Friends of Youth and Nature’s Mission:
Eliminate barriers to participation in outdoor activities by Western Slope youth by:
● Collaborating with organizations that provide activities to promote healthy physical,
social, and emotional outdoor lifestyles that build resilience in our youth
● Educating youth and community members about environmental stewardship
opportunities, as well as opportunities to participate in outdoor activities
● Connecting youth with local established outdoor education providers and providing a
platform for collaboration among outdoor education partners
●Facilitating coalitions of organizations serving our most compromised youth populations and eliminate barriers to connecting underserved youth to the outdoors