"Although I didn't make it to the summit of Mt. Rainier that sunrise, near the top of the world, gave me a new perspective on life. I realized the importance of challenging one's own limits and ingenuity even if you are not able to achieve a goal. That sunrise placed into me a sense of wonder that had nothing to do with whether or not I made it to the summit. It is not always necessary to achieve an ultimate goal, because the reward of self satisfaction was enough from within. "
- Kate Svitek
Grants
The Kate Memorial was established in Spring, 2002 shortly after Kate died on Mt. Bachelor in a snowboard accident. The Foundation's mission is to provide financial support to individuals, groups, and various institutions whose interests and goals align with Kate's hopes and dreams. The primary focus is to promote and underwrite a range of activities and education principally related to outdoor and wilderness exploration study, observation, preservation, improvement, expansion, and enhancement.
Past Recipients
Since our inception, we have awarded grants to over 127 different organizations, including:
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100 Elk Outdoor Center Achieve Tahoe Adventure Risk Challenge Adventure Works Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture ASCEND TK-8 Baltimore Yearly Mtg - Philly Stride Boys and Girls Club of Phila. Boys Latin Brewster-Pierce Memorial School Bucks Cty Audubon Society Camp Attaway Camp Kesem Camp Kesem Camp Rainbow Camp Thunderbird Community Academy of Phila Center for Aquatic Sciences Central PA Conservancy Chicago Voyagers Chipping Hill College Settlement Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions Des Moines Cty. Cons. Partners Discovery Pathways DKYL Experiential Education Dodge Nature Center Dragonfly Forest Camp Eagle Island Environmental Learning for Kids Exploration Academy Exploring New Horizons Outdoor Schools Fellowship Farm First Descents First Waves Forestry Educators Franklin School of Innovation Friends of the Inyo Gateway to the Great Outdoors (GGO) Get Outside Girl and Her Backpack Girls Inc of Santa Fe Girls Inc of TN Valley GOALS Youth River Expeditions Grassy Waters Green Fest Green Valleys Green Woods Charter School Green Works in Kansas City Greenwell Foundation Grow Portland Harris Center for Conservation Educ. l-Lead Charter School James River Basin Partnership Johns Hopkins Outdoors Club Keene Housing Kids Collaborative Lacawac Laketrails Base Camp Lasting Adventures Inc Lee G Simmons Cons. Park & Wildlife Safari Life Expanding Adventure Prog (LEAP) Linn County Conservation Living Tree Alliance Localogy-Roots and Wings School Los Angeles Waterkeeper Lucky to Ride Macrieb Consultants Mid Klamath Watershed Council Monarch Academy Neighborhood Bike Works New England Sci. & Sailing Found. (NESS) New Heights Academy Charter School New Jersey School of Conservation No Barriers NOLS North Carolina Outward Bound North Cascades Institute Northwest Outward Bound Orange County Coastkeepers Orlando Community and Youth Trust Pace Center for Girls Paddle Without Pollution Pajarito Environmental Education Center Paradox Sports Parkway Northwest High School Peak 7 Adventures Phipps Conservatory Botanical Gardens Prince William Sound Science Center Princeton - Blairstown Center Project U.S.E. ReSource Riverbend Riversport Roanoke Outside Foundation Robbins Park Rocky Mountain Institute Russell Byers Charter School Saddle of Love Salmon Valley Stewardship San Diego Coast Keepers Sauvie Island Schuylkill Center Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education Second Chance Outreach Severson Dells Education Foundation She Jumps Something Good in the World Strayer Middle School Tahoe Rim Trail Assoc. The Franklin School of Innovation The Great Schools Partnership The LIFE School of Atlanta The Watershed Research and Training Center Trips for Kids - Denver/Lucky to Ride Urban Blazers Urban Green Partnership UVM Vamos Outdoors Project Venture Outdoors Volunteers at Sippican El. (VASE) West Virginia University Wissahickon Charter Wrangell Inst for Science Ed (WISE) YES - Phila. Horticultural Society Youth Experiential Training Institute ( Y.E.T.I.) Youth Garden Project Zenger Farm |
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Letters from Participants
Over the years, we have received many thank you notes from students who have participated in programs supported by the Foundation. We are so proud of their achievements and we wanted to share a few here:
Ethan from UVM
A Poem by Ariana Velez of North Carolina Outward Bound
Genesis from North Carolina Outward Bound
Sierra Zischke
Community Academy of Philadelphia Students
Sean Donovan
Zachary Lance
Brian Martino
Ralph Rogers
Patrina Sanchez
Katie Tausendfreundt
