Parks in Focus partners with youth organizations and caring adult volunteers to deliver hands-on, educational programming to underserved middle-schoolers in Tucson, Arizona and beyond.

Our goals are to:

• Encourage the use, enjoyment, and stewardship of public lands;
• Help youth expand their ecological knowledge and critical thinking skills;
• Provide opportunities to practice creativity and build self-confidence; and
• Allow new voices to be heard so impacts can be magnified.

We offer year-round programming that includes after-school activities, Saturday field trips, weekend campouts, family involvement, and an intensive summer session of week-long camping trips to northern Arizona and Grand Canyon National Park. Additional summer immersion trips, pilot projects, and advanced alumni trips are implemented across the country when funding allows.