| Please CLICK HERE to view the newsletter. Seasonal Newsletter Learn more at: www.inwarddiscovery.org Help Youth Discover Themselves Outdoors Donate Here Bring your friends, family, children, teachers, youth group, or co-workers to InDiGO's Adventure Day FUNdraiser on July 24, 2022! Donate at the link above to register Let's InDiGO Young people have an innate and natural desire to learn, power to heal, and drive to discover. InDiGO's work is as much about giving youth opportunities to experience Nature outdoors in parks, schoolyards, and backyards as it is about guiding youth to access the power of Nature within themselves. InDiGO guides youth to nurture their nature and shine like the stars! This Spring, we brought over 300 students on epic adventures to discover Nature's wonders within and around Baltimore. We went canoeing, creek walking, made fire, built shelter, and sang songs, all while integrating Academics, the Arts, and SELf-Discovery (Social and Emotional Learning). InDiGO programs guide youth to access and develop their own identity, relationships, values, gifts, voice, vision, and leadership. Summer Adventure Camp 2022 Spring is here, and summer is upon us! What a school year. The work of nurturing young people's innate nature is needed more than ever. Youth are designed to move, play, and explore. InDiGO joins in the growing worldwide movement to give youth, especially those in the most marginalized communities, access to healthy learning environments to learn, grow, discover, and thrive within. In Baltimore City, InDiGO works on every level in concert with youth, teachers, school district officials, government agencies, outdoor centers, and community organizations. Creating healthy learning environments in schools, teaching in well-designed outdoor classrooms, and increasing access to healing-centered experiences in the great outdoors has never been more important for a generation of children. We work for systems change that increases protections for all children from harmful pollution or violence by any person or industry. We advocate for universal access to outdoor classrooms, gardens, playgrounds, and field trips. This video features youth reflecting on their summer camp experience. Please help more youth discover themselves outdoors! InDiGO partners with incredible outdoor education campuses like Pearlstone Center to increase access to their programs for Baltimore City youth. Thank you to all our donors who helped us send youth from West Baltimore to Adventure Camp at Pearlstone Center last summer. Donate Here Help youth not only be the stars but also see the stars they are! Thank you to Pearlstone and Hazon for your leadership and commitment to creating a sustainable world! We can all benefit so much from reconnecting to the land and Nature. Hazon and Pearlstone are true leaders in the Nature-connection movement in the Baltimore area and nationally. Camp is one of the most healing and enriching experiences we can offer our young people. This summer, forty youth will go to up to two weeks of day camp and five youth who attended day camp last summer attended their first overnight camp experience for eight days. Look out for day camp and overnight camp highlights this summer in our next newsletter! InDiGO Wins Program Partner of the Year We are honored to receive the prestigious 'Partner of the Year' award for our work increasing access to the sacred land at Pearlstone Center for Baltimore City youth and teachers. As the quote etched into the award below illuminates, we have much more work to do to achieve greenspace equity and cultivate a generation of future environmental stewards. Thank you for your support as we band together to build a society that understands " the decisions we make today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future." - The Great Law of the Haudenosaunee (a.k.a the Iroquois Confederacy). Please check out Pearlstone's land acknowledgment here: https://www.pearlstonecenter.org/land-acknowledgment/ InDiGO Brings Over 300 Youth On Field Trips This Spring Their first time on a boat: 5th-graders go to Middle Branch Park with BCRP We brought our 5th graders on their first canoe trip ever! Throughout the year, we explored the watershed and Baltimore's water systems in school. Earlier in the school year, we visited a tributary of the Liberty Reservoir. This trip culminated their studies as they experienced firsthand the watershed and water cycle. Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP) offers so many exceptional programs! We are honored to connect schools with under-publicized opportunities like canoeing at Middle Branch Park. Check out and sign up for BCRP programs here: https://secure.rec1.com/MD/baltimore-md/catalog. Animals, Shelter, Spicebush, and Leadership! 