HUGE thanks!

To everyone who has made Outdoor Nation possible, a part of my life and hopefully an influence on many others. As the declaration that a ON ambassadors and I wrote a few years ago stated, we can and will make a measurable difference. I just watched some of that difference take place last week at the first 2012 ON Summit in NYC. There was a beautiful moment when member around the table looked at each other, and we all just started smiling. Smiling not just because we were having a good time or making great friends, but smiling because we knew that the ball was in our court. We could do something, really DO something to engage youth in our communities, and Outdoor Nation helped us realize that. In addition to helping us realize that we had the power to create change, Outdoor Nation gave our group the tools and resources to do it successfully with a grant. For this I am so grateful that there are companies like TNF, prAna, Osprey, Smartwool, Merrell; people like Chris and Ivan with a vision, and kids like the ones who I just met at the summit who believe in the importance of the outdoors in all our lives, and have the courage to keep believing.

"We are taking a stand. We are united together as a movement. We are Outdoor Nation!"...