Inner City Outings (ICO) is a community outreach program of the Sierra Club.  Our volunteer leaders, trained in recreational, outdoor and safety skills as well as environmental education, provide wilderness adventures for people who wouldn’t otherwise have them.  To introduce people to the wilderness, ICO volunteers donate their time to community agencies that want to provide an outings program for their members.  The agencies may include schools, church and neighborhood youth groups.

Adults are always needed to help. 

For the ’05-’06 school year OKC-ICO is working with 5th graders from Britton Elementary.

Adult volunteers meet at 8:00 a.m. in front of Britton Elementary School which is located 2 blocks north and 1 block west of the intersection of Britton Road and N. Western Avenue. The outing will leave the school at 8:30 a.m. sharp. The outing will return to the school at approximately 5:00 p.m.

Adult volunteers will need the following:

• 1. footwear and clothing appropriate for the anticipated weather conditions and for rugged trail conditions;
• 2. plenty of water for themselves;
• 3. a lunch that can be carried on the trail;
• 4. transportation for themselves from the school to the trailhead (carpooling with other adults is encouraged).

Unless otherwise noted, the difficulty level for all Inner City Outings is MODERATE. Participants should be able to easily walk 3 miles in less than an hour. It is important that trip leaders be able to focus on the safety of the children and should not be distracted by adults having difficulty on the trail. If you have any doubt about your ability to hike the trail, you should not go on an ICO until you have gone on a moderate rated adult outing without difficulty.

To volunteer or learn more about how to help, contact Lois Pokorny at lpkomo@cox.net or go to http://oklahoma.sierraclub.org/ico

Upcoming Trips

• e-mail lpkomo@cox.net  to sign up

The outing will be canceled if, on the morning of the outing the forecast for Lawton, OK meets any of the following criteria:

• 1. a probability of thunderstorms greater than 60%;
• 2. a forecast high temperature of less than 50 degrees with a probability of precipitation greater than 50%; or
• 3. a forecast high temperature of less than 40 degrees.
   

Want to help?

e-mail ICO chair Lois Pokorny at lpkomo@cox.net