4th Grade Adventure to Pearlstone InDiGO brought nearly every Arlington Elementary student to Pearlstone Center this Spring. The 4th graders got in touch with the leader within them. They tuned in to their animal instincts and movements while developing a more profound respect for other humans and the Earth. They learned how to make fire, find edible plants, and build a survival shelter. How school could be: 3rd graders loving learning Bees help us? We don't get our water from the harbor? The 3rd graders had so many light bulbs throughout their InDiGO experiences this Spring. This video showcases InDiGO's process of integrating the learning from our field trip with these bright 3rd graders. Students learned about pollinators, the water cycle, decomposition, and more! Most of all, they had fun, inhaled fresh air, s'mores, and the spirit of adventure. Fire, Earth, Water, Air: 2nd Grade Adventure to Pearlstone These 2nd graders are full of the spirit of adventure. They discovered how the four elements help us live, discovered all kinds of creatures, and sang songs. Rhythms of Nature Within and All Around Us: Kindergarten Adventure to Pearlstone Catch the rhythm! Do you feel your heart beating? Have you taken some breaths in a place with many trees today? In this video, shining Kindergarteners brave the waters and forests of the sacred land of Pearlstone Center to discover that Nature is within and all around them. Their biggest adventure yet: Pre-K to Pearlstone In this video, shining Kindergarteners brave the waters and forests of Pearlstone Center to discover that Nature is within and around them. Harlem Park Elementary Middle School Boats, Baby Deer Antlers, a Huge Turkey and Decomposition! 2nd-grade adventure at Great Kids Farm These bright stars did experiments in decomposition and discovered worms, centipedes, and deer tracks while exploring the only district-run farm in the country. Become a friend of the farm at ( https://www.friendsgkf.org ) Freestyles on a field trip: 4th-graders in the largest woodland park of any city on the East Coast These 4th-graders never knew the largest woodland park within any city on the East Coast is right here in Baltimore City. Carrie Murray Nature Center ( https://www.carriemurraynaturecenter.org ) is within Leakin Park in West Baltimore, but most of our students never get to go there. The bus doesn't go there, and the podcast "Serial" has created unnecessary fears around visiting the park. Students explored their City's park for the first time and returned to the fire with so much authenticity that it came out in some incredible free-styling. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's OrchKids InDiGO serves youth and educators during and OST (Out-of-School-Time). It was an incredible school year with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's legendary program called OrchKids at two sites: Mary Ann Winterling Elementary in West Baltimore and Highlandtown Elementary in Southeast Baltimore. With OrchKids, we focus on integrating Music with SEL (Social and Emotional Learning). Orchkids at highlandtown What is the oldest instrument in the world? Humans learned to make sounds and music by imitating nature. We have evolved to create masterpieces. We follow the evolutionary progression of music in our work with OrchKids as we develop our ability to express ourselves authentically. We begin with the oldest instruments in the world: body percussion and our own voices. We then add drums, and eventually, violins, trumpets, harps, and all the other amazing instruments OrchKids provides for Baltimore City students. Orchkids at mary ann winterling Kids like to be outside; they love music and the playground. So naturally, we discovered that the playground is a giant drumset! Playing the playground helps students move their bodies, guides them to develop listening and eye contact skills, and provides a platform for discussion about echoes, sound waves, engineering, conflict resolution, green space equity, and more! Baltimore Connecting Children To Nature (BCCN) Nature nurtures symposium 2022 We were honored to present for the second year in a row at the Nature Nurtures Symposium. We are honored to be part of the core team of the Baltimore City Connecting Children to Nature Alliance (BCCN). It is a massive but essential endeavor to connect children to Nature locally and nationally. Please join the movement by connecting with us. Come to the fundraiser July 24th. Donate. Reach out to us by phone or email. Unite in making the Outdoor Children's Bill of Rights a reality for children in Baltimore in beyond. Help Youth Discover Themselves Outdoors Donate Here Connect with us |
Help Youth Discover Themselves Outdoors | |
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Bring your friends, family, children, teachers, youth group, or co-workers to InDiGO's
