Community, Education and Conservation
Outdoor Promise is a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on inspiring and supporting the next generation of outdoor leaders. Our programs are centered around equitable access for youth, families, and individuals that have been traditionally underrepresented in outdoor recreation. We believe in the power of an engaged community that works together to protect the environment starting with their own backyards.
Our Work
We believe that we cannot ask people to protect a nature they have not experienced.
Environmental Justice
We have partnered with the City of Newburgh and the Greater Newburgh Parks Conservancy to engage the community, develop youth leaders and improve the tree equity of the city of Newburgh, New York.
I want to thank you for offering me this great opportunity and for mentoring me. I have learned skills that I am extremely grateful for and have already been able to put to use.
Marichen
Learn how to plant trees and plan your future outdoor adventures!
Learn more about how to select, plant, and care for a tree in the city of Newburgh, NY. We have more outdoor leadership courses coming soon. Stay tuned!
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
Native proverb
Join us on a virtual adventure!
We want to connect you to the natural world. Come join us as we hike trails and paddle the rivers and lakes across the Hudson Valley in New York.
OP Updates
Check out our recent work and join us on one of our virtual adventures.
RiverKeeper Sweep at Newburgh South Street Park: 2022 Clean-Up Event
Check out our recap of the Annual RiverKeeper Sweep at South Street Park in the City of Newburgh, New York! In partnership with the…
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Get on Board: Register for Our Free Community Sail Program in Partnership with the Sloop Clearwater
We are thrilled to announce our Free Community Sailing Program in partnership with the Sloop Clearwater! This program is designed to offer Newburgh residents…
2023 Malcolm Gordon Charitable Fund Award
Outdoor Promise, a Newburgh-based nonprofit, awarded $10,000 for its “REP Nature Leaders” project. This project teaches young adults between the ages of 19-26 about…
2022 Newburgh Environmental Justice Fellowship Recap
The second cohort of the Newburgh Environmental Justice Fellows presented their wrap-up report to the Newburgh City Council on Monday, December 12. https://youtu.be/WqgoSIpUmU0 We…
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10 Reasons why we need to fight environmental injustice
Environmental justice is a fundamental human right; everyone deserves to live in a clean and healthy environment. Environmental injustice disproportionately affects low-income and minority…
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2021 Newburgh Environmental Justice Fellowship Recap
A 2015 Tree Inventory revealed nearly 4,000 empty tree pits in the small (3.8 sq. mile) the City of Newburgh. Through community engagement, surveys,…
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