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Sierra Club Inner City Outings

In the News

March 2008: The Fig Tree
Inner City Outings introduce wilderness through adventures outdoors (pg. 10)

6/23/2007: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Scavenger hunt scours Ballard for clues and a cause; Game organized as fundraiser for inner-city kids

6/5/2007: Miami New Times
ICO named city's "Best Charity" of 2007

April 2007: Tampa Bay's 10 News
Disabled teacher helps kids with special needs cope

5/7/2006: St. Petersburg Times
Exceptional outing bonds and stimulates students

Spring 2006: The Next American City
From Camping to Choate: Getting Kids Out of the Inner City

2/3/2006: ABC Television (Bay Area, California)
A Taste Of The Great Outdoors

11/10/2005: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Outdoors program opens up a whole new world for urban kids

9/26/2005: St. Petersburg Times
City Kids Meet the Country.

7/26/2005: The Next American City magazine
From Camping to Choate

11/03/2004: Richmond Times Dispatch
City youths find a place in the glory of nature

09/27/2003: Florida Times Union
Young students take to the river for special lesson

03/21/2003: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
'Program sends learning outdoors'

02/2003: Planet Newsletter
Mark Walters: Profile of a Inner City Outings volunteer
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01/2003: Planet Newsletter
'Aren't We the Lucky Ones?'

01/27/2003: San Diego Union-Tribune
Sierra Club volunteers show city kids the joys of nature

08/19/2002: The San Francisco Chronicle
The Great Outdoors: Program lets city kids stop and smell the pine trees