VOC Crew Leader: Dylan Kintish
Alex Schupp • March 3, 2016
VOC Crew Leader: Dylan Kintish
VOC regularly highlights different VOC leaders, new and seasoned, so that we can share with you the inspiring work they do to care for Colorado's outdoors! Here, we'd like to recognize VOC Crew Leader, Dylan Kintish.
Dylan’s first experience with VOC was on a fire restoration project at Colorado Springs' Flying W Ranch in 2012, through his AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps service program. Following two years of AmeriCorps and some sporadic VOC projects in-between, Dylan moved to Denver and continued to volunteer more actively on VOC projects.
"I love the community aspect on all the projects, as well as the continually challenging and interesting work caring for our natural resources," said Dylan.
Dylan enjoyed serving as a team leader for AmeriCorps, especially on trail projects, and after spending more time with VOC he knew that he wanted to become a crew leader and take his volunteerism to the next level. He became a crew leader this past summer, and soon after became a mentor for VOC’s Cairn Youth Program to continue leading youth groups in the outdoors during the off-season.
Dylan is currently obtaining his master's of social work at the University of Denver. Outside of VOC, he pursues his love for the outdoors by serving as an intern for cityWILD, an outdoor education leadership program. He also enjoys running, music (both listening and playing percussion), and of course, exploring Colorado’s wild places every chance he gets!
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