Support Outdoor Learning
Mountain Roots, Inc. is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization. Your donation assists Mountain Roots in fulfilling our mission-to provide discovery and outdoor learning experiences with a focus on environmentally responsible and community-centered living.
​This year our goal is to raise $10,000 from our annual fundraising drive.This drive assists in providing scholarships so that a wide range of individuals and groups can attend Mountain Roots programs, and aids the growth of our new programs--including Mountain Roots Day Camp and Outdoor Education programs in 2025 for hundreds of families and thousands of students.
To make your tax-deductible donation to Mountain Roots, simply click on the PayPal Donate button and choose your donation amount.
Or, make a check out to:
Mountain Roots
PO Box 248
Cedar Mountain, NC 28718
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By donating to Mountain Roots, you are helping to provide new and exciting outdoor educational opportunities to deserving and enthusiastic participants. Thanks for helping us reach our goals as we facilitate making connections for participants to themselves, their communities, and their environment.
Our Experiential Programs
Our outdoor education programs, are some of the most exciting endeavors we've ever embraced. We're thankful for the opportunity to teach kids outside nearly every week all year! We are excited about the prospect of expanding our Outdoor Education programs to new schools in the 2025-26 school year.
Mountain Roots Day Camp provides opportunities for campers to explore the outdoors all summer long while learning and growing in a camp community. Mountain Roots provides several scholarships every summer for local youth.
Volunteer with Mountain Roots
Mountain Roots is a service-oriented organization that can only thrive with support from community members like you! Get involved with experiential education in the following ways.Â
- Helping with our Annual Golf Tournament / Fundraiser
- Joining a Mountain Roots Committee or reaching out if interested in learning more about joining the Mountain Roots Board of Directors
Please share your volunteer interests with us via email to [email protected].
Mountain Roots Wish Lists
As an educational non-profit, Mountain Roots is continuously seeking supplies and in-kind donations to support our services. We appreciate your generosity and assistance to help us fulfill our mission.Â
If you are able to help provide a donation, please coordinate with us by emailing [email protected] to arrange the logistics.
- Pencils
- Pencil top erasers
- Washable Markers
- Whiteboard / Dry Erase Markers
- Dry erase board / Easel
- Animal Skins & Skulls for demos
- Sample labeled rocks (various types)
- Field Guides
- Garden Supplies--Gardening gloves, hand tools, hoe, pitch fork, shovels
- Seeds and more seeds--for all seasons (we help run 2 school gardens year-round). Organic preferred.
- Local / WNC trail maps (weatherproof)
- Compasses
- GPS
- Camping EquipmentÂ
- Backpacks
- Flip chart paper
- Outdoor Education & School Garden Sponsors (email [email protected] for more information)Â
- Construction paper
- Computer paper
- Markers & Crayons
- Pencils & Extra Erasers
- Pony Beads
- Pipe Cleaners
- Embroidery floss for bracelets
- Yarn--various colors
- Sidewalk chalk
- Popsicle sticks / Craft sticks (regular & jumbo)
- Tempera paint
- Paint Brushes
- Googly eyes and other fun camp craft supplies (no glitter please...)
- GlueÂ
- Scissors
- Rubber bands
- "Empty" Toilet paper and paper towel rolls