Fundraiser Will Support Kids “Learning Outside”

You’re invited to come out to a private nature preserve on Sunday, April 12, to help support a local program that connects kids to the natural world.

The program is called Learning Outside, and the event is called “Meadow Lark”: it runs from 3-6 pm at Triangle Land Conservancy‘s Irvin Nature Preserve, with guided hikes, nature activities, food and drinks from local establishments, and bluegrass music by Big Fat Gap.

It’s all to benefit Learning Outside, a non-profit that provides children with “time spent outdoors learning, exploring and discovering in the natural world” (according to its website). All of its programs take place at the Irvin Nature Preserve, located on 269 acres just west of Carrboro.

Last year, Learning Outside provided full scholarships to 20 percent of the children who attended its programs; they’re hoping to meet or exceed that number this year. Meadow Lark is its first fundraising event.

WCHL’s Aaron Keck spoke with Susan Reda of Learning Outside.

The Irvin Nature Preserve is located at 2912-B Jones Ferry Road. Tickets are $40 for adults, $12 for kids 18 and under. You can buy tickets online at LearningOutside.org – or just donate to the cause, if you can’t make it to the event itself. (100 percent of ticket proceeds from Meadow Lark will go to scholarship programs.)