Latino Outdoors
Vamos Outdoors outings program is designed to alleviate real and perceived barriers to the outdoors by providing culturally appropriate programming and fostering a sense of place within outdoor spaces. This program educates members of underrepresented communities about park access and empowers them to take ownership of these public lands. Program activities will include day-hikes, overnight camping, winter activities and historic talks and interpretive presentations led by volunteer leaders. Will also host a leadership campout for staff and volunteers training.
State Parks: Los Angeles State Historic Park, Rio de Los Angeles State Park, Malibu Creek State Park, Topanga State Park, Leo Carrillo State Park, Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Tomales Bay State Park, Candlestick Point State Park, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, Tijuana Estuary NP Point of Interest, Millerton Lake State Recreation Area, Caswell Memorial State Park, Humboldt Lagoons State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and others.
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Providence Saint John’s Child and Family Development Center
Series of wilderness outings over the course of two years to enhance the mental health and well-being of under-resourced and overburdened families with young children in Los Angeles. Families living at or below the poverty level face a cascade of issues impacting their mental wellness and capacity to parent well. The Nurture in Nature program provides full-day family outings in nature with the goal of promoting mental wellness, decreasing parenting stress, and enhancing parent-child attachment. Young children thrive when they can access experiences that nurture and support them, and support their parents, too.
State Parks: Will Rogers State Park, Leo Carrillo State Park
Sonoma Ecology Center
The Bird School Project
University of California, Merced Foundation
Waterside Workshops
William C. Velasquez Institute
Adventure Risk Challenge