During the 2023-2024 school year, BAWT supported over 4,500 youth to go on outdoor trips, providing $835,461 in no-cost gear rentals to educators and youth across the Bay Area. We also trained nearly 150 trip leaders, giving them essential skills to bring their communities into the outdoors. We served schools down the street from our office and organizations as far away as Sonoma, Redding, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and Yosemite. If we charged fair market value for our services, we wouldn't need to fundraise. But we do almost all of this for free to decrease barriers to access to the outdoors in our community. When you donate to us, you let us continue to fulfill a 25-year legacy we've built in the Bay Area, supporting transformative outdoor experiences for all youth.
Sleeping pads and sleeping bags are essential items for a good camping trip–and items that most youth in our community need to borrow.
Our volunteers generously gift their time to help us repair our gear each month, so we go through a lot of gear tape, sewing supplies, and more.
Maintaining our extensive, high-quality gear library takes financial resources to keep everything in tip-top shape as each piece of gear goes into and out of the field.
We make sure youth and educators have everything they need, from tents to sleeping systems to warm layers for a cozy night under the stars.
We provide educators with essential skills to take students camping in a safe, culturally-responsive environment.
Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT) is a project of the Earth Island Institute,a 501(c)(3) corporation. Tax ID number 94-2889684
