Adventures Without Limits
$10,000
 Additional Funding  by Oregon Zoo

Adventures Without Limits facilitates year round adaptive and inclusive outdoor education and adventure programming serving Oregonians who face barriers to access outdoors, including youth and adults with disabilities, low income communities, and at-risk youth. These programs are intentionally designed to build a deep love of the natural environment and connect traditionally underserved communities to the ecosystems that sustain our plants and wildlife. In response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, AWL has adjusted our trip model to serve small cohorts of students and provide reprieve from the challenges of virtual learning with engaging outdoor education programming. For this program, we will recruit three cohorts of middle school students to participate in a 4 week outdoor leadership program. This program will strategically recruit students with disabilities, students from low income families, children of essential workers, and families who were impacted by the wildfires in September. Students will learn and retain essential wilderness skills for responsible recreation while building comfort and confidence in the outdoors. Each cohort will complete an environmental stewardship project to begin their journey as future conservationists and build positive peer relationships centered in caring for the wild spaces and species we love in Oregon.

Project Report