Outdoor Outreach and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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...
6 Tips for Hiking Safely

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...
Family Engagement Programs

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

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 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...