Hopa Mountain’s Youth Leadership Program is now accepting applications for the 2015 summer youth leadership camps for teens 13-17.  The camp for Park County teens will be held June 15-19, and the Gallatin County camp will be July 6-10.  The camps are free-of-charge for accepted participants.  In these weeklong residential camps, youth will participate in outdoor problem-solving and skill-building activities, self awareness activities, art and sciences activities, and community service.  This summer’s camps also include white water rafting.  Each summer camp is followed by bi-weekly service-learning programs and community service projects throughout the school year.
 
Hopa Mountain’s Youth Leadership Program is a year round initiative which promotes positive and sustained educational experiences for Gallatin and Park County teens, by fostering direct interaction with the environment, the arts, respected adults and the greater community.  These experiences help prepare teens for life as contributing members of their families, peer groups, and communities. The program is made possible through the generous support of the Mountain Sky Guest Ranch Fund, the O.P. and W.E. Edwards Foundation, the Walter L. and Lucille Braun Family Charitable Gift Fund, the Gilhousen Family Foundation, and Hopa Mountain members. The Park County program is collaboratively organized with LINKS for Learning in Livingston.
 
Hopa Mountain is a Bozeman-based non-profit that invests in rural and tribal citizen leaders, adults and youth, in their efforts to improve education, ecological health, and economic development (www.hopamountain.org).  Citizen leaders are those individuals -- adults and youth -- who step forward when they recognize that their community needs help. Hopa Mountain provides these leaders with training, mentoring, and networking opportunities.  Promoting and supporting youth leadership and community service is core to Hopa Mountain’s mission.  Hopa Mountain’s Youth Leadership Camp applications are available online at www.hopamountain.org or by calling (406) 586-2455 or emailing info@hopamountain.org.