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Adventure Day FUNdraiser on July 24, 2022! | |
Donate at the link above to register | |
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Young people have an innate and natural desire to learn, power to heal, and drive to discover. InDiGO's work is as much about giving youth opportunities to experience Nature outdoors in parks, schoolyards, and backyards as it is about guiding youth to access the power of Nature within themselves. | |
InDiGO guides youth to nurture their nature and shine like the stars! | |
This Spring, we brought over 300 students on epic adventures to discover Nature's wonders within and around Baltimore. We went canoeing, creek walking, made fire, built shelter, and sang songs, all while integrating Academics, the Arts, and SELf-Discovery (Social and Emotional Learning). | |
InDiGO programs guide youth to access and develop their own identity, relationships, values, gifts, voice, vision, and leadership. | |
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Summer Adventure Camp 2022
Spring is here, and summer is upon us! What a school year. The work of nurturing young people's innate nature is needed more than ever. Youth are designed to move, play, and explore. InDiGO joins in the growing worldwide movement to give youth, especially those in the most marginalized communities, access to healthy learning environments to learn, grow, discover, and thrive within.
In Baltimore City, InDiGO works on every level in concert with youth, teachers, school district officials, government agencies, outdoor centers, and community organizations.
Creating healthy learning environments in schools, teaching in well-designed outdoor classrooms, and increasing access to healing-centered experiences in the great outdoors has never been more important for a generation of children.
We work for systems change that increases protections for all children from harmful pollution or violence by any person or industry. We advocate for universal access to outdoor classrooms, gardens, playgrounds, and field trips.
This video features youth reflecting on their summer camp experience. Please help more youth discover themselves outdoors! InDiGO partners with incredible outdoor education campuses like Pearlstone Center to increase access to their programs for Baltimore City youth.
Thank you to all our donors who helped us send youth from West Baltimore to Adventure Camp at Pearlstone Center last summer.
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Help youth not only be the stars but also see the stars they are! | |
Thank you to Pearlstone and Hazon for your leadership and commitment to creating a sustainable world! We can all benefit so much from reconnecting to the land and Nature. Hazon and Pearlstone are true leaders in the Nature-connection movement in the Baltimore area and nationally. Camp is one of the most healing and enriching experiences we can offer our young people.
This summer, forty youth will go to up to two weeks of day camp and five youth who attended day camp last summer attended their first overnight camp experience for eight days. Look out for day camp and overnight camp highlights this summer in our next newsletter!
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InDiGO Wins Program Partner of the Year | |
We are honored to receive the prestigious 'Partner of the Year' award for our work increasing access to the sacred land at Pearlstone Center for Baltimore City youth and teachers. As the quote etched into the award below illuminates, we have much more work to do to achieve greenspace equity and cultivate a generation of future environmental stewards. Thank you for your support as we band together to build a society that understands "the decisions we make today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future." - The Great Law of the Haudenosaunee (a.k.a the Iroquois Confederacy). Please check out Pearlstone's land acknowledgment here: https://www.pearlstonecenter.org/land-acknowledgment/ | |
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InDiGO Brings Over 300 Youth
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Their first time on a boat: 5th-graders go to Middle Branch Park with BCRP | |
We brought our 5th graders on their first canoe trip ever! Throughout the year, we explored the watershed and Baltimore's water systems in school. Earlier in the school year, we visited a tributary of the Liberty Reservoir. This trip culminated their studies as they experienced firsthand the watershed and water cycle.
Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP) offers so many exceptional programs! We are honored to connect schools with under-publicized opportunities like canoeing at Middle Branch Park. Check out and sign up for BCRP programs here: https://secure.rec1.com/MD/baltimore-md/catalog.
