Community Partnership Opportunities
Your partnership connects the next generation to our natural world, while supporting our public schools!
Your partnership connects the next generation to our natural world, while supporting our public schools!
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COMMUNITY<br />
PARTNERSHIP<br />
OPPORTUNITIES<br />
Your partnership connects the next generation to our<br />
natural world, while supporting our public schools!<br />
Muddy Sneakers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
MUDDY SNEAKERS envisions a world where every<br />
child has the opportunity to form a connection to<br />
nature and benefit from the wellness it provides. We<br />
are committed to becoming a national model for<br />
closing the science literacy gap, inviting diversity into<br />
the outdoors, and instilling an understanding of one’s<br />
role in the greater ecosystem. In doing so, we cultivate<br />
healthier generations committed to the stewardship of<br />
our natural resources.<br />
Join us in partnering with our<br />
state’s public schools!<br />
TOGETHER WE WILL:<br />
Remove barriers to ensure<br />
children have formative<br />
connections to nature.<br />
Transform NC’s 3.9 million acres<br />
of public lands into active<br />
classrooms.<br />
Provide standards-aligned<br />
experiential STEM education for<br />
students.<br />
Empower educators with jobembedded<br />
coaching.<br />
Build community around underresourced<br />
public schools.<br />
To date, Muddy Sneakers' community has<br />
invested $8.9 million in NC public schools!
Muddy Sneakers represents a<br />
unique educational opportunity<br />
for our children and the state of<br />
North Carolina. Our programs<br />
bring substantive outdoor STEM<br />
education to children at a critical<br />
developmental stage where<br />
continued trends show<br />
childhood being pulled inside.<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
Hours/Week<br />
Screen<br />
Time<br />
Outside<br />
Time<br />
This timely educational<br />
experience meaningfully brings<br />
5th-grade science standards to<br />
life and reminds children of our<br />
interconnectedness with our<br />
natural world.<br />
I can't imagine bringing<br />
the science standards<br />
to my students any<br />
other way.*<br />
Muddy Sneakers also supports<br />
5th-grade educators with a<br />
year-long partnership that helps<br />
to address the achievement and<br />
opportunity gaps not yet solved<br />
by public education alone.<br />
Muddy Sneakers<br />
challenged me to be<br />
a better teacher.*<br />
For a growing number of NC’s<br />
elementary schools, Muddy<br />
Sneakers is an embedded part<br />
of the science curriculum and<br />
serves as a highly anticipated<br />
capstone for children<br />
completing their elementary<br />
years.<br />
Together we can change the<br />
expectation for how a child<br />
learns science within the public<br />
school system. What if it was<br />
impossible to receive a K-12<br />
public education without some<br />
nature-based, experiential<br />
components? Imagine the<br />
impact on our beautiful state as<br />
each student internalizes<br />
lessons learned throughout the<br />
program year after year.<br />
*Partner feedback reported in NCSU's 2021 - 2022 Program Evaluation
BREVARD:<br />
CONTACT US<br />
For more information about making a gift or<br />
getting involved, contact us today!<br />
828-862-5560<br />
P.O. Box 146, Brevard, NC 28712<br />
212 S. Broad St., Brevard, NC 28712<br />
SALISBURY:<br />
704-209-4009<br />
P.O. Box 2151, Salisbury, NC 28144<br />
2300 W. Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28144<br />
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www.muddysneakers.org