Outreach
Wilderness adventurer Alan Kesselheim releases Let Them Paddle book
Posted April 2, 2012 by eugeneb in Camping / How To / News / Outreach / Paddling / Uncategorized
Yvon Chouinard can have his Let My People Go Surfing book. Thanks to longtime paddler, author and wilderness adventurer Alan Kesselheim, paddlers now have Let Them Paddle, Kesselheim’s latest book on revisiting rivers with his three children that they unknowingly floated a decade and a half earlier as fetuses. RecreatingwithKids.com checks in with the author… … Read more →
PBS Kids, Parks Partner to Push Outdoor Exploration
Posted March 21, 2012 by eugeneb in Events / How To / News / Outreach
Not like we want to encourage watching TV instead of getting outside, but now there’s good reason to do so. This spring, PBS Kids is partnering with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), America’s largest association of state and local parks and recreation facilities, to encourage families to “Explore the Outdoors.” From March 26 … Read more →
Outdoor Nation Announces Youth Paddle Grant Winners; $30,000 in Awards
Posted March 19, 2012 by eugeneb in News / Outreach / Paddling
A few more kids might be getting wet than normal this paddling season, thanks to a new series of grants offered by Outdoor Nation. The group recently announced the winners of its Paddle Nation Project, aimed at connecting young Americans with their waterways through recreational paddling. The Outdoor Industry Association’s Paddle Advisory Council selected 13 … Read more →
Mush! Kids Dog Sledding Perfect Winter Activity for Families
Posted March 12, 2012 by eugeneb in How To / News / Outreach / Places / Running / Skiing
Everyone knows that kids love sledding. They also love dogs. Combine the two, with a dose of clear, Colorado-blue skies, and you have the perfect family winter adventure. That’s what we found when we ventured out with Double T Kennels of Steamboat Springs, Colo., on a 10-mile dogsled trip in the Flat Tops national forest. … Read more →
Military Children Get Help Getting Outdoors
Posted February 24, 2012 by eugeneb in Biking / Camping / Climbing / Events / Fishing / Hiking / How To / News / Outreach / Paddling / Running
Military children are getting a helping hand in getting outdoors. On April 1, the Sierra Club, Blue Star Families, National Military Family Association, Armed Services YMCA and Outdoor Alliance for Kids are putting their best feet forward to help military children get outside by co-hosting the Celebration of the Military Child Outdoors, a group effort … Read more →
Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation’s Announces $25K in Take Me Fishing Awards
Posted February 3, 2012 by eugeneb in Events / Fishing / How To / News / Outreach
I’m a goin’ fishin, mama’s goin’ fishin and the baby goin’ fishin’, too. Taj Mahal had it write with his bluesy fishing lyric, especially now that Outdoor Nation and the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) recently announced the winners of 10 Take Me Fishing Awards, bestowing $25,000 on organizations helping kids wet a line. … Read more →
Youth Outdoor Legacy Fund Announces Grant Recipients
Posted January 20, 2012 by eugeneb in News / Outreach
Kids probably like saying “Yolf.” They’ll like it even more now that the Youth Outdoor Legacy Foundation (YOLF) has granted $110,000 to eight organizations working to help get kids outdoors. The YOLF mission includes two important commitments, says YOLF founder Dennis Madsen: get more kids outdoors and assist the volunteers who help them gain these … Read more →
Finding Healing in the Great Outdoors
Posted January 19, 2012 by eugeneb in How To / News / Outreach
Gwen Miller, a Sierra Club delegate for Great Outdoors America week and outings leader with the group’s Chicago Inner City Outings program, has found recovery in nature after being sexually abused as a child. Recognizing the importance of getting kids outside (the tenets of the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act), now she’s working towards becoming a … Read more →
GOALS Launches Second Annual Get Up & Get Down to Get Kids Out Vertical Challenge
Posted December 29, 2011 by eugeneb in Events / News / Outreach / Skiing
GOALS (Get Outside and Learn Something), a Denver-based nonprofit that takes kids outdoors, now has a way for you to get up off the couch to help get gets outside. Its “Get Up & Get Down to Get Kids Out” Vertical Challenge is a unique event that allows supporters to raise money for GOALS while … Read more →
Get Those Kids Sliding: January is Learn to Ski Month; Colo. Resorts Roll Out the Specials
