Introduction to LEAP!
Mission:
- To provide all Boys & Girls Clubs of King County with empowering environmental education opportunities that evoke an awareness of, and a connection to, the natural world through exploration and environmental stewardship projects.
Vision:
- Consistent programming will allow each club to develop a culture of sustainability that will guide sound ecological practices within the club and throughout it's community.
All Made Possible with Help from Our Sponsors:
- Funding for LEAP! school-year and LEAP! summer programming is provided by The Russell Family Foundation
- Funding for Staff Education Opportunities was provided by The Mountaineers Foundation in 2009
- Funding for a Puget Sound ecology themed curriculum pilot was provided by IslandWood in 2009
- Funding for an energy conservation unit and Energy Conservation Night and Poster Contest was provided by EPA/Energy Star in 2009
- Funding for LEAP! Fall 2009 school-year programming at Renton/Skyway was funded by Seattle Parks and Recreation Kids N' Trees
- Funding for LEAP! Spring 2010 school-year programming funded in part by Puget Sound Energy
- Funding for LEAP! gardens at Kirkland, Rainier Vista, and Federal Way was provided in 2010 by Home Depot
- The Udall Foundation Parks In Focus trip provided 10 Club kids with a week long camping experience in Olympic National Park
- Funding for garden equipment, tools, and supplies, was funded by Annie's Homegrown in 2010
Partners:
- The Nature Consortium provides skilled artists and educators to lead LEAP! activities and staff education opportunities
- The Cascade Land Conservancy works with LEAP! programming to educate and involve youth in restoration projects in urban parks
- IslandWood worked with BGCKC Program directors to develop curriculum and pilot an environmental education program for Boys & Girls Clubs in King County. IslandWood graduate students complete independent research projects at Clubs, working on program assessment, curriculum design, partnership building, and recycling programs.
- BoyScouts of America provides educators for BGCKC's Earth Day event and LEAP! overnights
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