Dear ARC Community,As we make our way through winter and into spring, we want to take a moment to reflect on all we accomplished in 2023 and express our deepest gratitude to you for your generosity and support. Your belief in our mission helped us have a successful 2023, and we are so happy to […]
Welcoming Cristina Cruz Navarro as Co-Director of ARC!
Greetings, ARC Community, We are thrilled to announce that Cristina Cruz Navarro has joined ARC’s leadership team as a Co-Director. With a background in outdoor education, community engagement, grant-making and administration, and with a demonstrated ability to foster leadership in teams, Cristina brings a wealth of experience to this pivotal role. The ARC Board of […]
Words of Encouragement from ARC Alum for the New Year
Azteca Valdivia, a freshman at the University of Nevada, Reno and a graduate of the 2022 ARC Summer Course in Tahoe, is on a journey to succeed. While a senior at Sierra High in Truckee last year, Azteca applied for every scholarship she could find to ensure that she would be able to go to […]
See You Later: Navigating the Next Chapter with Our Incredible Board Member
This month we want to honor one of Adventure Risk Challenge’s founding Board members. Kasey McJunkin has been a member of ARC’s Board of Directors for a combined 7 years since ARC became an independent 501c3. Kasey was the first Board Chair of ARC, and thus played an extremely important role in mentoring Sarah Ottley […]
Wrestling With A New Challenge After ARC
Virginia Nava, a junior at Firebaugh High School, sees a lot of connections between her ARC summer experience in Yosemite and her new passion: wrestling. She says, “Wrestling is a team sport, but it’s focused on individual effort and it’s a battle within yourself.” For her, hiking to the top of Tuolumne Peak, backpacking 50-plus […]
Teen Vogue Highlights Stories of Four ARC Graduates
Four ARC graduates’ stories were highlighted in a Teen Vogue article in August! ARC graduates, Selena, Alexis, Iran, and Jesus, detail in the piece how their relationships to the outdoors have shifted over time. Teen Vogue is an award-winning publication with millions of online readers. We are so excited that the power of ARC participants’ stories is […]