New Youth
Conservationists
Make a Difference in Your Own City
Imagine spending your weekend knee-deep in the Bronx River, surrounded by new and old friends, working together to protect and preserve beautiful green spaces.
Christodora’s award-winning New Youth Conservationists (NYC) program meets on Saturdays during the Spring and Fall to conduct science research projects, steward local parks, build community, and nurture future environmental leaders.
“We are able to escape buildings and buses…to step outside, clean up a place our entire community shares, and feel we have made a difference.”
NYC Program Chapters
Project LIT (Leaders In Training)
Who: 6th-8th Grade Students
GoGREEN (Getting Researchers Environmentally Engaged Now)
Who: 9th-12th Grade Students
NYC Program Highlights
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With 75% attendance, Project LIT students are eligible for a $50 Barnes & Noble Gift Card, and GoGREEN students are elgible for a $100 stipend, each season!
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Hours are recorded and tracked for each season.
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Each Spring season, the NYC program embarks on a free weekend trip to our very own Manice Education Center.
All participants must register for NYC by submitting
the following signed forms:
Permission Form
Medical Release Form
Transportation Release Form