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Animals, Shelter, Spicebush, and Leadership! 4th Grade Adventure to Pearlstone | |
InDiGO brought nearly every Arlington Elementary student to Pearlstone Center this Spring. The 4th graders got in touch with the leader within them. They tuned in to their animal instincts and movements while developing a more profound respect for other humans and the Earth. They learned how to make fire, find edible plants, and build a survival shelter. | |
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How school could be: 3rd graders loving learning | |
Bees help us? We don't get our water from the harbor? The 3rd graders had so many light bulbs throughout their InDiGO experiences this Spring. This video showcases InDiGO's process of integrating the learning from our field trip with these bright 3rd graders. Students learned about pollinators, the water cycle, decomposition, and more! Most of all, they had fun, inhaled fresh air, s'mores, and the spirit of adventure. | |
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Fire, Earth, Water, Air: 2nd Grade Adventure to Pearlstone | |
These 2nd graders are full of the spirit of adventure. They discovered how the four elements help us live, discovered all kinds of creatures, and sang songs. | |
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Rhythms of Nature Within and All Around Us: Kindergarten Adventure to Pearlstone | |
Catch the rhythm! Do you feel your heart beating? Have you taken some breaths in a place with many trees today? In this video, shining Kindergarteners brave the waters and forests of the sacred land of Pearlstone Center to discover that Nature is within and all around them. | |
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Their biggest adventure yet: Pre-K to Pearlstone | |
In this video, shining Kindergarteners brave the waters and forests of Pearlstone Center to discover that Nature is within and around them. | |
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Harlem Park Elementary Middle School | |
Boats, Baby Deer Antlers, a Huge Turkey and Decomposition! 2nd-grade adventure at Great Kids Farm | |
These bright stars did experiments in decomposition and discovered worms, centipedes, and deer tracks while exploring the only district-run farm in the country. Become a friend of the farm at (https://www.friendsgkf.org) | |
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Freestyles on a field trip: 4th-graders in the largest woodland park of any city on the East Coast | |
These 4th-graders never knew the largest woodland park within any city on the East Coast is right here in Baltimore City. Carrie Murray Nature Center (https://www.carriemurraynaturecenter.org) is within Leakin Park in West Baltimore, but most of our students never get to go there. The bus doesn't go there, and the podcast "Serial" has created unnecessary fears around visiting the park. Students explored their City's park for the first time and returned to the fire with so much authenticity that it came out in some incredible free-styling. | |
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's OrchKids
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InDiGO serves youth and educators during and OST (Out-of-School-Time). It was an incredible school year with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's legendary program called OrchKids at two sites: Mary Ann Winterling Elementary in West Baltimore and Highlandtown Elementary in Southeast Baltimore. With OrchKids, we focus on integrating Music with SEL (Social and Emotional Learning). | |
What is the oldest instrument in the world? Humans learned to make sounds and music by imitating nature. We have evolved to create masterpieces. We follow the evolutionary progression of music in our work with OrchKids as we develop our ability to express ourselves authentically. We begin with the oldest instruments in the world: body percussion and our own voices. We then add drums, and eventually, violins, trumpets, harps, and all the other amazing instruments OrchKids provides for Baltimore City students. | |
Orchkids at mary ann winterling | |
Kids like to be outside; they love music and the playground. So naturally, we discovered that the playground is a giant drumset! Playing the playground helps students move their bodies, guides them to develop listening and eye contact skills, and provides a platform for discussion about echoes, sound waves, engineering, conflict resolution, green space equity, and more! | |
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Baltimore Connecting Children To Nature (BCCN) | |
Nature nurtures symposium 2022 | |
We were honored to present for the second year in a row at the Nature Nurtures Symposium. We are honored to be part of the core team of the Baltimore City Connecting Children to Nature Alliance (BCCN). It is a massive but essential endeavor to connect children to Nature locally and nationally. Please join the movement by connecting with us. Come to the fundraiser July 24th. Donate. Reach out to us by phone or email. Unite in making the Outdoor Children's Bill of Rights a reality for children in Baltimore in beyond. | |
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