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Outdoor Experiences Program Seeks 1997 Sponsorsby Bartshe Miller "This is better than Six Flags Magic Mountain!" - Steve, a ten-year-old Outdoor Experiences participant from East L.A. The Outdoor Experiences program enters its third year with a grant from the Los Angeles Urban Resources Partnership (URP). This grant will allow the Mono Lake Committee to continue the successful Outdoor Experiences program at Mono Lake while expanding its watershed education program in Los Angeles. This federal grant, however, requires us to raise a $20,000 match, and you can help! The Committee and community organizations--such as Mothers of East Los Angeles, Korean Youth and Community Center, Executive Partners in Environmental Training, and Watts Labor Action Community Coalition--jointly present school programs on Mono Lake, the Los Angeles watershed, and conservation. Students get excited by the Mono Lake story and we then give them and their families the opportunity to receive free ultra-low flush toilets. These new toilets have succeeded in saving over eight billion gallons of water a year in Los Angeles! Some of these Los Angeles inner-city youth come to Mono Lake in the summer to experience the northern end of their watershed. What a gift it is for these young people to experience a whole new world. Canoeing, swimming, night hikes, snowball fights, and stream restoration work highlight their trip. This summer we hope to bring another 150-200 Los Angeles youth to the Mono Basin. Groups scheduled to come to Mono Lake have begun to seek matching donations for transportation and food. Together we are asking for your help to make these trips a reality. In addition to food and transportation, we are seeking money for educational supplies, camping gear, and staffing. We will also gladly accept any used camping gear especially large tents, sleeping bags, and sleeping pads! Success depends on partnerships. The Mono Lake Committee alone cannot make this program a reality. We depend on the community organizations in Los Angeles and on you for success. Connecting urban California with Mono Lake and empowering individuals and communities in the future of their water resources is what we want to achieve. Will you join us in this partnership? When a trip to Mono Lake can top Magic Mountain in the mind of one boy from East L.A., then perhaps there is good reason to believe Mono Lake has a rich future. For more on the program, please see this Winter 1997 Mono Lake Newsletter article. Bartshe Miller is the Committee's Education Director. He's picking a route for a great desert adventure.
Please fill out, print out, and then send us the following form with your donation. Your donation will go toward educational supplies, camping equipment, transportation, and staffing for the Outdoor Experiences program. Donations to the Mono Lake Committee are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Please send to: Mono Lake Committee, P.O. Box 29, Lee Vining, CA 93541.
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