The ARC Board of Directors voted this past weekend to create an Outdoor Leadership Fund for ARC alumni and aspiring ARC instructors. The board committed $5,000 to launch this fund with the express goal of promoting equity and inclusion within ARC and the outdoor education field. These funds can be used for Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certifications, personal backpacking gear, outdoor skills and leadership development courses, and […]
ARC Welcomes Summer Alumnus as Program Facilitator in Tahoe
As a student during the ARC 2020 summer course, Tony Marquez had a lot to contribute. He showed up with a radiant smile, a shock of bright green hair, and kind words for everyone. From the first day of the course he helped create a space where others felt comfortable sharing themselves with the group. […]
My Loud, Confident, & Irreplaceable Voice
On Saturday, August 1, ARC’s 2020 summer participants graduated and returned home after a month of outdoor adventures and reflective writing! In the final week, the students completed a 5-mile run, they performed their poems at Voices of Youth, and they wrote essays capturing the impact of their experience. In the essays, the students described […]
ARC Launches New Website!
ARC is the same age as some our oldest high school participants. We’ve now been offering leadership, wilderness, and literacy instruction for 17 years! This week, we’re excited to announce that we’ve launched a new website, which captures our participants’ experiences throughout these last two decades and offers several new features. If you visit adventureriskchallenge.org, you can find student […]
ARC Alumni Launch YPB!
The ARC Young Professionals Board (YPB) had its inaugural retreat this weekend outside of Sacramento. The creation of this group was inspired by a trail conversation between ARC’s founder, Katie Zanto, and Yami Gutierrez, a graduate from ARC’s 2008 Tahoe summer course. Yami had served on another organization’s Young Professionals Board and wanted to offer similar […]
Thank You Alpenglow Sports and Tahoe Community!
Gratitude is an important part of the organizational culture of Adventure Risk Challenge. There’s rarely a shortage of gratitude within the ARC community, but this season helps focus attention on the reasons why that is so. As we reflect on a few events and gatherings in November, we’re feeling particularly grateful for the communities of ARC alumni and volunteers and for […]