Posted December 15, 2011 by eugeneb in Events / How To / News / Outreach / Skiing
Now there’s no excuse not to get your kids schussing. This January, Colorado Ski Country USA invites skiers and snowboarders of all ages to take up the sport during Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. And its resorts are rolling out the red carpet to help… Lesson deals and specials on learning packages abound all … Read more →
Wilderness adventurer Alan Kesselheim releases Let Them Paddle book
Yvon Chouinard can have his Let My People Go Surfing book. Thanks to longtime paddler, author and wilderness adventurer Alan Kesselheim, paddlers now have Let Them Paddle, Kesselheim’s latest book on revisiting rivers with his three children that they unknowingly floated a decade and a half earlier as fetuses. RecreatingwithKids.com checks in with the author… … Read more →
PBS Kids, Parks Partner to Push Outdoor Exploration
Not like we want to encourage watching TV instead of getting outside, but now there’s good reason to do so. This spring, PBS Kids is partnering with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), America’s largest association of state and local parks and recreation facilities, to encourage families to “Explore the Outdoors.” From March 26 … Read more →
Outdoor Nation Announces Youth Paddle Grant Winners; $30,000 in Awards
A few more kids might be getting wet than normal this paddling season, thanks to a new series of grants offered by Outdoor Nation. The group recently announced the winners of its Paddle Nation Project, aimed at connecting young Americans with their waterways through recreational paddling. The Outdoor Industry Association’s Paddle Advisory Council selected 13 … Read more →
Mush! Kids Dog Sledding Perfect Winter Activity for Families
Everyone knows that kids love sledding. They also love dogs. Combine the two, with a dose of clear, Colorado-blue skies, and you have the perfect family winter adventure. That’s what we found when we ventured out with Double T Kennels of Steamboat Springs, Colo., on a 10-mile dogsled trip in the Flat Tops national forest. … Read more →
Military Children Get Help Getting Outdoors
Military children are getting a helping hand in getting outdoors. On April 1, the Sierra Club, Blue Star Families, National Military Family Association, Armed Services YMCA and Outdoor Alliance for Kids are putting their best feet forward to help military children get outside by co-hosting the Celebration of the Military Child Outdoors, a group effort … Read more →
Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation’s Announces $25K in Take Me Fishing Awards
I’m a goin’ fishin, mama’s goin’ fishin and the baby goin’ fishin’, too. Taj Mahal had it write with his bluesy fishing lyric, especially now that Outdoor Nation and the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) recently announced the winners of 10 Take Me Fishing Awards, bestowing $25,000 on organizations helping kids wet a line. … Read more →
Youth Outdoor Legacy Fund Announces Grant Recipients
Kids probably like saying “Yolf.” They’ll like it even more now that the Youth Outdoor Legacy Foundation (YOLF) has granted $110,000 to eight organizations working to help get kids outdoors. The YOLF mission includes two important commitments, says YOLF founder Dennis Madsen: get more kids outdoors and assist the volunteers who help them gain these … Read more →
Finding Healing in the Great Outdoors
Gwen Miller, a Sierra Club delegate for Great Outdoors America week and outings leader with the group’s Chicago Inner City Outings program, has found recovery in nature after being sexually abused as a child. Recognizing the importance of getting kids outside (the tenets of the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act), now she’s working towards becoming a … Read more →
GOALS Launches Second Annual Get Up & Get Down to Get Kids Out Vertical Challenge
GOALS (Get Outside and Learn Something), a Denver-based nonprofit that takes kids outdoors, now has a way for you to get up off the couch to help get gets outside. Its “Get Up & Get Down to Get Kids Out” Vertical Challenge is a unique event that allows supporters to raise money for GOALS while … Read more →
Get Those Kids Sliding: January is Learn to Ski Month; Colo. Resorts Roll Out the Specials
Now there’s no excuse not to get your kids schussing. This January, Colorado Ski Country USA invites skiers and snowboarders of all ages to take up the sport during Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. And its resorts are rolling out the red carpet to help… Lesson deals and specials on learning packages abound all … Read more →