SUMMER NEWSLETTER
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Super Summer
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We are just putting the wraps on one of our busiest, most impactful summer seasons ever and have just begun all of our school based programming. From June through the beginning of September, we held 96 trips for the at-risk and underprivileged youth population of San Diego County. From surf camps on our local beaches, to longer climbing and backpacking trips into the Sierra Nevada, this was our highest capacity summer to date. In addition to our normal programs, we partnered with the National Military Family Association to facilitate a two week long Operational Purple Camps for 288 children of military personnel actively deployed in war zones. We’d like to thank our volunteers and supporters who helped facilitate all of these amazing experiences for the youth we serve.
Also this summer, the work of Outdoor Outreach was featured on San Diego's Cox 4 news. Click on the image below to view the piece in its entirety. |
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Outdoor Outreach's New Leaders |
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The Leadership or LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) Program, Outdoor Outreach’s most comprehensive program is welcoming four new participants this fall. Through an application and interview process, promising teens are selected to participate in an intensive, year-long training that provides them with the skills necessary to instruct and mentor program participants. The program is designed to promote each individual’s natural leadership strengths while providing tangible academic, emotional and social support. Part of this exciting process is giving candidates the opportunity to teach and mentor their peers through a paid internship after completing their training. We continue to monitor these young leaders as they balance their part-time jobs at Outdoor Outreach, college classes, financial independence and the challenges of moving into the world as working adults. We are pleased to introduce Gaby Hernandez from El Cajon High School, Idris Ahmed and Guillermo Martinez from Crawford High School and Stephanie Munoz from the Toussaint Academy. These four young people have been selected after excelling in our Adventure Clubs. Their natural leadership abilities, desire to become instructors, and love for the outdoors made them stand-out candidates for the program.
Our new Leadership team, from left to right: Gaby Hernandez, Idris Ahmed, Guillermo Martinez and Stephanie Munoz |
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Outdoor Outreach, beneficiary of the 2009 Telluride Mountain Film Festival |
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We are excited to announce that Outdoor Outreach is the beneficiary of the 2009 Telluride Mountain Film Festival’s Mountain Film on Tour. The Festival is dedicated to educating and inspiring audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving, and conversations worth sustaining. Here at Outdoor Outreach we take pride in creating the next generation of environmental stewards through our programs and are honored to co-host this event with REI. The festival will run October 21 at La Paloma Theater and October 22 at the San Diego Natural History Museum with a start time of 7 p.m. This year’s 10 film selections pair adrenaline-filled fun with stories that inspire and capture the true beauty of the outdoors.
Tickets are $12 when purchased in advance and $15 at the door. All revenue from advanced ticket purchases goes directly to Outdoor Outreach programming. Tickets for the La Paloma venue can be purchased at the Encinitas REI and tickets for the San Diego Natural History Museum can be purchased at the San Diego REI. Day-of tickets will be available for purchase at the venue. Bring your self, bring your friends and help support Outdoor Outreach programming through this amazing festival! Click Here for Descriptions of Films. Click Here to see a preview of this year's show.
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Trip Spotlight: Cleveland National Forest Adventure |
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This summer, Outdoor Outreach partnered with the Cleveland National Forest Service to send 12 participants from our Adventure Clubs to the campgrounds at Palomar Mountain for a weeklong paid work/internship program. Outdoor Outreach staff worked with the Forest Service to create this unique paid internship program where our participating youth worked hard all week on a variety of projects that included trail maintenance, tree plantings, invasive species removal and construction projects. In addition, the Forest Service staff spent the week educating our youth about all of the different career opportunities at the Forest Service. Another component of the internship included a special tour of the world famous Palomar Observatory, complete with an amazing nighttime viewing of the moon and Saturn, as well as a day devoted to working with the Forest Service’s Fire Department. We’d like to thank the Cleveland National Forest and all of the amazing rangers who gave our kids such an amazing opportunity!
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Build your team; build your community |
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Our programs are created for all ages, fitness and skill levels. The Outdoor Outreach team of instructors has decades of experience teaching all ability levels. Our rock climbing adventure programs benefit your employees by building confidence through physical achievement and building team communication skills. This experience will motivate your employees to become more physically active and healthy in a fun and rewarding way. Furthermore, you are not only supporting your corporate team by utilizing our program but supporting Outdoor Outreach programs for at-risk and underprivileged youth. Please contact Teri Ayotte at teri@outdooroutreach.org for details on booking your next corporate experience. |
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Puzzle Pursuit: A New Type of Adventure |
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Please join us for our inaugural puzzle pursuit event. Part Amazing Race and part Sherlock Holmes adventure, you’ll need to use all your mental resources as a mystery unfolds around you and perplexing puzzles guide you and your teammates on a fun-filled foot race. Proceeds from this event support Outdoor Outreach programming.
PUZZLE PURSUIT: The Dresden Codex By taking part in Puzzle Pursuit: The Dresden Codex you will have the chance to enjoy a fun-filled day of adventure and puzzle solving, meet new friends, learn a bit about the Outdoor Outreach program, and uncover the truth about mysterious happenings at Balboa Park. Please click here to learn even more about this fun event! |
Have you ever wanted to offer your employees or coworkers a way to bond outside of the office? Well we have the perfect thing for you. Outdoor Outreach is offering a new service to the corporate community. Rock climbing adventure programs our now available to help corporations build more effective teams and bolster employee morale, self-confidence and team skills. Unlike standard ropes courses, we empower your team to climb real cliffs and rock faces in a natural setting. Our approach focuses on learning and using new skills to overcome mental and physical challenges while enjoying the natural beauty of Southern California.
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Snapshots |
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We're having a sensational summer season, filled with fun and adventure. Check out some of our great pictures by clicking on the photo below. |
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The North Face Matching Grant |
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During the month of August, our amazing corporate sponsor, The North Face offered to match all individual donations up to $10,000. We are excited to report that our committed Outdoor Outreach community rallied together, despite difficult times, to raise over $13,000! Thank you to all who supported this effort. It will allow us to continue to transform the lives of underprivileged youth through the outdoors.
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Couture for a Cause |
| Come support Outdoor Outreach in style. The San Diego Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators, along with other San Diego Legal professionals are hosting a fashion show gala to raise awareness and funding for at-risk youth. The gala will take place at the San Diego Natural History Museum on Thursday, October 8th from 6-9 p.m. Tickets can be purchase for $50. Please click here to learn more about the event. |
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Support Outdoor Outreach |
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Joshua Tree Experience Going Strong |
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This year's Joshua Tree Experience is going to be bigger and better than ever! We have closed registration with 125 registrants; pro climber Greg Child will join us; Gibbon is sending athletes to perform a slack line clinic and demo; we have specialty clinics for all climbers and yoga classes at the campground. Saturday night includes a performance by Linnzi Zaorski and her jazz band. It’s not too late to donate to the Joshua Tree Fundraiser or to bid on items in our eBay silent auction!!
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| Thanks to our Donors! |
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Here at Outdoor Outreach, we are 100% committed to working with at-risk and underprivileged youth... Youth who, otherwise, would never have the opportunity to experience the outdoors. We are very proud of the fact that no youth has ever paid for any of our programming. This is made possible only through the support of our many generous donors. We'd like to acknowledge recent grants made by the following contributors over the past season:
Coast 2 Coast Graphics
Also a special thanks to our
Andrews Gallery
Also a special thank you to the San Diego Mountain Rescue Team for their donation of a trailer for all Outdoor Outreach programming. |
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