Outdoor Adventure Club

The Outdoor Adventure Club program allows us to deepen our impact and spend more time with high school aged participants. Members of the Outdoor Adventure Club meet with LOOP NOLA staff after school once a week in New Orleans City Park. They plan monthly outdoor adventures on the weekend. And they go on summer adventures.

All public high school students in the Greater New Orleans area are welcome to join at no cost!

Club members choose from a variety of outdoor adventures including canoeing, high ropes challenges, environmental education excursions, community service projects, overnight camping trips, fishing trips, and more. They also plan and train for a multiday adventure summer trip to North Carolina, supported by KatyCares, Inc.

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LOOP NOLA aims to have the highest level of impact as possible on participants in our Outdoor Adventure Club. Through student engagement, development of meaningful relationships, dedication to a positive group, and consistent support in accomplishing difficult adventure sports, a safe space is created. Through the club, participants gain positive adult mentors in LOOP NOLA staff members and ownership over their adventures, showing them what they are able to accomplish by themselves and as a team. By creating a safe environment, participants can utilize outdoor spaces to explore, learn, and envision an adventurous future.

The club meets weekly on Fridays from 4:00pm-6:00pm.

The club goes on a monthly weekend adventure to a recreational area within an hour or two of the city. Recent weekend adventures include:
- Mountain biking in Baton Rouge
- Overnight camping at Gulf Islands National Seashore in Ocean Springs, Mississippi
- Kayaking & Paddle-boarding on the Bogue Falaya River in Covington
- Charter fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
- Indoor rock climbing at UpTown Climbing in Baton Rouge

For more info about the Outdoor Adventure Club program, contact Arin Okada at aokada@loopnola.org or 504.330.5369.