PRIDE Outside!

A Queer Youth Adventure Series

Young people experiencing joy on the Tennessee River

This past Summer, REconnect Nature School partnered with The Seed Theatre to host two weeks of Queer Youth Adventure Camp. Because of sponsorship from Four Bridges Outfitters and local donors, over 30 young people got outside, had chances to be BRAVE, and created beautiful community.

Our goal for this series was to bring moments of JOY to youth who are facing a lot of hate right now. That goal was surpassed, and then some! It was truly the most life giving two weeks, and it has inspired us to keep making experiences for these young people!

Upcoming Adventures:

We are excited to continue PRIDE Outside: Queer Youth Adventures as a year round series! For Fall 2025, we will be hosting 3 events:

Garlic Bread and Hammocks in the Park
Halloween ExtrazaGAYnza
Ropes Course and Community Building Day

Details are coming soon for each of these events! If you want to make sure you don’t miss any updates, sign up for our Newsletter below!

All of our PRIDE Outside events are made possible by the generosity of our community. If you want to help us create a safe space for Queer Youth to connect with nature, themselves, and their community, please consider becoming a sponsor!

Queer youth feeling safe and excited to be outside!

$20.00
Forest Friend Level Donor! You are making a difference! Thank you!

$50.00
Field Mouse Friend Level Donor! Wow! THANK YOU!

$100.00
Chipmunk Cheerleader Level Donor! You are Amazing!

$250.00
Opossum Pal Level Donor! WHAT?! Come on! Stop making us blush! Gosh darn it, you are the best!

$500.00
Possum Pal Level Donor! You are the bees knees, for real! How did you become such an exceptional human?

$1,000.00
Owl Overseer Level Donor! Get out of here! How do you even exist you magnificent human?! Awww. Thank you!

$2,500.00
Bear Den Benefactor Level Donor! WE aren't crying, YOU are crying!

Custom Amount

3% Cover the Fee