Friends of Youth and Nature (FOYAN)

promotes, ​supports, and facilitates​ opportunities 

for youth and ​families to go outside!

• Explore and embrace nature
• Experience new outdoor activities
• Engage in stewardship projects

Our mission is to:

• Connect youth with local providers of outdoor and nature programs.
• Provide scholarships for youth to attend outdoor education programs; and provide assistance with transportation costs  for field trips.
• Promote healthy lifestyles.
• Educate community members about stewardship opportunities.
• Connect environmental education providers with teachers, students and parents through a web platform.

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Outdoor News
seasonal ideas, trips and tips to help you get your kids outside!

Four Great Virtual Summer Camps:

Camp Kinda offers weekly adventures for kids through eight grade with activities built around themes such as Insect science, movie making, the art of graphic novels or the worlds craziest sports.

Camp Wonderopolis covers all five STEM subjects with a variety of activities related to science, music, engineering or health and fitness. Kids grades 2- 8 might draft an architectural blueprint, or learn about the tech used by music producers.

Varsity Tours, an online tutoring service also offers free and paid summer camp courses for kids of all ages- everything from drawing anime to forensic science.

Maker Camp puts ids and families to work crafting all kids of things using household materials: light -up origami, PVC marshmallow shooters, circuits made with office supplies. The company also offers weekly workshops on rocket making and magic tricks.

​There is no Wi-Fi in nature, but we promise you a better connection.
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