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UrbanTrekkers' mission is to be an outdoor, hands-on, up-close learning and mentoring program, where the world is our classroom.

Our Goals are to:

• Instill a love and respect for all creation and better understand our role as the Earth's stewards;
• Expose UrbanPromise youth to the natural world by way of outdoor adventures;
• Provide a setting in which young people and caring adults connect to share experiences that will change how we see the world today, and our place in it tomorrow;
• Build self-esteem and improve self-worth in the lives of students, and help them acquire skills they'll need to be successful.

There are four core UrbanTrekkers trips - Assateague Island in the Fall, Christmas Break, Spring Break, and the Maine Summit in August - and several one-day field trips available to all students. Invitational trips include New Trekker Orientation, Sedge Island Project, Outdoor Leadership Training (OLT), and a Rite of Passage extreme adventure.

All trips are planned around five key elements - outdoor adventures, cross-cultural experiences, community service, environmental awareness, and historical perspectives - and incorporate leadership training and team building activities.