LEAP Program

The Learn, Earn and Prosper (LEAP) program mission is to provide youth who are blind or visually impaired with the skills needed to become independent, confident, and productive young adults.

The 2009 LEAP program will consist of two, four-week long intensive sessions in the summer, during which youth live with two adult Crew Leaders.

During the first session of the LEAP program, members will develop job skills by participating in one of five vocational training programs at ReCycle North. Through these programs, the youth will learn professional and interpersonal skills while helping ReCycle North accomplish its three-part mission of waste reduction, job skills training, and poverty relief. They will live in an apartment-style suite and throughout the experience learn skills that are essential to living independently. Members will learn to use adaptive equipment to cook meals, shop for groceries, use public transportation, do laundry, and live as a community.

The second session of the LEAP program will consist of working with an inclusive group of youth to complete high-priority conservation projects in Vermont. This program will focus on education, leadership, teamwork, interpersonal skills as well as personal development. Accommodations will be rustic, and the crew will live in tents and construct their kitchen area out of tarps and back-country stoves.

Interested Corps Members are welcome to apply to one or both of the sessions.

Crew Member

Crew Leader

For more information about the LEAP Program, please contact Abigail at 802.434.3969 Ext 138 or amendenhall@vycc.org.

• LEAP is a partnership between the VYCC and the following organizations:

• Linking Learning to Life
• ReCycle North
• State of Vermont Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Vermont Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Vermont Association of Business, Industry and Rehabilitation
• The Gibney Family Foundation

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