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Celebrating the Great American Backyard Campout in the Pacific Northwest
Sometimes here in the cloudy Pacific Northwest we feel like summer will never come. But threats of rain did not intimidate approximately 700 Washington families & children last weekend who participated at the 7th annual Great American Backyard Campout. This event is the… Read more >
Outdoor Fun Under the Sun at the White House
I just got back from an amazing event on the South Lawn of the White House. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon and 50 youth from the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School had the opportunity to celebrate Great Outdoors… Read more >
Gearing up for Ann Arbor’s 3rd Annual Great American Backyard Campout
As a child, spending most summer nights and weekends outside, camping with family and friends, was the thing to do. Our family would often take a weekend trip to Northern Michigan so we could camp along the shores of the… Read more >
Family Camping in January? It Can Be Done — in FLORIDA!
With 2 kids in tow (ages 4 and 17 months), Be Out There mom Holly Ambrose headed for a New Year’s camping adventure just an hour from her home — in Everglades National Park. Read more >
Backyard Campout: The (mis)adventures of one mom, her kids, and a trampoline
Blogger Suzanne Delzio writes about her family’s Great American Backyard Campout—five families split between two yards. Read more >
Favorite Moments from the Great American Backyard Campout in Ann Arbor — or in Your Own Backyard
It was a warm summer night in Ann Arbor, Michigan, when over 45 families gathered with NWF’s Great Lakes Regional Center at the Leslie Science and Nature Center for the Great American Backyard Campout ® on June 26th. Children went… Read more >
Survive the summer months with Be Out There’s new seasonal guide
Take the pledge and access the free Summer Survival Guide www.beoutthere.org/pledge.
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