positive youth development is our mission

We exist to inspire today’s youth to become tomorrow’s thriving leaders! We are an incubator for future leaders and a springboard for developing responsible, competent stewards of our community. We dedicate ourselves to being accessible to all. Through experiential learning and boundary-less thinking, we meet our adolescents where they are and position them to create vibrant futures for themselves and their communities.

At Cypress Adventures, we provide experiences that inspire and empower middle and high-school-aged youth to create the lives they want for themselves. Adolescence is a critical stage of development in which identities are explored, sensation and risk are pursued, and emotional sensitivity is at its peak. Everything we do at Cypress supports adolescents' physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development during out-of-school time.

Our Youth Leadership Program includes free afterschool courses provided in partnership with our local school district. These programs are built using Experiential Education techniques, as experience is the only truly universal learning style. We deliver experiences that engage students physically, emotionally, and cognitively and facilitate their reflection on those experiences to find meaning.