Tag: youth


How to Launch an Angling Program Learning

The lazy days of summer offer the perfect excuse to head out to your favorite lake, stream, or river and try your hand at catching a few fish. It’s also a great time to share your love of angling with others, so we put together these tips – inspired by our brand new Angling Path on the TYO website, created in partnership with the U.S. Fish...

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photo by Cindy Chen Learning

  The warmer weather and longer days of springtime offer the perfect opportunity to head outdoors. One way to enjoy all of that extra sunshine is to implement a rock climbing program with a focus on safety, education, and fun. Of course, you can teach rock climbing indoors, as well – but we’ll take any excuse to get kids (and ourselves) outside! Here are some...

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WEBINAR Best Practice Outdoor Youth Development Programs Webinars & Events

View this webinar where TYO talks to the Executive Directors from City Kids Wilderness Project, Outdoor Outreach, and SOS Outreach to learn what it takes to deliver and grow a successful outdoor youth development program. This webinar Recording, will cover a range of topics such as fundraising, evaluation, program models, partnerships, and more. Seth Ehrlich, SOS Outreach Seth joined SOS Outreach in 2005. Prior to being...

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Grinnell H.S. Outdoor Adventure Program Success Stories

Working with youth is nothing new for Mike Anderson. Mike has been coaching for 30 years, teaching for 23, and also volunteers as a Boy Scout leader. When a student saw the Backpacker Magazine on his desk just over a year ago and asked why they didn’t have a club that did outdoor stuff, Mike saw an opportunity. Being an outdoor enthusiast himself and knowing...

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About TYO

Transforming Youth Outdoors is now live! TYO is a new venture to scale impact in outdoor youth development and transform the lives of youth while creating the next generation of environmental stewards by providing best practices, tools and support to individuals and organizations working with youth in the outdoors. Inspired by the ability to fuel innovation in the field and increase impact through the power...

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