Adventurous Courses For Students and Adults This Summer!

We are excited to offer two adventurous courses for students and adults this summer. Spaces are limited to 12 students and are filling up fast, so register today!

COURSES FOR ADULTS:

Essential Survival Skills Overnight For Adults: June 12 – 13, 2010. 5280 Magazine recently recommended this course in a feature article about 52 Amazing Weekend Getaways this summer. This course is limited to 12 people and, at this point, there are only 4 spaces left! For more information, to register, and to check out a new video about this course, Click Here or call 303.447.1076.

Sunrise Century: July 24, 2010. Join Team Cottonwood Institute to volunteer for a 100 mile bike race that is becoming known as the “Boulder Boulder” of cycling. For each volunteer we get to help with the event, the Cottonwood Institute will receive a donation to help support our educational programs. Organize a group of friends and join us for a few hours of volunteer work in Boulder! For more information or to register, call 303.447.1076.

Mt. Evans Volunteer Project:This 2-day weekend project is a free volunteer opportunity hosted by the Cottonwood Institute to walk our talk and give back to the mountains each summer. Date: August 6-8, 2010. This course is limited to 12 people. For more information Click Here or to register call 303.447.1076.

COURSES FOR STUDENTS:

Cesar Chavez Organic Gardening Project: June 9 – 12, 2010. Students camp out at a local organic farm, learn about the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez, practice leadership and team building skills, learn about organic gardening and sustainable agriculture, and complete much needed Action Projects to give back to the farm and to connect with their local food source. For more information, to register, and to check out a new video about this course, Click Here or call 303.447.1076.

Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking For Teenagers: July 6 – 12, 2010. Get out of the house this summer for an adventure of a lifetime by spending a week camping under the stars, learning about wolves, and completing Action Projects to care for  the wolves and their habitat. This course is limited to 12 students and we have a few spaces left. For more information, to register, and to check out a new video about this course, Click Here or call 303.447.1076.

Inspiring Reasons To Support The Cottonwood Institute By December 31st, 2009

With only 2 days left in 2009, I want to encourage you to make a tax-deductible donation to the Cottonwood Institute by Thursday, December 31, 2009 because your donations will help us continue to make experiences like this possible:

• Our students created amazing projects that benefited their schools, their community, and the environment like this Community Gardening Project with P.S.1 Charter School in Denver, CO.
• We awarded over $10,000 in scholarships for students to attend once in a lifetime experiences like our Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking Project this summer.
• Through a unique collaboration with Front Range Earth Force and Gilpin E-8 Elementary School in Denver, our World Water Monitoring Day Project on the South Platte River in downtown Denver was a success.
• New projects like this Organic Gardening Project are opening doors for new collaborations with local schools and community organizations in 2010.

HELP US REACH OUR END OF THE YEAR GOAL:

We are so close to reaching our end of the year goal and thanks to your support, the summit is within reach. A donation at any level will be a huge help toward meeting our goal!

Your donation will help us offer inspiring programs that get students off the couch, into the outdoors, and challenge them to create Action Projects to improve their schools, the community, and the environment so we can continue “changing the world, one adventure at a time!”

Tax-deductible donations can be made safely and securely online by Clicking Here or by sending a check made payable to Cottonwood Institute to: PO Box 7067, Denver, CO 80207. Please make sure checks are dated before the end of the year!

If you have already donated in 2009, thank you so much for your support! You have helped us make a tremendous impact in the lives of our students. You can still help us by Forwarding This Email To A friend! and encouraging them to join you in supporting our work.

Thank you so much for all of your support!

Ford Church, Founder and Executive Director
Cottonwood Institute
303.447.1076