Downstream 2020 Donors These generous donors helped us to purchase the GCY Headquarters in early 2020. Thank you! Lead Donors Susanne Durling GeoFamily Foundation Patrick & Susan Conley Arizona Raft Adventures The Foster Family – In Memory of Jane Foster Danny Giovale Donors Anonymous Donors Kara Attrep & Rob Wallace Mary Ellen Arndorfer & Sean…
A Permanent Home for Grand Canyon Youth Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, Grand Canyon Youth purchased our office and river warehouse on January 30, 2020. The GCY Headquarters will now be the launching point for youth expeditions for generations to come! “I saw Grand Canyon for the first time in 1979. By…
Transcending Trauma Through Connections to Nature and Community Participants in a 2019 Healing Lands expedition celebrate the healing power of nature on the San Juan River. Photo by Pamela Mathues. “The impact of the Healing Lands Project on our child homicide survivor clients is profound. Caregivers report their children return from the trips calm, relaxed,…
Hometown: Halfway, Oregon
Year started at GCY: 2009
Justin did his first trip with GCY as a participant in 2007. They haven’t been able to get rid of him since. River running has become his passion, sharing the power of outdoor learning with youth on rivers throughout the desert west. He’s worked as a river guide, a wooden boat builder, and outdoor educator. He’s excited to be helping GCY run things behind the scenes in the warehouse, food room, and vehicle yard.
“I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Always I want to live more intensely and richly. Why muck and conceal one’s true longings and loves, when by speaking of them one might discover one’s self?” – Everett Ruess