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Mission Outdoors

The Sierra Club's mission is to explore, enjoy and protect the planet. Through our four Mission Outdoors programs, we are expanding the conservation movement by providing access to outdoor experiences for more people, organizing grassroots and administrative support for the value of outdoor experiences, and building alliances and partnerships that involve diverse communities in protecting their natural heritage.

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Building Bridges To The Outdoors
Building Bridges to the Outdoors works to give every child in America an outdoor experience.

>Inner City Outings
Each year, Inner City Outings takes 12,000 urban youth on safe and fun wilderness excursions.

Local Outings
Get outdoors in your community.

Military Families and Veterans Initiative
Military Families and Veterans Initiative connects military families with the healing powers of nature.

Mission Outdoors Newsletter

Sign up to receive the Mission Outdoors newsletter or check out our blog.

Archives:
April 2013 | March 2013 | February 2013 | January 2013 | December 2012 | November 2012 | October 2012 | September 2012 | August 2012 | July 2012 | June 2012 | May 2012 | April 2012

Mission Outdoors in Our Blogs

4.26.13
This post originally appeared in Sierra Club's Lay of the Land Blog It was a beautiful sunny spring morning yesterday at the 15,000 acre Prince William Forest Park. Debbie Sease and I, along with a diverse array of over 50 outdoors and conservation ...
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4.23.13
In case you missed it, yesterday Interior Secretary Sally Jewell hosted her first live web chat. We already knew she was a champion for connecting kids with the great outdoors when she was the CEO of REI, but we were wondering how she would tackle t...
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4.16.13
For our second weekend of Celebration of the Military Child Outdoors events, Sierra Club volunteers and partner organizations hosted a fun day of activities at Sturgeon City Park in Jacksonville, NC, near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Kids learned...
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4.12.13
Last Saturday, April 6th, was our Celebration of the Military Child Outdoors kickoff at Prince William Forest Park near Marine Corps Base Quantico in northern Virginia. Sierra Club Mission Outdoors worked with dozens of local and national partners t...
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4.10.13
Originally published on the Children and Nature Network Blog Getting outside makes coming home from war easier for our military service members, veterans, and their families. Even if returning service members do not have a physical or mental health ...
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Mission Outdoors in the News

February 27, 2013: Huffington Post
Employing Youth to Protect Our Natural Heritage: Win-Win Solutions in Tough Economic Times

February 6, 2013: LA Times
REI chief is Obama's pick for Interior secretary

November 2012: PR Web
The Bureau of Land Management and Sierra Club Mission Outdoors Commemorate Veteran's Day with Photo and Essay Contest for Military Service Members and Families

November 2012: Time For Kids
Nolan Gould Visits the Grand Canyon

August 30, 2012: USA Today
Brooklyn Decker likes Getting Outdoors

August 30, 2012: Huffington Post
Return from Glacier National Park

August 30, 2012: People.com
Brooklyn Decker Shares her Arctic Adventure

August 27, 2012: KITV.com
Manoa Trail Getting an Extreme Makeover

August 23, 2012: Albuquerque Journal
Veterans Get Release from PTSD in the outdoors

August 22, 2012: Palm Beach Post
Program aims to draw kids into the wild while teaching them to respect nature

August 22, 201: City Weekly
Stop Ski Link Hike Saturday

August 22, 2012: Jaunted.com
Seek out the Sierra Club for 300 Volunteer and Eco-Trips Close to Home

August 22, 2012: Sports Illustrated Kids
Nolan Gould Takes on the Grand Canyon

Press Releases

° 6/26/2012 -- EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Honored at Great Outdoors America Week Award given for connecting kids with the outdoors

° 6/26/2012 -- Representative Sarbanes Honored at Great Outdoors America Week Award given for connecting kids with the outdoors and working to protect America’s green spaces

° 6/26/2012 -- CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING: STRENGTHENING AMERICA Connecting Military Kids, Families and Veterans with the Great Outdoors

° 9/14/2012 -- America the Beautiful: While You Were at War

 

 


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