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A nonprofit that connects kid to the outdoors thru education & adventure!

Colorado Springs, CO
Joined June 2011
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Only 5 days left of 2020 and only 5 days left to make an end of year tax deductible gift to Catamount Institute. Inspire a new generation of outdoor lovers buy donating at indygive.com/catamount today! #liveheregivehere #outdoorkids #nature #science ift.tt/36173z8
Wishing everyone a very happy winter break! To kick of ours the staff from Catamount Institute visited the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to celebrate the end of a great year. We are so excited to see what 2020 has in store for us. Merry Christmas, … ift.tt/2MpGvjB
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Environmental education combines adventure and education to provide youth with enriching learning activities and experiences. Our classroom is bigger than four walls. Learning opportunities at every turn in life’s biggest classroom, the great outdoors! … ift.tt/2MijxdU
Tonight our Executive Director, Christopher Aaby was a finalist for The Mayor’s Young Leader Awards. We are so proud of the hard work you do being recognized by our city leaders. We are lucky to have you! Congratulations to all of the incredible winners… ift.tt/2YIaRCV
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The days of the free-range childhood, where kids spend hours outside playing in local parks, building forts, fording streams and climbing trees, have been mostly replaced by mobile devices, video games & TV. Outdoor adventures allow kids an opportunity t… ift.tt/2XFGZqf
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Outdoor education is proven to positively increase overall behavior, enhance communication skills and increase motivation in children. Be a part of the difference and help us continue to get more kids outdoors. You can donate to our Indygive campaign now… ift.tt/2NZWpCc
Did you know that on average kids only get 4-7 minutes of outdoor play a day. Let’s change that together! Be part of the difference, Volunteering or donating to our mission makes a world of a difference. Smiles like these is what you’re helping create mo… ift.tt/2KBEos7
Catamount Institute combines both education and adventure to teach our young stewards during their field trips! This semester the kids have been learning all about plant life cycles, exploring seeds and how their shapes help them spread to where they can… ift.tt/2WTEQqw
Catamount Team breakfast at one of our favorite places, @snoozeameatery! 😋🤗. #dreamteam #outdooreducation #catamountinstitute ift.tt/2rd8Z8n
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Today on this cold Colorado day, we can’t help but to reminisce over what an incredible summer camp season we had this summer 2019. Miss Mac Steck pictured here was one of our incredible councilors during the season. We are so excited to announce that sh… ift.tt/317Mi1r
We had a great day with the @epcsheriff Wildland Fire Crew! YES Club members loved learning about what it takes to fight wildfires. Thanks to all the family members who joined us for the day. #yesclub #catamountinstitute #wildfirefighter #smokybear ift.tt/2m4QLDW
Our Field Trip program at Catamount Institute is a great way to get kids outdoors in a fun, educative and engaging way. We are so excited to have Billy Kinn, our Heather Chaney Campbell Fellow join us full-time as our Field Trip Program Coordinator. Mr. … ift.tt/32OKtYC
We at Catamount Institute are always striving to grow and serve our communities the best way we can. We can’t do that without amazing staff supporting the mission, Meet Alex Collopy our new Y.E.S. Club Coordinator. Alex has always had a passion for being… ift.tt/2UO9znB
Join Catamount Institute and Generation Wild of the Pikes Peak Region at the What If Festival. Stop by our booth this Saturday from 10am-4pm. We will have nature journal making, animal mask/ paper puppet making and our photo booth! You don’t wanna miss t… ift.tt/2ZQAJ2b
Happy Birthday @smokeybear! Smokey Bear was born Aug. 9, 1944. Here’s to 75 years of preventing wildfires and here’s to 75 more!! #youcanpreventforestfires #outdoors #gooutside #wildfireawareness ❤️ @nationalforests send your birthday wishes #smokeybear75 ift.tt/2YT4L50
We are sad to be losing our dear Mr. Sam and Miss Ballantine. We wish you both the best on all your future endeavors. We thought we send you off with a splash! 🌊🌊🌊 As for the rest of the team we are ready for the remaining weeks in this camp season.… ift.tt/2XnM7NE
We had such a great day! Thanks @RMFIcolorado and @COSpringsParks TOPs rangers for helping provide this great connection to the outdoors for these @CSSD11 students. #generationwildcolorado
Students from the Adams Elementary Summer Enrichment Series are learning outdoors today at Memorial Park. @CSSD11 @Catamount_Inst Looks like fun! #D11proud #DareToEmpower
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This little camper is a foster from the @humanesocietypikespeak her and her siblings will be up for adoption in a few weeks. While we are at an event to share about volunteering at Catamount Institute we enjoyed also learning about opportunities to becom… bit.ly/2IcjLlf