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Outdoor Outreach Mid-year Impact Report
Mid-year Impact Report On behalf of our board, staff and the youth we serve, thank you for supporting Outdoor Outreach and our work providing transformative outdoor experiences for San Diego youth. Already this year, your contribution has allowed us to provide 2,055...
Outdoor Outreach and the COVID-19 Pandemic
How we're proceeding safely with outdoor programs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic caused schools, workplaces, and community centers to close their doors, Outdoor Outreach took an intentional step to remain open and find innovative...
Beyond Outdoor Outreach: Maung Lay’s Story
From Leadership Program to Conservation Professional How the Outdoor Outreach Leadership Program prepared me for the workforce My name is Maung Lay. I’m a Leadership Program graduate and I was a Field Instructor at Outdoor Outreach. For me, when I came to...
The History of Surfing
The History of Surfing by Eh Ler Tha, Communications Coordinator at Outdoor Outreach Despite being glamorized and gaining popularity in the 1950s, surfing has a much richer and deeper history than we might realize. Surfing as we know it today originated in the...
Outdoor Outreach to Launch #OutdoorsForAll
Outdoor Outreach to Launch #OUTDOORSFORALL Campaign; Aims to Expand Programs Connecting Under-resourced Communities to the Outdoors The non-profit hopes to create new avenues for support, enabling them to connect more young people with the transformative power of the...
Outdoor Outreach receives two electric vans to support our mission
The transition to zero-emission vehicles is made possible by SDG&E and Citizens Energy Our mission at Outdoor Outreach is to connect youth to the transformative power of the outdoors, and one of the biggest barriers to accessing outdoor spaces for local youth is...
6 Tips for Hiking Safely
By Eh Ler Tha, Communications Coordinator and Outdoor Outreach Field Instructor While the outdoors are one of the safest spaces to explore during the COVID-19 pandemic, we always want to make sure we're doing so safely. We put together a list of 6 tips with the help...
Family Engagement Programs
By Betsy Rosales Avalos, Outdoor Outreach Field Instructor With the Outdoor Outreach community facing restrictions on gathering and a lack of safe, positive resources for families, we discovered a critical need to provide programming that engages whole,...
Looking Ahead to 2021
By Lesford Duncan, Sr. Director of Programs Over the past year, the impacts of the pandemic and racial trauma and reckoning in our community have only increased the need for our work. More than ever, we’ve seen how our programs provide critical support for youth and...
Providing Outdoor Experiences for Families
Providing Safe Resources for Families by Betsy Rosales Avalos This fall, in partnership with Latino Outdoors and Barrio Logan College Institute, Outdoor Outreach hosted a series of multi-generational fishing and kayaking programs for Latino/Hispanic families in San...