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Efforts to Close Outdoor Recreation Diversity Gap Could Bring Health, Conservation Benefits
“One of the goals of my office is to try to make Massachusetts one of the most, if not, ideally, the most welcoming, inclusive, diverse and accessible places to come [and] recreate,” said Paul Jahnige, director of the Massachusetts Office of Outdoor Recreation. “I think we have some work to do there.”
Welcome Elevate Youth’s New Executive Director
Dynamic National Leader in Equitable Outdoor Experiences, Appointed Executive Director of Elevate Youth.
May 28, 2024, Boston, MA - Elevate Youth, a local nonprofit dedicated to cultivating a lifelong
love of the outdoors and empowering the next generation of diverse environmental stewards by
offering impactful outdoor experiences to underserved communities, announces Chaya Harris,
former National Program Director at Outdoor Afro, as its new Executive Director beginning May
28th 2024…
Peabody's Atomic Roasters Delivers 'Loud Pow' To Elevate Youth Project
The coffee roaster will donate $2 from each specialty brew sale to the local nonprofit that empowers youth through outdoor exploration.
Peabody-based coffee company Atomic Coffee Roasters is partnering with local nonprofit Elevate Youth to help fund the organization's efforts to empower young people on the North Shore through outdoor exploration and mentorships through its new "Loud Pow" blend.
The Golden Road: Walking from Maine to Key West for a good cause
Matt and Grace Grooms set out on a mission to raise $100,000 for kids by walking the length of the East Coast Greenway from Maine to Key West. They hope to make the world a better place one step at a time. The East Coast Greenway stretches 3,000 miles from the United States-Canada border in Maine all the way to Key West in Florida. A husband and wife are walking that entire stretch to raise money for kids.
Couple makes their way down east coast to raise funds for Boston-based group that empowers youth
A couple and their pets have been on a meaningful journey for a cause, walking from Maine all the way down the east coast to Florida to help empower children.
Husband and wife team go on 3,000 mile mission for a cause
Matt and Grace Grooms know something about walking the walk. Two years ago the husband and wife team made the trek from Huntington Beach, California to Myrtle Beach…
2022 MassTrails Conference
What a great trails celebration we had! If you missed our week-long event, stay tuned for the presentations to be uploaded to our archives including for the first time digital recordings of the amazing keynote given by Alec Griswold of Elevate Youth, and four additional plenary sessions…..
Officers Assist with Mini Marathon in Downtown Boston
Earlier this week, officers assigned to District A-1 (Downtown) Community Service Office helped out Boston Public School students with the Eliot School K-8 School mini marathon…..
Giving Tuesday 2022: Elevate Youth
At Oakpool we generally advise our clients to stay away from participating in Black Friday & Cyber Monday…
Outdoor Experiences With Elevate Youth
In October, the Joseph Lee Girls team went on their first Elevate Youth trip of the Fall 2019-20 school year…
Elevate Youth: Nature, Fish, & Transformation
When his Little Brother through Big Brothers Big Sisters didn’t understand why anyone would want to go into the woods to just walk around, an idea began to form in Alec Griswold’s mind. He had the opportunity to share the outdoors with a young person...
BGCD Goes Hiking with Elevate Youth
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester restarted our program partnership with Elevate Youth to provide outdoor learning opportunities for our members…..
Nonprofit of the Month: Elevate Youth
For this installment of “Nonprofit of the Month,” we sat down and chatted with Elevate Youth’s Founder and Executive Director Alec “Griz” Griswold. Elevate Youth is a nonprofit organization operating in the Boston and greater-New England area that uses the outdoors and positive adult mentorship to empower underprivileged kids…
Launch of Free Outdoor Program for 4th and 5th Graders This Spring
After a successful pilot of the 2020 Local Parks Program last fall, the Office of Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, local nonprofit Elevate Youth, and the Cambridge Housing Authority’s Work Force Youth Program have expanded their partnership to include MIT’s Office of Government and Community Relations for the 2021 Local Parks Program beginning this spring…
