$5 - Sponsor a Go & Grow Kit for a Student
Go & Grow Kits were created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure our students had continued access to STEAM and outdoor education. We recognize that unequal access to technology and the internet has made distance learning even more difficult for many of our students, so the Go & Grow program is designed to be enjoyed regardless of these barriers. From creative creature creator crafts to great green space maps, Go & Grow keeps kids learning and having fun while staying safe.
$75 - Sponsor a Wind Turbine Kit
Our wind turbine kits are one of our students’ favorite activities! Help a classroom learn about renewable energy and practice their engineering skills by sponsoring this special wind turbine kit!
$500 - Sponsor an Outdoor Adventure
Oh the places our students will go when you give them the gift of a GGO outdoor field trip! When you sponsor a field trip, an entire class will get the chance to be fully immersed in an outdoor adventure! From rope climbing in the treetops to getting hands on experience with farm animals, outdoor field trips are a highlight of the GGO program
$20 - Sponsor a Rock Climbing Trip for One Student
GGO encourages our students to reach new heights through our programing, especially during our rock climbing excursions! Help us bring a student to a local rock climbing gym for a day filled with active, safe, strategy-building fun! No experience necessary, but the harnesses is required!
$100 - Sponsor a Tent
Students enjoy learning how to pitch a tent and have the option to sleep in one during our overnight camping trips! Sponsor a tent to provide youth with a new skill and a way to be fully immersed in nature while staying cozy.
$750 - Sponsor a Canoe Trip
Row, row, row your boat! Our canoe trips are a chance for students to have fun on the open water while learning about their local environment. Sponsor a canoe trip and give a class this awesome opportunity to explore a beautiful nearby lake or river!
$5,000 Sponsor a School for a Year
This sponsorship option give students in St. Louis and Chicago a complete year of the GGO program, including outdoor field trips, purposeful mentorship, and dozens of hands-on STEAM lessons. Teachers recognize the impact this can have on youth, one partner teacher writes “GGO volunteers bring environmental education alive. Students were excited for GGO days, highly engaged with the lessons & activities, and learned how to collaborate with peers as they talked through the various academic challenges they were facing.” Share a year of GGO with a school today!
$30 - Sponsor a Sleeping Bag
After a long day of playing and learning on a GGO camping trip, students need to rest up (so the fun can continue the next day!). Help our campers catch some ZZZZs by sponsoring a sleeping bag!
$200 - Sponsor a School Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round, but not without your help! GGO takes students on farm visits, urban park trips, rock climbing excursions, and much more, but we need transportation to make it happen. Sponsor a school bus and unlock a world of adventure for our students!
$1,000 - Sponsor an Overnight Camping Trip
You can give the incredible gift of bringing a class of students on one of our camping trips, brimming with outdoor activities and fun! These trips are always a highlight of the GGO program and gives many of our students an entirely new experience that provides them with wilderness skills, environmental science lessons, and countless memories!
$10,000 - Become a GGO Champion
GGO strives to create a world where every child has access to the transformative powers of nature. When you become a GGO champion, you make it possible for us to bring our programing to hundreds of students in St. Louis and Chicago. From outdoor field trip adventures to hands-on STEAM lessons, help GGO increase our reach and provide incredible students with the opportunity to learn about the world around them while simply having a chance to be a kid in the great outdoors.
$50 - Sponsor a Camping Trip for One Student
Give a student the chance to play and learn in the great outdoors on one of our camping trips! These trips are a flagship component of the GGO program and serve as the culmination of a student’s semester with us. Nature identification activities, games, campfire sing-alongs, and of course s’mores await a student when you sponsor their camp-out experience.
$300 - Sponsor a Student for a Year
The GGO program allows kids to be kids while receiving quality STEAM and outdoor education. Our students consistently speak positively of their time with GGO, saying “I would do it again because it was educational. I liked all the field trips, the activities. They were just so much fun.” and “If we have something to do and they'll actually help us make it, turn it into a fun lesson so that we can understand.” Help us bring our proven programming to a student in St. Louis and Chicago!
$2,500 - Sponsor a School for a Semester
Provide a semester of the GGO program to one of our schools in St. Louis and Chicago! GGO helps youth unlock their full potential through our programming and we are always working to reach more students. You can bring a semester of purposeful mentorship, hands on STEAM learning, and engaging outdoor field trips to a school full of our incredible students when you become a sponsor today!