YO U T H P R O G R A M S
Youth Backcountry Camp
Partner Program
YBCC Instructors
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hat once consisted of a few days taking youth out on the Tahoe Rim Trail more than 13-years ago, has now grown into a robust, summer-long Youth by Julia Kaseta Backcountry Camp Youth Programs (YBCC) program, Manager built on community relationships and the drive to inspire stewardship in the next generation. The YBCC program weaves Leave No Trace ethics throughout a curriculum that utilizes hands-on activities to teach wilderness skills, natural history, and practical life skills. Youth participants practice self-sufficiency in a wil17
derness context while overcoming challenges and experiencing the joy in backcountry living with their peers. Participants complete the program feeling more self-confident, empowered to share stewardship practices, and eager to spend more time unplugged and outdoors. Each year, the TRTA forms partnerships with social-service organizations in the Tahoe Basin and surrounding communities to implement the Youth Backcountry Camp Partner Program. The Partner Program is a free program aimed to provide YBCC adventures to underserved youth. The YBCC Partner Program is designed as a true collaboration. Passionate TRTA staff work alongside staff and volunteers from social-service organizations to provide the physical and mental health benefits of time spent outdoors to youth that often do not have access to outdoor opportunities due to financial, social, cultural, and/or other barriers to entry.
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The TRTA provides all required food, gear, curriculum, transportation, and lead instructors at no cost to partner groups or participants thanks to support from generous donors and grantors. Our partners recruit 8-12 teens to attend their YBCC trip and two chaperones to serve as YBCC instructors and support the
Send a Kid to Camp! If you would like to support youth underserved in outdoor education, donate to our youth programs. Help TRTA raise funds for kids to attend a YBCC camp in 2021 at no cost! Email
JuliaK@tahoerimtrail.org
or call 775.298.4485 for more information.
