ASCEND

Ascend is a non-profit dedicated to providing experiences that empower youth, adults, families and organizations to move toward personal growth, development, overcoming limitations and deep appreciation of humanity and the natural environment... Ascend is also bolstering our Outdoor Education Program by bringing our outdoor curriculum to After School Programs across the county. We've already visited Burnt Ranch, Junction City, Van Duzen, and Trinity Center in 2022... Ascend has been operating as a 501c3 non-profit organization since December 2006. In the seven years preceding the establishment of the organization, Ascend's founder, Scott La Fein, designed and implemented a wilderness excursion program sponsored by the Human Response Network (HRN), an existing non-profit social service agency serving Trinity County. The overwhelmingly positive response to the early HRN program inspired the creation of an organization fully dedicated to working with youth and families in a wilderness..

Primary location: Weaverville United States