THE SPROUT EXPERIENCE

2024 END-OF-THE-YEAR FUNDRAISER

TODAY is perfect day to support The Sprout Experience.

Remember, Sprout depends on the generosity of people like you to stay open and achieve our mission.

Our current goal is to raise $15,000 to provide scholarship for students, support our sister schools and community partners, and cover basic costs for running our nonprofit.

This will allow us to continue inspiring our students and making a positive impact on their lives through immersive learning experiences.

YOUR DONATIONS PROVIDE . . .

SCHOLARSHIP 🌱 to help more kids have life-changing experiences. 100% of our immersive youth programs include students on full or partial scholarship!

SPONSORSHIP 🌱 for our partners, such as the Reto Women's Group in Kenya, an advocate for women and girls in the Maasai community

SUPPORT 🌱 for schools we work with, including Olkirimatian Primary School in Kenya. Generous support in the past has allowed Sprout to donate school supplies, gym equipment, even solar lights to reduce reliance on dangerous kerosene lanterns.

BASIC COSTS 🌱 for operating a nonprofit organization, including insurance, fees, program development, web and technology costs and more.

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INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC

THIS IS INSPIRATION

Take a moment to browse through some of the immersive educational programs that Sprout has created.

  • Work with sea turtles emerging from the ocean and nesting under the starry night sky. Visit protected areas in the rainforest and Nariva Swamp. Explore Trini culture, music, and food. Snorkel in Pirates Bay and SCUBA dive pristine coral reef ecosystems.

  • Hike through stunning Everglades National Park in true SPROUT fashion, slogging right through swamps, kayak through mangroves, snorkel in the keys and take wildlife drives looking for the impressive but invasive Burmese python!

  • Camp at a research center. Track lions and walk with baboons in the wild. Be immersed in Maasai culture & community. Meals are prepared fresh, and evenings are enjoyed around a roaring campfire under African stars. Visit schools and villages, exchange ideas on culture and conservation, and play a farewell soccer match in the red savanna dust.

  • Work hands-on with reptiles and amphibians. Witness the snakes, salamanders, and frogs migrate between their summer habitat in the swamps and their winter habitat in the rocky bluffs on the other side of the road. We will catch-and-release a variety of species, using the opportunity to learn about them and collect important samples and data for area researchers.

  • This 2-day overnight camp is a fabulous introduction to horses. Students learn the basics of riding and horse care in a fun, encouraging and safe environment.

  • A CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.

    Diverse people with a unified voice

    Two continents, Four languages, Traditional Maasai call and response, Rock, Pop and Maasai fusion, West African drums

    Recorded in three studios, a Maasai school and villages in the African savanna by musicians ages 2 to 94

    Engineered and produced by Daniel Grigson (Necco Records) Featuring Neccos For Breakfast

  • Work with scientists at the Charles Darwin Research Center, complete a conservation project in Galapagos National Park, hike a volcano, snorkel with penguins and seals, observe rare wildlife, and experience real cultural immersion. 

  • Explore the art of songwriting alongside professional musicians and educators. Learn the basic elements of a song, analyze popular music, and apply writing skills such as figurative language. Work as a class to compose an original song together and create an audio recording of your work.

  • The Sprout Experience teamed up with the International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) to host a GIRLS ONLY aviation experience! Spend a day exploring the rich history of female pilots and astronauts. Go on a scavenger hunt and see special museum items. Spend time in a flight simulator, and fly in a real plane through the EAA Young Eagles program!

  • Learn how to make pizza in awesome wood-fire ovens. Go "behind the counter" to prepare and cook your own personal pizza! (And then eat it) Then you and your fellow students will host the event: taking the orders, preparing the food, and serving your guests. Invite two guests to enjoy a special meal prepared and served by YOU.

  • Get a taste of camping and learn some of the basics: choosing a site, set up, etiquette & safety, plus classic activities like kayaking, cooking out, hiking, campfires, s'mores, wildlife spotting and the joy of tent-sleeping.

  • SCUBA diving, coral reefs.   Become a certified SCUBA diver, conduct coral reef restoration, donkey sanctuary, Slagbaai National Park.

  • MAKIN' MUSIC - Explore how sounds are made. Play with a Slinky, make tin can telephones, dance to music and make noise with rhythm instruments.

    TELLIN' TALES - Enjoy a book read by Sprout staff and then complete a hands-on craft related to the story.

    SLITHERIN' SNAKES - Sprout teams up with the Herps Alive Foundation, an organization that cares for unwanted reptiles. See lizards, pythons, alligators, turtles and snakes.

    WALKIN' THE WOODS A walk through the woods with an expert naturalist. FIND supplies to make a craft by using a map during our hike!

  • GRADES 6-12

    Original music
    Live performance
    Professional instruction
    Local venues

  • Explore the wildlife is South Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. Road cruise for reptiles and amphibians, locate endemic species like carnivorous plants and rare ferns.

A SPROUT STORY

PAIGE DAWSON

I’ve known Paige since I was her 7th grade Science teacher. She has traveled with Sprout to Kenya and Trinidad & Tobago. Paige said this about The Sprout Experience: 

"Sprout inspired me to pursue a career in sustainability and profoundly shaped me into the person I am today. I would not be here without Sprout and cannot stress how much this organization has impacted my life for the better."

Paige now sits on our Board of Directors, has a masters degree in environmental anthropology, and works on a national initiative to support environmental justice organizations.

THAT is what Sprout can do!