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Colorado Mountain Club gets grant for kids program |
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011 16:14 |
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The North Face has awarded a $2,500 grant to the Colorado Mountain Club’s Youth Education Program to help children and families explore the outdoors.
The program helps Colorado kids learn about and respect mountain environments and promotes self-awareness, physical activity and teambuilding, organizer say.
“The Colorado Mountain Club is honored to be a recipient of The North Face Explore Fund grant. We are proud partners of the national movement to inspire youth to explore the outdoors by using the power of nature to awaken a child's senses, curiosity, and desire to learn,” said Colorado Mountain Club CEO Katie Blackett. “At the CMC, we believe that a key piece of engaging youth and their families with nature is by combining outdoor learning with their every day lives and current school curriculum.”
The CMC’s Youth Education Program was established in 1999 and works with more than 5,000 kids each year. Since its founding, the program has introduced over 58,000 youth to Colorado's mountains.
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