The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation’s (RVCF) educational program has received a generous donation to help underprivileged children experience educational programs.

A sum of $60,000 has been donated by the RAM Foundation in 2024 to keep the RVCF’s Out to Learn program running to ensure all children have access to a fun education, officials at the foundation said.

The Out to Learn program provides tuition and bussing subsidies to help disadvantaged schools and students gain access to outdoor education programming.

Baxter Conservation Area in Kars and Foley Mountain Conservation Area in Westport welcome classes from kindergarten to Grade 12 to explore the forests and ponds on their properties through curriculum-linked programming.

The funding will help 2,238 underprivileged children

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