Programs

  • School-Based Outdoor Adventure Program

    School-Based Outdoor Adventure ProgramAdventure Crew has operated school-based clubs since spring of 2015. Since that time, theCrew has grown over 300% in serving city youth with adventures in nature, to include suchactivities as hiking, biking, kayaking, skiing, orienteering and camping. Every month it's a newadventure, and every weekend it's a different group of schools so at a minimum, students havean opportunity once a month to go on an adventure in nature. Adventure Crew grew to serve 26 schools throughout the Cincinnati Public School and Northern Kentucky districts (Bellevue, Dayton, Ludlow, Newport, Covington and Scott High School). Adventure Crew has paid teacher advisers serving in all of its schools to help coordinate and recruit students for each month's adventures. We had a roster of nearly 800 students in the 2021-2022 school year, the majority of whom are inner-city, disadvantaged students who would otherwise never have the opportunity to experience nature and its intrinsic rewards. Adventure Crew ensures all youth have equal access and the chance to be introduced to nature so they grow not only in their care for our earth, but also in their confidence, health and creativity.In school year 2021-2022, Adventure Crew added its new Crew Pathway program dedicated to introducing students to advanced adventures and skills while also exposing them to green career opportunities and conservation education. Partnerships with Camping Education Foundation, Climb L8, Swim Safe and Little Miami Conservancy, in particular, provided "Gold" Crew students with all-new and inspiring opportunities including: a week-long remote canoe and camping excursion in the wild waters of Canada, outdoor rock climbing at Red River Gorge, riparian zone tree planting and river water studies, and lifeguard training and credentials for summer employment.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
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    $196.1K

  • Community Based Outdoor Adventure Program

    Community Based Outdoor Adventure Program One of our greatest community endeavors in 2021-2022 was continuing to serve as a founding partner of The Ohio River Recreation Trail, newly named Ohio River Way (ORW). This tri-state river community partnership with support from the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, OKI (Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments), River City Paddle Sports in Louisville and REI Co-Op, is making significant strides in creating an official National Water Trail from Portsmouth, Ohio through Cincinnati and Louisville to West Point, Kentucky. The work of Adventure Crew included leading the development of a sophisticated digital guide of the Ohio River for recreational safety, history, and points of interest along the ORW while we continue to provide social media marketing and website support.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
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    $129.9K

  • Paddlefest Fundraising Event

    Fundraising Adventure Crew relies on a number of fundraising events and activities to support studentprogramming and supplement grants from foundations and individual / business donations.Largest among these events is our annual Paddlefest, attracting more than 2,000 paddlers from 20 different states to float the Great Ohio River; in fact, Paddlefest remains the nation largest paddling event to date, the proceeds of which all benefit Adventure Crew teens. Crew students can also participate in Paddlefest, whether as volunteers or as paddlers, where theycome to witness first-hand the impact of our organization in the community and our powerfulriver system.Adventure Crew has made progress in diversifying its funding channels in 2021-2022 by not only securing continued grant funding from valuable private and family foundations, but also adding city and county government grants and growing its base of individual and business supporters by $152,000 dollars.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
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    990
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