Please plan to join us in two weeks to hear Quinn Mendelson tell us about Rocky Mountain Youth Corps.

Date and Time – August 5, 6:00 PM (Note earlier starting time)

Location – Sandia Ranger Station conference room

Program Abstract – For 30 years, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps has been engaging young adults in meaningful conservation projects throughout New Mexico. RMYC focuses on creating a more resilient landscape in the face of an ever-changing world and serving as a stepping stone to new opportunities for the folks in our program. Coupling intensive training and project work with personal and professional training opportunities, our goal is to ensure that when it comes time for someone to graduate from the Corps, they are walking into a professional path that is both rewarding and offers a degree of long-term stability.

Conservation Program Director, Quinn Mendelson, joins Friends of Sandia Mountains to discuss the importance of paid landscape stewardship opportunities for young people, share success stories from recent RMYC projects, and to explore opportunities for increased partnership and collaboration in the Sandia Mountains and beyond.

Speaker bio – Quinn Mendelson is the Conservation Program Director for Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, overseeing field programs based out of RMYC’s offices in Taos and Albuquerque. Quinn has been focused on outdoor youth development and conservation work for the past decade in New Mexico, Colorado, and the Northeast. He is a resident of Albuquerque and spends as much of his free time exploring the Sandias as possible.

Thanks,

Cliff Giles
FOSM VP and Webmaster
https://friendsofthesandias.org