I believe that all children deserve to learn, play and grow outside, which is why on Saturday, October 22, I plan to #TakeAHikeForKids to support Blue Sky Fund, a local Richmond nonprofit that connects youth to the outdoors.

In fact, back in 2015, my first ever interaction with Blue Sky Fund occurred when I signed up to Hike for Kids! Since then, I've volunteered for the Outdoor Adventure Clubs belaying students who were learning to climb at Peak Experiences, volunteered on overnight camping trips, and joined day hikes out to places like Humpback Rocks. Every single experience had me wanting to become more invovled - and so I did. 

This past January, I officially joined the Blue Sky Fund team as the Development & Communications Director. It's been a serious dream come true. Blue Sky combines my love of the outdoors with my years of experience in strategic marketing, environmental education, and non-profit development. 

I hope you can join me in supporting this incredible work by joining my team or making a donation! Also a shoutout to the many of you who support in May during #BlueSkiesAhead. Grateful to our incredible community of support ?

Blue Sky provides over 42,000 hours of outdoor time for 2,300 Richmond youth, 79% of whom come from under-resourced. communities and a majority of whom identify as youth of color. Through resilience building, leadership development, and outdoor science education, they work to advance equity in the outdoors by developing diverse groups of environmental stewards and leaders in our community.

You can help by choosing to #TakeAHikeForKids with me this October! Here is how…

? Register to join in person or virtually at blueskyfund.org/hikeforkids

? Donate to my personal fundraising page

? Share about the event and tag @BlueSkyFund