The roots of the Wildwoods Foundation stem from the school shooting at Columbine in 1999. That tragedy moved a handful of volunteers with the National Park Service to explore the possibility of expanding traditional outdoor programming to include the components of character development, personal growth and community involvement. The Wildwoods Foundation is the result of those efforts.
The Wildwoods Foundation was accepted as a project of Community Partners in March of 2000. The pilot for the Full Circle curriculum
(our flagship school program) was completed in November of that year with Dr. Barbara Moreno of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Open Charter School. Since then, we have provided programming to hundreds of children at schools and organizations across Los Angeles. Each year, we continue to grow, and bring our unique combination of outdoor experience, community-building and academic and real-world relevance to more and more young people.
