We love putting our Cairn Youth Program students in the spotlight so that we can share their unique and inspiring experiences with you! VOC's Cairn Youth Program guides and challenges high school students to become caretakers of Colorado's extraordinary natural resources, and we couldn't be prouder of this year's young stewards. This month, we'd like to feature Davis Bonner!

Davis first got involved with VOC's Cairn Youth Program three years ago as a sophomore, after hearing great things from a teacher who had been a Cairn member when she was younger.

This recommendation came after I had expressed an interest in volunteering and the great outdoors, two things ubiquitous with VOC as a whole," said Davis. "Since then, I have attended every Cairn project I could and have enjoyed all of them very much."

One aspect that Davis particularly loves about VOC's Cairn Youth Program is the amount of time spent on the ground.

"With other volunteer organizations designed for a younger audience, the time spent actually working on the task at hand tends to be minimal, thus reducing the amount of work completed," said Davis. "With Cairn, we are able to make a real difference and huge impact on Colorado's outdoors by the end of the day!"

Davis finds great satisfaction in knowing that the work he does with Cairn will outlive him and his peers, and go on to benefit future generations. 

When Davis isn't "counting down the days to the next site visit" with Cairn, he spends the majority of his time at his high school either putting on one of many theater productions, or tinkering in the tech lab. Outside of school, you can find him either working as a computer network technician at OCx Networks in Denver or capturing Colorado's beauty as a photographer.