Gateway to the Great Outdoors

When you register for the BRAIN TEASER BASH, you are signing up a day of mind boggling fun in the heart of St. Louis! Learn more and register: https://www.gatewayoutdoors.org/brain-teaser-bash RSVP on Facebook for up to date information: https://fb.me/e/8qlqKi8BD

Don’t forget that Gateway to the Great Outdoors is hiring! We have several openings available for year-long and summer VISTA positions. Learn more and apply today: https://www.gatewayoutdoors.org/jobs-with-ggo

As climate and other environmental issues continue to impact our community and global society, many teachers have pushed for better environmental education. GGO works closely with teachers to design relevant curriculum to bring environmental education to classrooms. Read more: https://news.medill.northwestern.edu//environmental-educa/

Thank you to Kairos Academies: St. Louis for joining us on an outdoor adventure trip to Shaw Nature Reserve! Students were super scientists as they explored forest and wetland ecosystems, using their observation skills and meeting critters along the way! Missouri Botanical Garden

Our first outdoor adventure trip of the semester with Kairos Academies: St. Louis was a smashing success! Students were able to explore Forest Park, enjoy an immersive sensory walk, and use ecological science equipment to track turtles with the Saint Louis University Ecology Club

Hear what students had to say when asked What is your favorite part of a Gateway Day? All of it because it was just to fun Talking about the community was good because now I know about how many levels of community there are

We want YOU to join the GGO team! There is still an opening for a ST. LOUIS GRANT COORDINATOR VISTA position and several SUMMER VISTA positions. Click to learn more and submit an application! https://www.gatewayoutdoors.org/jobs-with-ggo

Ms. Ivory’s 4th grade class at Patrick Henry Downtown Academy shared digital thank you notes with GGO volunteers and staff! We are glad virtual programming allows us to safely see our students!

Welcome back to Fun Fact Friday! Today one of our extra special team members Jeannie is going to tell us about an extra special cephalopod

COG #19: One of our favorite clean-ups, where we helped a local middle school, KIPP Triumph, plant flowers and clean their campus. A special thank you to the do...nors @ Gateway to the Great Outdoors who made this event possible! Quick story about the event. Two of our volunteers were 'Best Friends' and had met each other online through their 5th-grade class. Saturday was the first day they met in person, and one of them was devastated to find out how much shorter she was than her friend. Thanks to all the students, faculty, and other volunteers who came to help! #CleanOurGreen

I do not even know where to begin on how helpful GGO has been to my students--I could write a book! I am just thankful that an organization like this exists." - Tifani Allen, 5th grade teacher at a GGO partner school

It’s Garden Meditation Day! Our curriculum includes lessons on mindfulness and the benefits of practicing meditation, especially in nature. Take a minute to pause and be with yourself outside today