Welcome to the experiential world of Muddy Sneakers.

Please check out our most recent newsletter to find out what’s new in the Muddy Sneakers world. Spring 2010 Muddy Sneakers Newsletter

This fall, we begin our third full operational year as a partner with participating public schools in the western North Carolina school systems in  Asheville City Schools, and in Buncombe, Transylvania, Henderson, and McDowell counties. Through the academic year, we serve 13 schools and upwards of 100 students a day. The linked curriculum we’ve developed ties directly to North Carolina’s Science Course of Study.

Muddy Sneakers’ 12-day-per-year structure, its commitment to partnering with classroom teachers, its small group nature (12 students per instructor team) and its emphasis on establishing a model of excellence make it radically unique. The aim is to build life-long bonds between “Sneaker kids” and nature while directly impacting classroom performance in very real, trackable ways.

You are enthusiastically invited to become a program volunteer, a parent-in-the-field, a liaison in building new school partnerships and/or a donor who can make an immediate difference with a tax-deductible contribution (for more information, click on “How to Help” at the top of this page).

Muddy Sneakers is generously supported by its own board and staff, philanthropic organizations, participation-based school fees, and gifts from people like you.