Non-Profit Program Aims to Provide at-Risk Children with a First-Hand Experience in Nature
For 28 years Kids To The Country has been taking at risk urban children to the beautiful and serene setting of a natural forest and pond on 1750 acres of land. The program gives at-risk children a first-hand experience of the outdoors, providing them with both fun as well as an educational opportunity. According to the director of Kids To The Country (KTC), Mary Ellen Bowen, nearly a third of these children live in poverty, and 15% live in extreme poverty. This program has proven to be both beneficial on a psychological level as well as a physical level with improved fitness and health education.