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Join the 2014 YEP Crew!

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Are you or someone you know interested in working as part of the 2014 Youth Employment in Parks Crew?

Parks & Recreation is recruiting for the following positions: 4 Senior Crew Members to provide peer leadership and support in addition to Crew Member responsibilities; and 20 Crew Members to conduct meaningful field work and help improve our community and parks.

To become a YEP crew member you must meet the following qualifications:

  • a resident of the Municipality of Anchorage
  • 16-19 years old on June 1, 2014
  • engaged in high school or GED education

Apply online! Application deadline is March 19.

 Youth Employment in Parks is a 10-week summer program that hires Anchorage teens to complete park improvement projects. Teens learn natural resource management job skills by building trails and restoring stream banks while engaging in education and increasing civic engagement, environmental awareness, and leadership skills. YEP aims to positively engage a new generation of diverse young leaders as stewards of public lands and of the Anchorage community through meaningful job training, employment and education.