ADVENTURE THE ORGANIZATION'S ADVENTURE PROGRAM COMBINES COLORADO PLATEAU ADVENTURES WITH THE EXPERTISE OF A SKILLED EDUCATOR, PUTTING SCIENCE AND EDUCATION INTO UNIQUE, HANDS-ON RIVER RAFTING AND HIKING ADVENTURES.

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