Earth Month Events

--4/1 Summer Adventure Day Camp registration opens

--4/5 STEAM Conference for teachers at Nevada Museum of Art

--4/13 Family Hike & Project at Huffaker Hills with Gear Hut

--4/19 Reno Earth Day; visit or volunteer at our activity table

--4/21 Staff training starts for Tahoe science camps

--4/30 Tahoe Spring Science Camp for classes begins (Full)

--Any day--Teachers, register classes for fall programs

--Last Chance--Join our educator team for spring & summer

--Cute bunny and Earth activities for kids in this issue

Summer Adventure Day Camp Registration

Get out into nature to learn, play, and explore with us at Summer Adventure Day Camp at the River School Farm in Reno! With six unique themes to choose from, each week brings a new adventure full of fun activities, creative projects, and hands-on learning in the outdoors! Space is limited, so register now to secure your spot!

April 1 (No fooling!) is the first day to secure summer weeks of outdoor fun and science learning for your 6-12-year-old kids and grandkids. Limited needs-based scholarships are available thanks to support from the Reno Aces Foundation as well as sibling discounts.



Click here for details and registration

Family Hike and Project with Gear Hut

Do something nice for the Earth with us and our Gear Hut friends this Earth month. On Sunday, April 13 at 9:30 am we'll meet at the Huffaker Hills trailhead, and while enjoying a scenic desert hike for a couple of hours, we'll challenge ourselves to do even more park clean up than last spring.

Bring the family, friends, snacks, water and BYO-Coffee Cup!   Gear Hut will provide breakfast treats and coffee. Wear good walking shoes, layers, and sunscreen, and keep your fingers crossed for sunshine. A special thanks to KTMB for providing all clean up supplies!

Find details and hike registration on our website

Great Basin Outdoor School is honored to be one of the nonprofits Gear Hut supports by selling gently-used outdoor clothing and gear donated in our name. Spring cleaning time! What can you take in for us?

In the News: Our Family Hikes & Day Camp

in the spring issue of Galena Times

Join Our Naturalist Educator Team!

We can't wait to be back at Tahoe for overnight science camps and are hiring more naturalist educators to join us teaching about Earth, our favorite planet, and a little about other planets as well. Join our team if you're passionate about sharing our great outdoors with students and helping them understand the natural sciences of our world. April 21- May 23 with option to continue for Summer Adventure Day Camp in Reno in June and July. Position description and application details here.

You Can Help!

• Be a guest presenter to 6-12-year-olds at day camp. Share your expertise in 45-minute presentations.
• Volunteer at Adventure Day Camp.
• Help at our Earth Day activity table April 19.
• Share your skills and contacts.

Email Emily or call her at 775-324-0936.

Fall Science Camps for Classes

Teachers, start your school year with a special field trip to bond your students and introduce science topics you can build on the rest of the year. October 14-17 is our only week still available for Tahoe overnight science camp, and day field trips are being scheduled September 15-26.

Talk with Emily about the perfect fall day or overnight science camp experience for your class and see more on our website.

Reno Earth Day

Saturday, April 19 in Idlewild Park from 10-5. Music, food, drinks, crafts, and demonstrations. We'll have a table with fun new activities planned on microplastics and giant bubbles!

Visit or volunteer for an hour or two. Contact Derik to help.

Welcome Spring!

Make some cute bunny bookmarks and

learn ten hopping fun rabbit facts.

Bubbles, Geology, & Tennis

Just a fraction of the fun & learning during the first week of Spring Adventure Day Camp with Day Camp Director

"Kit Kat Kangaroo Rat"

How Can We Help the Earth?

More Ways to Help the Earth

Good news for Earth month--

Have you heard of one5c? It's a website we recently learned about that will send weekly emails to teach us to live on the Earth without trashing it. Check it out!

Thanks to our Supporters

Recent support from the Reno Aces Foundation will ensure that children in families with financial hardship will be included in our Summer Adventure Day Camp.

Extra-special thanks to the Patricia Bragg Foundation and the Burning Man Foundation for generous much needed recent general program support. Thank you!!!

More thanks to Tom and Shirley Distad for the snowshoes and the donation to help replenish our aging snowshoe inventory.

Help Us Teach Kids to Love the Earth

Your donations help us connect children and families with the joys of nature and the science of our natural world. Think about the world you want to leave your children and grandchildren and how you can share your values. Any size contribution is appreciated and there are many ways to give. Did you know we have an endowment fund at the Community Foundation? That you can give appreciated assets or annual required minimum distributions or set up monthly giving?

Thank you for helping us teach kids to love the Earth.

or mail checks to:

Great Basin Outdoor School, 1000 Bible Way #53, Reno, NV 89502.

Coming Up Next:

• Spring Tahoe overnight camps are full!
• Six weeks of summer day camp and one week for fall
• Fall class day trips Sept. 15-26
• Tahoe overnight science camps in October
• Family hikes 4/19, 5/10, 6/14, 7/12, 8/9, 9/4, & 10/11

Stay tuned for details in this enews, our website, Instagram, and our Facebook page.

Questions? Reach Emily by email or call 775-324-0936.

Please share these opportunities.

Forward to colleagues who care about kids and our Earth.

See more on our website, Instagram, and Facebook.

GREAT BASIN OUTDOOR SCHOOL

1000 Bible Way #53 - Reno, NV 89502

775-324-0936

Emily Baldwin, Executive Director

Derik Knak, Development Coordinator

Kit Huntington, Day Camp Director

Sue Jacox, Board President