Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corp.
Oakland , CA
ph: 510.907.3943

higherground_ndc@yahoo.com

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Outdoor Adventure program is designed to increase the time students spend in nature-rich spaces as well as increase the presence of youth on the hiking trails of East Bay Regional Parks. Covid 19 has highlighted the inequities around the lack of nature-rich spaces for inner city children as well highlighted the positive impacts nature-rich spaces have on coping with the isolation of the pandemic. A nature-rich space is defined as more than energy efficiency. It is about green spaces, beauty, health, biodiversity, creativity, and social justice. HG’s Outdoor Adventures brings all these principals together in a program that encompasses hiking, mitigation, erosion, and restoration work through service projects that help contribute to the healing of the environment.

Thanksgiving Art 


Students Watching Fawns in Thier Natural Habitat


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social distancing (Daily Temperture Checks)


Outdoor Adventure programming targets school aged students and youth from various economic strata in Alameda County, CA. School aged children grades k-8 are the most vulnerable populations in the County due to lack of structured access to nature-rich spaces due to Covid 19 restrictions. The opportunity is now to provide school aged children with the initial experiences necessary for introducing climate and environmental sustainability awareness. 


HG is uniquely qualified to introduce this program to school districts, schools, and parents in need because we have over ten years of experience taking inner city children on the hiking trails of East Bay Regional Parks from Concord to Oakland.  We have experienced naturalist of Color who have been working and hiking the trails of the Bay Area over ten years, strong school and neighborhood partnerships, and programming that increases the use of nature-rich spaces by City kids. HG provides transportation to and from outdoor adventure programming.  Students will engage with lessons that increase their awareness of the geography, ecology, and habitat that live within the East Bay Regional Parks. 

(Marine Biologist in the making) 
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Outdoor Adventure Program Hours of Operations

Open Monday thru Friday 

 

Program Time

2:00pm to 6:00pm

&

3:00pm to 5:00pm

(for those meeting at the trail)

 

Aftercare: 6:00pm-7:30pm

 

Rates: $10.00 per hour

 

Learning Pods are 8-12 students to one adult and a youth worker.

Sessions are one week,

Twenty hours per week

*No drop-ins, and must enroll into one session at the minimum


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Drumming With Mr. Miguel


Parent Testimonials

summer camp fun Testimonials from Outdoor Adventure program parents revealed that “the girls still been talking about camp and I’m so glad that they got to participate!


 

student fishing

We are definitely looking forward to next year and would strongly support similar nature programs during the school year too, so that kids can learn about seasonal change hands on. Just sayin”.  


students nature hiking Another parent said “Coach is a real one! Thank you for holding down our kids, and in particular our young Black boys. It is one thing to say it, but they need to see it! You show up every time literally and figuratively taking them to the higher ground”.

 

These parent testimonials represent our organizational purpose and outcomes. 



 

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Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corp.
Oakland , CA
ph: 510.907.3943

higherground_ndc@yahoo.com

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