As a part of our Changemakers Outdoor Leadership Corps. the students receive a Wilderness First Aid Training.

Wilderness First Aid is an amazing skill to have to know how to care for other students, friends, family, and strangers while leading trips for Cottonwood Institute or recreating outdoors. For 2 days, the students learn everything from how to compassionately assess patients, get creative with splint materials, and make cervical spine collars out of puffy jackets. They spend mornings covering the ins and outs of patient care, and afternoons covering in fake bruises practicing their first aid skills in the field.

Does this sound like an amazing opportunity? Help fund the Changemakers WFA experience by donating $5,000 to cover the cost of the certification and training.

$2,500 can help fund students from Casa de la Esperanza attend our Familias Unidas en la Naturaleza (FUN) program this summer.

FUN is a new program to inspire youth and their families with the tools and resources to connect with nature through outdoor recreation. Starting with a backyard camp out at the Casa community center in Longmont, followed by day programming to learn essential camping skills, and culminating with a two youth-led local camping trips for students and their families, FUN will include a series of scaffolded outdoor experiences to promote positive connection through community and skill-building.

$1000 can support transportation costs for our field day and overnight trips for all of the schools we work with.

Cottonwood covers the cost of transportation for students/schools on our trips. With groups with around 25 students and several adults, these trips take several vehicles. The cost of rental vehicles, maintenance, and gas continues to rise. Support our vehicle costs by donating today!

As a part of CAP class, we strive for students to feel empowered to create change in their local communities. Each class implements a student-directed Action Project to positively address their issue.

CAP students have tackled wildfire mitigation projects, organized bike to school days, completed organic gardening and composting projects, created projects to help save native bees and pollinators, and more!

These projects often take added time and resources for our students to complete. Donate today to ensure that all of our classes have the resources they need.