We are grateful for the support you have provided this year to ensure more young people have the opportunity to engage & thrive in nature. This year, Elevate Youth offered an array of opportunities for our youth to continue building on their passion for the outdoors. 

What better way to welcome autumn than with a dinner celebrating friends, giving, and seasonal treats? 

Supporters from near and far came to show their support for Elevate Youth at our dinner co-hosted by Codman Community Farms in Lincoln, Mass.

Tree-Plenish empowers high school students to make their communities more sustainable by planting saplings to offset their school's energy usage. Their primary mission is to combat climate change and promote sustainability by organizing tree planting events in various communities.

A couple embarks on a 3,000-mile walking mission down the East Coast to raise funds and awareness for Elevate Youth’s outdoor access programs for young people. (fox61.com)

The meetup we’ve all been waiting for! On Tuesday, Elevate Youthers from the Hennigan School had the opportunity to walk along the Charles River Greenway with Matt and Grace Grooms. This couple, also known as The Golden Road, are walking along the 3,000 mile East Coast Greenway as they make their way from Maine to Florida.

A Massachusetts couple and their two dogs are walking over 3,000 miles down the East Coast in support of Elevate Youth, raising funds and awareness for the organization’s mission to bring outdoor access to underserved youth.

We’re keeping it REEL at Elevate Youth all month long! We’ve amassed 7 fishing trips already, with even MORE on the horizon!

Spring weather is in the air! For the last 3 weeks, Elevate Youth partnered with Mira Haddad to introduce skateboarding to our school youthers.

April is Earth Month!  At Elevate Youth, we celebrate and practice sustainability year-round. One way Elevate Youth especially minimizes our environmental impact is through our gear.

It’s arrived: it’s every Bostonian’s favorite time of year. After exactly two snows, you walk outside into the forty degree sunshine and declare, “it’s finally spring!” We all know truly warm weather is months away, but the non-frigid wintery air is a sign of hope.

Working outdoors, there is always only one thing you can expect: the unexpected!

It feels as though spring has sprung in Boston! These temperatures were not originally expected for Elevate Youth’s cross country skiing trips this week, but we prepared accordingly and had a warm, wonderful time.

The ladies of Elevate Youth have done it again! Over this weekend, staff members Sophie and Hailey, with the assistance of volunteers Noor and Kat, piled 10 youthers into our van and drove them out to western Massachusetts for two nights of skiing, tubing, and plenty of giggling at Bousquet Mountain.

Some may argue we haven't gotten much snow yet for it being the last week of January. However, the snow we have gotten came just in time for a rad week of learning how to ski! The Boys and Girl’s club of Dorchester, the Thomas J Kenny school fifth graders, and Thomas J Kenny school six graders each had their own day devoted to skiing at Wachusett Mountain…

At Elevate Youth, we recognize that one major barrier to spending time outside is lack of access to the proper gear. As the winter creeps into Boston, families and communities are searching for quality coats, hats, gloves, and jackets to keep them warm until the spring.

Elevate Youth was founded in 2018 to increase diversity outdoors through access and to connect kids to nature. We serve underfunded communities with our high-impact outdoor programing and adult mentors to develop comfort and habits of being outside.

158 volunteers support Elevate Youth and our mission! We are so grateful for the incredible people around the north east that make time to support us.

Since our founding in 2018, Elevate Youth has launched 535 trips! These trips have brought together staff, volunteers, and youth from all over Boston.