Grand Canyon Association - Virtual Field Trips for Kids

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We need your help to turn a challenge into a grand opportunity to help more children throughout the country discover the grandeur and importance of the Grand Canyon right in their own classroom.

Members of our Board of Directors have created a Matching Gift Challenge. They will match every dollar we receive for The Virtual Field Trips for Kids Program up to $10,000. We need your help to match the full $10,000 by December 31.

It couldn’t come at a better time! The Virtual Field Trips for Kids has hit a serious roadblock — the original equipment is outdated and unusable. We need dedicated members and friends like you, to get this vital National Park Service program back on track and accessible to many more children. And now, during our Matching Gift Challenge, your gift will do TWICE as much.

“I donated the money I earned from my allowance to the Grand Canyon Association. When I went to the Grand Canyon, I was stunned…on earth there is nothing like this natural wonder.” Gavin Steever, 11 years.

Millions of kids are not as fortunate as Gavin Steever …. They may never get to travel to Arizona to experience that awe-inspiring “first look” across the Grand Canyon or life-changing hike along the rim.

Virtual Field Trips for Kids is a ranger-based program that will stream live over the Internet from historic Kolb Studio reaching as many as 10,000 schoolchildren annually across the country. Using the beauty of the Grand Canyon as a backdrop, Virtual Field Trips for Kids features uniformed park rangers encouraging children to explore their local parks, connect to the outdoors and learn about the environmental issues facing not only the Grand Canyon but the planet as a whole. Through the program,

children learn the importance of caring, preserving and protecting the natural world.

New equipment will connect with students through streaming video, green-screen technology and shots of Grand Canyon. Kids will be able to talk live with a park ranger and see what the Canyon looks like at that very moment!

Please help us. Send your gift today and watch it be doubled instantly by the limited-time Matching Gift challenge. There’s never been a better time to support the Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon National Park. Your generosity will make TWICE the difference in the lives of young children. Thank you!