Dear Friends,

2020 has proved to be a difficult year for all. Primitive Pursuits team pulled together an amazing 11 weeks of summer programming despite the unprecedented challenges, but we’re not out of the woods yet! And actually… we’d like to stay in the woods! So we’re asking for your help.

Please consider an end-of-year donation to sustain our efforts supporting area youth in these time with high-quality nature programming and mentoring regardless of their ability to pay.

This past Spring when many youth organizations chose to sit the summer out, we made the difficult but unanimous decision to forge ahead with camps even though we knew that to do so could potentially be a huge economic burden to our organization. Given the choice of a generous unemployment package or the critical importance of continuing our mission, we each knew what we must do.

We Zoomed, planned, re-planned, and re-plotted through the first four pandemic months. We re-designed programs to serve the needs of young people growing up strong and capable in a quickly changing world. And, we created detailed protocols and systems to make sure we could keep those kids and our staff safe.

Miraculously summer happened and although it was unlike any summer we have seen before, we saw kids experiencing the same magic, joy and connection that we work so hard to bring about each and every year.

Many organizations we admire are struggling and I know there are many requests for support. Why give to Primitive Pursuits? For us it’s simple, we think kids need time in nature with positive mentors now more than ever before and we believe that our future depends on nature-connected kids! Our families and our planet depend it!

To show our appreciation (and for a bit of fun!) we are offering some incentives for your gift this season. Scroll down to see our incentives and follow the donate button to choose a level and incentive if you are able.

We could not have done any of this without the dedicated staff I am so honored to work with. And, we also couldn’t have done it without the commitment of so many families, like you, who were willing to support us by registering for camps even as we faced so many unknowns.

I want to thank you for all you have done to support us, we appreciate it more than you know.

With Gratitude,

Jed Jordan
Co-Founder and Fire Tender

P.S. This year we all have an opportunity to take advantage of Section 2204 of the new Charitable Giving Incentive which creates a new above-the-line deduction (universal or non-itemizer deduction that applies to all taxpayers) for total charitable contributions of up to $300. The incentive applies to cash contributions made in 2020 and can be claimed on tax forms next year. The law also lifts the existing cap on annual contributions for those who itemize, raising it from 60 percent of adjusted gross income to 100 percent.

P.P.S special thank you incentives below!