Colorado UpLift is a nonprofit, youth service organization teaching character, leadership and life skills to urban kids in 22 Denver Public Schools.
Our unique model provides full-time, salaried staff members who teach and mentor kids starting in 2nd grade, following them from grade to grade until they graduate from high school and pursue post-secondary education.
Colorado UpLift offers four program areas to kids each year for a "whole child" approach to youth intervention (In School, After School, Adventure and Post Secondary). Overall, UpLift is a relational solution to the issues faced by at-risk students. Results include:
- 90% of students in the UpLift program three years or more are graduating from high school (compared to 52% of their non-UpLift peers).
- 86% of UpLift graduates are enrolled in college (compared to 39 to 59% of graduates from the district).
- Third-party research shows UpLift kids attend their academic classes 41% more than their non-UpLift peers.
- Each high school graduate saves the economy around $2 million.
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Colorado UpLIFT We invite you to participate in our spring Career Fairs, helping us inspire career vision in elementary and middle-school urban youth. Volunteers meet with small groups of kids for six minutes at a time, interacting with them and encouraging them to stay in school to pursue their dreams. Attached is a link with the schedule (16 fairs to choose from), details and registration capability. Please plan to join us. Without vision, our kids are at risk of dropping out of school and becoming a statistic. Help us put kids on the right track!
