We hope this email finds you enjoying a day of friends, family, and abundance.

Colorado Youth Outdoors has a lot to be thankful for. We exist due to community support. To our participants, our volunteers, our sponsors, our donors:

thank you.

We are entering into what's become 'the giving season' in nonprofit circles. It means extra emails in your inbox, we know! We will send three emails next month with some thoughts on what CYO does and where your donation will go. We sure hope you'll give them a glance.

All donations to Colorado Youth Outdoors from now through the end of 2024 will help us replace old & worn equipment. Our equipment is the foundation we use to build healthy relationships.

If you have the means to support Colorado Youth Outdoors with one new arrow ($5), a fishing pole ($50), or a new set of tires ($1000+), we appreciate your support. More in an email coming soon.

The CYO staff is so excited about Christmas that our ears are growing pointy and the toes of all our red & green shoes have started to curl up!

Our drive-through light show showcases Santa, Mrs. Claus, and all the elves spending time together in the outdoors. It's a Colorado Christmas at CYO - guaranteed to get you feeling the holiday spirit!

Tickets are $25/car and sold in 15 minute increments. As we get closer to Christmas, time slots and whole nights will sell out! Please reserve your spot today.

NoCo Winter Wonderland is open Thursday-Sunday starting tonight. On December 19th, we'll be open EVERY night through December 31st.

"We reconnected, experienced new things, communicated and collaborated with each other, built confidence and laughed joyously!"

- CORE Participant

👨‍🏭It's official - Luke Brough has stepped into a brand-new role as CYO's Northeast Colorado Executive Director (NECEC? New Guy? Hey Boss? He also answers to 'Luke.'). Congrats and welcome!

🧑‍💼Speaking of jobs, we're looking for an Office Admin/Volunteer Coordinator in our Fort Collins office. Details here. If you'd like to apply but the ink is closed, please email a cover letter and resume to Sara at: smickelson@coloradoyo.org

🎣Congrats to our 2024 Fall CORE grads! Welcome to the CYO family.

🇺🇸We hope you thanked a veteran this past Veteran's Day! CYO has 23 veterans that work or volunteer for us, helping build relationships in Fort Collins and Colorado Springs. These guys rock! Check out this list to see if your favorite instructor is on it.

🎄NoCo Winter Wonderland: We are celebrating our first year of being a FULLY ELECTRIC light show. The list below are the companies who donated time and money to electrify our one-mile loop!

CYO exists to build relationships.

We build relationships by having fun together outside.

Our classes cost more than double what we charge, and 25% of our participants come through full scholarship.

We only run thanks to community support. If you believe in what we do, please consider a financial donation.