Kids To The Country
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The Kids To The Country (KTC) is a non-profit program that began in the Bronx, New York by Plenty International
to provide assistance to vulnerable and underprivileged children until conditions in the area improved enough to withdraw the project. Re-established in Nashville, Tennessee in 1986, KTC is a program to reduce anger, violence and fear in some of our most at-risk urban children. Through various nature activities, the KTC program offers urban youth the opportunity to get out of troubled situations and develop a connection to nature. Summer programs are typically five weeks and include swimming, riding canoes and horses, crafts, hiking and studying the native landscape, gardening, star gazing, playing musical instruments, and telling stories.
A majority of the program's participants come from homeless shelters, refugee centers, and low-income neighborhoods.
Over 2,800 children have participated since Plenty International's inception of the program. The program is hosted on The Farm Community
in Summertown, Tennessee
on 1750 acres (7.1 km²) of wilderness.
Plenty International
Plenty International is an environmental, humanitarian aid and human rights organization based in Summertown, Tennessee, USA.-Background:In 1974, Stephen Gaskin and The Farm, an intentional community, started an outreach program called Plenty...
to provide assistance to vulnerable and underprivileged children until conditions in the area improved enough to withdraw the project. Re-established in Nashville, Tennessee in 1986, KTC is a program to reduce anger, violence and fear in some of our most at-risk urban children. Through various nature activities, the KTC program offers urban youth the opportunity to get out of troubled situations and develop a connection to nature. Summer programs are typically five weeks and include swimming, riding canoes and horses, crafts, hiking and studying the native landscape, gardening, star gazing, playing musical instruments, and telling stories.
A majority of the program's participants come from homeless shelters, refugee centers, and low-income neighborhoods.
Over 2,800 children have participated since Plenty International's inception of the program. The program is hosted on The Farm Community
The Farm (Tennessee)
The Farm is an intentional community in Lewis County, Tennessee, near the town of Summertown, Tennessee, based on principles of nonviolence and respect for the Earth. It was founded in 1971 by Stephen Gaskin and 320 San Francisco hippies; The Farm is well known amongst hippies and other members of...
in Summertown, Tennessee
Summertown, Tennessee
Summertown is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. Summertown is surrounded by 4 counties: Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, and Giles...
on 1750 acres (7.1 km²) of wilderness.