Please consider donating  to our general fund so that we can continue to support our members and affiliates, or to our growing endowment, which will allow this organization to offer scholarships, grants, and other opportunities to get future generations outside. Your tax-deductible contribution will advance the efforts of NYSOEA to connect people with the wide-open, boundless educational wonders of the great outdoors. 
All donations, large and small, are greatly appreciated.  Donations of $100 or more will be entered into a raffle for a pair of Leupold waterproof binoculars and donations of $250 or more, will receive a one-year complimentary NYSOEA membership.  
​The New York State Outdoor Education Association represents its members and over 50 affiliate organizations by promoting outdoor and environmental education throughout New York State. Each year, our professions connect people of all ages and walks of life with the outdoors and the endless discoveries that surround us in nature.
Over the past year, NYSEOA has celebrated many victories, but we need to make up for lost funds that we would have received from our annual conference, winter weekend, and maple festival. 
Your donation is needed more than ever as we strive to continue our mission and offer scholarships, grants, and other opportunities to get future generations outdoors.
Please take a moment to reflect on all that the year has provided:
- NYSOEA, in partnership with the Environmental Education Advisory Council of New York City (EEAC) raised over $5,000 to give grants to educators in NYS who lost their jobs due to COVID.
- NYSOEA board members hosted a series of webinars to provide our community with creative avenues around sharing resources, tips, and tricks for remote teaching, and provided in-person, social distanced hikes, pop up events and bird walks for members.
- Our equity, access, and inclusion committee hosted several events and workshops and are actively seeking grants, resources, and funding to host future programs.
- NYSOEA raised enough funds to send two kids from each region to camp. This not only provides scholarship funds to our affiliates but gives youth the opportunity to experience summer camp. 
- The 2020 conference committee gave out nine scholarships to attend the annual conference.
We have much to celebrate and be thankful for. We know that we are stronger as a group than as individuals, and through the wisdom of the founders of this organization, we enrich each other by the company we share, even from afar.
Please consider donating either to our general fund so that we can continue to support our members and affiliates, or to our growing endowment, which will allow this organization to offer scholarships, grants, and other opportunities to get future generations outside.   
Thank You