The Youth

Imagine a massive youth workforce with an increased capacity to protect more homes, more business, and more communities. The Oregon Conservation Corps directly supports this workforce by providing jobs for young adults, crew leaders, on-site experts, and purchasing the equipment they require. This equals dramatic increases in the numbers of homes and communities we can protect this year, and every year going forward.

It’s a simple fact that not every young person is tailored for college, or an office cube, or a retail counter, or a delivery car. These work spaces aren’t for everyone. Some kids want to work with their hands. They’re eager to tackle serious issues today, not after college or down the road. They want to get stuff done. Right now. They feel pride in having made the world a better place at the end of a long day.

Through the Oregon Conservation Corps, these young people can make good money thriving in the best work environment on the planet—the forests of Oregon. For this workforce, it’s the best gig ever. It’s where a plaid shirt is the ultimate power tie.

It’s time to unite all of Oregon. Homeowners. Renters. Students. Senior Citizens. Middle Schoolers. Teachers. Techies. Amateur Beekeepers. Professional Athletes. Mothers. Fathers. Sons. Daughters. Introverts. Extroverts. It doesn’t matter.

What matters is you. All of you. It’s time for every Oregonian to pull together like we did back in 1941 and remember what we have here in Oregon—how we can protect it, nurture it, and grow it beautifully into the rest of the 21st century.

Stopping Fires. Starting Lives.

Courtesy of the Oregon Conservation Corps.