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History

The Aspen Youth Center ("AYC") is a private non-profit corporation that was developed in cooperation with the Aspen Substance Awareness Project now called Valley Partnership for Drug Prevention, Aspen School District, City of Aspen and other interested commuinty members. Due to community concern about the widespread use of alcohol and drugs in the adult community of Aspen, the American Drug and Alcohol Survey was administered to Aspen students in grades 7-12 in 1987. The survey revealed an alarming substance abuse problem among our teens with drug use far above both Colorado and national averages. Following the release of these results, the goal of creating a youth center was established by students (participants represented grades 5-12) at an annual "Views of Youth" conference. After a successful three-year campaign to raise the funds needed to build a center on land owned by the City of Aspen, we opened our doors on October 31, 1991. In April of 2003, we relocated our operations to a new facility, the Aspen Recreation Center ("ARC") on Maroon Creek Road across from the Aspen School District campus. We are the only privately funded and operated non-proft youth center in Colorado. Besides being a youth center, we have grown throughout the years and provide a variety of other programs such as our Education Series event, Boys to Men/Men to Boys, Girls to Women/Women to Girls, and an 8th grade Lead & Serve training.
The Board of Directors has, since our inception, been comprised of equal numbers of youth and adults. In addition, program planning fully incorporates the ideas of participants. We work very hard at "walking our talk" and being an organization that not only says we value our kids, but we actively include them in all aspencts of the operation. This is the piece of our history of which we are most proud.

WHAT'S NEW

Save The Date!!! Spell What?! Saturday, February 11, 2012. Spell What?! is AYC's newest fundraising event. Click Here for more information.

AYC is open Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm. We will be open for Winter Break on December 19th-22nd and December 27th-30th. Please note AYC will be closed December 23rd and 26th.

Click here to view our 2011 Winter Break Schedule

DECORATE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE WITH ASPEN YOUTH CENTER!
Friday Dec. 16th, 2011 from 2 -5pm. $15 per house. Houses are pre-assembled, candy & frosting provided. Students of all ages are all welcome, however, students younger than 4th grade must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited-please sign up early! For more information drop by AYC or call Caroline at 544-4135.

PARENTS WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK. PLEASE TAKE 5 MINUTES AND FILL OUT OUR SURVEY.

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Middle School Night will begin on Friday, January 6th 2012. For more information call Caroline at 544-4135

YOU CAN NOW GIVE TO ASPEN YOUTH CENTER (AYC) BY LINKING TO YOUR FAVORITE RETAILER THROUGH IGIVE.COM AND A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR PURCHASES WILL BE DONATED TO AYC. THERE ARE OVER 700 STORES ON THE SITE FROM BARNES AND NOBLE TO HOME DEPOT. CHOOSE ASPEN YOUTH CENTER AS YOUR CAUSE AND WE WILL RECEIVE A DONATION. DONATIONS COME FROM ADVERTISING REVENUES SO YOU WON’T PAY A CENT MORE THAN IF YOU WENT DIRECTLY TO THE RETAILERS WEB-SITE.

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AYC SCHEDULE

The Aspen Youth Center is a non-profit, drop-in youth center open to local and visiting youth who are in grades 4-12.

Our 2011/2012 School Year has officially begun!

AYC is open Monday through Friday from 10am-6pm.

Admission is FREE for all youth, thanks to an anonymous donor.

All Participants at the Aspen Youth Center must have a membership card and a completed information form on file (no additional cost).

THE ASPEN YOUTH CENTER IS A 501(C) (3) NON-PROFIT YOUTH ORGANIZATION
970-544-4130 P.O. Box 8266, Aspen, Co 81612