Environmental Traveling Companions

Can you name this rapid?! Also, ETC's River Program is still on the lookout for a full-time Trip Leader and Operations Manager for the 2021 river season! Check out these jobs and other summer opportunities on our website today! https://etctrips.org/join-our-team/

Hey there paddling friends, happy 2021! Environmental Traveling Companions is on the lookout for some new amazing staff to join our Sea Kayak and River Programs for the 2021 summer! We have several positions open in both programs including River Operations Manager, River Trip Leader, Sea Kayak Program Associate, Internships, and many more!... Check out ALL of our current job vacancies! https://etctrips.org/join-our-team/

Moments from a Wild & Challenging Year... ETC successfully navigated 2020 with the creativity, tenacity, and dedication of our amazing community of Adventurers, Volunteers, Donors, Staff, and Board! THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVING SUPPORT!... Adios 2020! Happy Healthy New Year! May 2021 be lighter, brighter, and full of adventure! There's still time to make a gift to help ETC begin 2021 rarin' and ready to share transformational and educational adventures with under-represented youth and people of all abilities. https://etctrips.org/get-involved/donate/

Thanks to the creativity and nimbleness of our volunteer and staff team and the generosity of our donors people like you we have been traversing the challenges with grace; feeling a bit ruffled, but poised and ready to go. We even managed to share safe, pod-style river and sea kayak adventures with close to 500 people this summer and fall. And, we just launched our NEW website. Check out our brand new look: www.etctrips.org Here are a few words from Kelly Klain an avid ETC ...adventurer! "There aren't words to describe what ETC means to me. The acceptance, inclusion, and respect found in all you do is unique in today's troubled world. Oh to think...if everyone had a chance to experience your adventures and interact with the ETC communityperhaps it could open more hearts and minds to how our world could be. Here's hoping that 2021 will be a time for healing and growth for humankind!" Love, Kelly We hope you will give a generous gift to ETC this Holiday Season! Your donation is extra important this year to ensure that ETC will be poised in 2021 to safely open our adventures and our hearts to thousands of participants of diverse abilities and backgrounds. More than everwe all need the joy and healing power of the great outdoors! https://etctrips.org/get-involved/donate/ The ETC Board of Directors and Staff are wishing you Joyous Holidays and a New Year full of promise, good health, and healing for the world!

Happy GivingTuesday! Even in these wild and challenging times, we have found safe ways to get families and pod groups out on ETC healing and thrilling adventures,... like our trip with Brad Frazee and his posse. To virtually experience, a splash of their adventure in action, check out this fun and poignant video of their ETC trip. https://player.vimeo.com/video/453281677 Help ETC Stay Afloat! Your Gift will keep ETC poised and ready so when the time is right, we can again offer life-changing adventures for thousands of under-resourced youth and people of all abilities. https://etctrips.org/get-involved/donate/

Thank you all for supporting ETC's mission this year through the ETC Challenge and 38th Annual Sea Trek Regatta! Huge shoutout to everyone who got outside to complete a personal Challenge or to participate in a guided paddle or self-timed race! Please join us in offering an extra-special congratulations to our Photo Contest winners! These folks won prizes in the following categories: Most Picturesque Photo, Most Creative Photo, Cutest Photo, Funniest Photo, and Biggest Personal Challenge

Hey, all you ETC challengers, check out Lane and Sarah's, East Coast 20 mile bike and paddle challenge! They cycled upstream for 10 miles before running the Mather Gorge through the little falls section of the Potomac River in Maryland! Nice job team Want to get outside and support ETC like Lane and Sarah? Well, you're in luck, it's not too late to sign up for Saturday's main event! http://www.etctrips.org/challenge #ETCchallenge2020

We don't usually promote movies but this award-winning documentary about a year-long relationship between a man and an octopus is just the nature balm we needed for these crazy times. Eight thumbs up! Anyone else seen it?

Quick! Name what's missing from this picture. We think it's you! When you register for the 38th annual Sea Trek Regatta and ETC Challenge, you get one of these all-new ETC Neck Gaiters. Learn more about the Virtual Race, Photo Challenge, Personal Challenge and more at http://etctrips.org/challenge.

Wow, now that's a Challenge we can get behind! Join Howard or get creative with your own #ETCchallenge2020. Sign up today at etctrips.org/challenge

Jump into adventure with the #ETCchallenge2020! Check out the event page - ETC Challenge 2020 - to see what Challenges some folks in our community have been up to!

If you're wondering how you can support ETC during these challenging times, the ETC Challenge is the answer! The ETC Challenge is a safe and fun option to help raise funds that will sustain ETC's mission through 2020, so we can jump back into programming in 2021. Read about three ways you can help at etctrips.org/challenge

The air quality may be deteriorating, but our spirits aren't! ETC Volunteers continue to find ways to get outside when the air quality allows for it. Visit etctrips.org/challenge to join in on the fun!

Did you know that the #ETCchallenge2020 includes a Photo Contest? With prizes?! Sign up today at etctrips.org/challenge to show us what your Challenge is and for your chance to win!

Join Mel and ETC next month by picking YOUR Challenge! Register today at etctrips.org/challenge #ETCchallenge2020

Thank you Mother Nature for sending a bit of good news. We need it! Have you seen whales in the Bay? Let us know! https://www.sfchronicle.com//Humpbacks-appearin-in-droves-

With the end of summer in sight, why not sneak in an adventure for the family on the American River!? Rafting Day Trip Option: $150 per/ person (4 person minimum)... Raft & Camping Option: $175 per person (10 person minimum) River availability for 2020 August: 24 - 27 September: 11 - 13, 25 - 27 October: 9 - 11, 23 - 25 Email Dan today at [email protected]

After a fun weekend of on-water filming with the Frazze Family, it's now time to start editing! Yep! ETC is bringing the river to you this summer, stay tuned for a "Virtual Trip" down the South Fork of the American River!