Inner City Outings (ICO) is a community outreach program of the Sierra Club that lets urban youth participate in outdoor, environmentally diverse activities. Volunteers lead a variety of outings from backpacking trips to trail cleanups to canoe trips on the Neuse and Dan rivers. ICO volunteers introduce participants to the natural world and teach them how important it is to protect and restore wild places. Forty-five ICO groups partner with local youth-oriented agencies in urban areas throughout the U.S.

Raleigh Inner City Outings was founded in 1988 to provide enriching outdoor learning experiences that help youth participants:

• overcome fears and misconceptions about the outdoors
• develop comfort with and appreciation for the natural environment
• develop a basic understanding of how ecosystems work
• become protectors of the environment
• develop self esteem and leadership skills
• experience team approaches to challenges and problem-solving

Raleigh Inner City Outings works with several youth organizations in the greater Raleigh area.

Special thanks to REI for their generous support of money and equipment for our trips.

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