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Inner City Outings (ICO) is the Sierra Club's community outreach program for underprivileged children and adolescents. We are a one hundred percent volunteer organization. We work as an organization to provide young people with outdoor recreational opportunities, leadership training, positive group experiences and environmental education, while imbuing in them a love of nature and the outdoors. Needless to say, children who grow up in the inner city can find it extremely difficult to gain access to the outdoors. Obstacles include financial constraints and transportation difficulties, as well as a lack of awareness of the opportunities available to them. ICO believes that the wilderness exists as a resource for everyone. ICO was established in 1970 by the San Francisco Bay chapter of the Sierra Club. Currently, there are over fifty ICO groups in cities across the nation, all of which are overseen by the national Sierra Club. NYC ICO was begun in 1981. We currently have ten certified leaders who conduct trips with children from five community-based agencies and schools. Groups are primarily African-American, Asian-American, and Latino. NYC ICO provides a continuity of outings for youth of various levels of difficulty, which build trust among leaders and participants. Our trips open a new world for these children and their experiences in the outdoors serve to foster a healthy respect for their everyday urban environment. We work in partnership with social service agencies and schools. For its part, NYC ICO supplies at least one or two designated trip leaders, as well as assistants. Agencies are welcome to have their own staff come along on outings, which take place approximately every four to eight weeks. Currently, we are working with six agencies and two schools. NYC ICO covers all trip expenses, including transportation and food. Our all-volunteer organization, containing over forty members, is composed of teachers, lawyers, doctors, social workers, psychologists and business people. Each gives of his/her time, and often money to help further the goals of NYC ICO and the Sierra Club. All our group leaders have been certified in first-aid and are screened via the N.Y. State Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect. The Inner City Outings program is made possible by its volunteers who give generously of their time and skills, and by donations of money and equipment made from itssupporters. Financial support from foundations, corporations, and individuals is always needed and appreciated. Tax-deductible contributions to the NYCICO may be made out to: The Sierra Club Foundation/New York ICO and sent to: Angela Bole, NYC ICO Chair 1378 Bedford Ave. Apt 5F Brooklyn, NY 11216

ICO National Website	Sierra Club National Site	Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter
ICO Extranet Website	Sierra Club NYC Group	Archives of NYC ICO listserve
NYC ICO Extranet Website	ICO Coordinator Descriptions	Archives of NYC ICO leaders listserve

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Who's who in New York ICO:

• Chair: Angela Bole
• Secretary: open
• Fundraising coordinator: Kristine Patnugot
• Volunteer coordinator: Angela Bole
• Outreach/agency coordinator: Gary Nickerson
• Training coordinators: Susan Stillman and Mina Fasola
• Roster coordinator: Peter Pizzutiello
• Environmental Education coordinator: open
• Legal advisor: Marc Becker
• Fun Events coordinator: Susan Stillman
• Treasurer: Ted Bloch
• Webmaster: Raymond N. Greenwell
• Equipment coordinator: open

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