Portland Audubon Education is dedicated to creating opportunities for all people to connect to nature in ways that are meaningful for them. Summer camp is a vital element of this platform, offering children the opportunity to explore, learn, and delight in nature for weeks at a time, while providing essential child care to families. This year we committed to expand access to camp by piloting a sliding scale payment model.
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The Green Leaders program has grown from our long-term partnership with Hacienda CDC. At its core, our intention for this program was to increase access and representation in the environmental sciences and education through empowering young adults of color to be leaders and educators in their community and beyond.
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This summer, one way we will prioritize that accessibility is through a sliding scale payment model for camp, with the intention that more children will have the opportunity to connect deeply with nature through the enriching opportunities that Portland Audubon provides.
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A new Wildlife Care Center and updated campus facilities will help Portland Audubon engage and educate the public on today’s most pressing wildlife issues and how each of us can be stewards of our shared environment.
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This spring, Portland Audubon launched a brand-new, paid, nine-month youth leadership program in partnership with Hacienda Community Development Corporation. Through our new Green Leaders program, five young adults from Hacienda will act as educators and organizers, developing hyperlocal outdoor education in response to their neighbors’ pressing needs during the pandemic.
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My autism and my interest in the natural world are deeply linked, and they’re a central part of who I am. It was because of how this interest was fostered in me by Portland Audubon that I was able to become the person I am today.
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With schools closed and families staying home, Portland Audubon recognizes the very real need for families to have access to fun and easy outdoor activities to do with their kids.
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This winter, Portland Audubon and the Tribe’s Wildlife Program organized a Tu-Wa-Kii Nobi CBC4Kids (Christmas Bird Count for Kids) program.
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When Aileen, an 11-year-old student at Walt Morey Middle School, arrived on her first day of camp, she was not excited to be there. In fact, that morning at the bus stop, she told her dad she didn’t want to go.
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