Denver, CO
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Denver Youth Corps Teaches Low-Income Residents...
Michael Phelps probably wouldn’t blink if asked to swim the length of twenty-five Olympic-sized swimming pools. But imagine asking him to save that much water? That’s what Denver youth achieved by mid-2008. They also reduced the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by nearly two million pounds per year. These gold-medal feats were accomplished as part of Denver’s Mile High Youth Corps (MHYC) project. In 2006, MHYC partnered with the state’s Low Income Energy Assistance Program and began going into homes to conduct energy audits and distribute power-saving CFL light bulbs.
