Reeno Foundation – Nick Ruschmeyer Scholarship
The ACA is proud to partner with the Reeno Foundation to provide outdoor adventure scholarships for youth and young adults in the Northeastern US.
The Reeno Foundation was created to honor the life of Nick Ruschmeyer (1989-2020) and is his legacy. Before he lost his battle with cancer, he had time to think about what he wanted to leave behind, and he inspired the formation of the Reeno Foundation. Nick believed strongly in experiential education. He dedicated his life to leading people on experiences that allowed them to push themselves to learn and grown and he believed that being outdoors in nature could truly transform life.
Guided by the values and principles that Nick lived by, the Reeno Foundation is a 501c-3 non-profit organization that encourages youth and young adults to experience the power of the outdoors through challenging adventures while learning new skills. The Reeno Foundation offers scholarships to connect young people with outdoor adventures in ways that promote self-confidence, teamwork, and leadership. Focused in the northeastern US, Reeno enables young people to participate in experiential education or professional outdoor opportunities and encourages a life-long connection to the natural world.
The Reeno Foundation offers 4 different scholarships:
Youth Explorer Scholarships: for youth to experience the outdoors, deepen their connection to nature and form lifelong connection to the natural world through experiential education and challenging skills
Professional Development Scholarships: for outdoor education students to seek extracurricular courses to broaden their horizons on an experiential education course exposing them to new skills and challenging adventures
Guide Certification Scholarships: for aspiring mountain guides towards a certification course so they can reach their full potential as an outdoor educator and thus share the outdoors with others
Group Scholarship: for a group of people on an outing, course, or certification focused on outdoor education, experiential learning, adventure education, wilderness therapy, or similar program