OUTDOOR ADVENTURE Airdrie

Play, Run & Don't Get Lost!

WE ARE BACK!  - 2022 Spring program Details

Registration is open

Info for first session

• ​6 Weeks :   May 2  - June 13, 2022
• Mondays : 6-7 PM ​

• Spring program fee: $ 60/person
• The program is designed for children ages 6-12y and the kids will be arranged into groups considering their age, peers and experience. 
• Ask us about the AOA Grant to support underrepresented groups to subsidize registration fees ( including Indigenous Peoples, members of visible minorities, newcomers, low-income households and people with disabilities).​ The CANADIAN TIRE JUMPSTART  program can also provide help with the regsistration fees.

Location: to  introduce different maps we will switch locations

• 1. Nose Creek Park : 2 sessions 
• 2. Ravenswood School: 2 sessions 
• 3. Nose Creek Park: 2 sessions ​

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Free TRY IT! - For the whole family

• APRIL 11,  6:00 pm  
• Location: Nose Creek Park​
• Must register (free)  in advance:   REGISTER FOR TRY IT HERE

What to expect?

• You will receive a brief instruction
• You can try a couple of learning activities
• You will get a  map and  head out for a self-lead mapwalk  to try a  beginner orienteering course. All of this would take around 1 hour.​
• ​This is a family event. Parents/ guardians need to supervise their children.

​Why should you try orienteering ?

• Engages the mind & body with emphasis on fun 
• Builds competence and confidence to be outside, for life.
• Teaches navigation and map reading skills.
• Helps  to connect with our natural environment.
• Gets everyone moving outside with a big smile.​​

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Our Vision:
 Our goals is to grow and nurture a community based outdoor program in Airdrie  where kids can develop competence, confidence and motivation to be active outside for life. We use orienteering as a tool to teach navigation, we play games to have fun and develop basic running skills, agility & endurance. We want to foster a family-oriented outdoor program to engage not only the kids but youth leaders and parents as well. Our program is based on the goals and principles of the Canadian Physical Literacy & Long-Term Athlete Development model. Each session includes 3 stations: physical literacy games, agility/endurance skills and navigation stations.​​

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Meet Our Leaders

​​Bogi:
Bogi believes that for kids to grow up happy and healthy, they must spend significant time outside. She takes her kids along to do her favorite activities which includes mountain biking, hiking, paddle boarding, orienteering and xc skiing. Bogi is the AOA Executive Director and orienteering for many years. She has a B.Ed. Degree in Physical Education and over 15 years of coaching background. If you have any questions or feedback about the program, please let her know: info@orienteering.ca

​Our Volunteer Coaches:
Thanks to  our outstanding youth volunteers, the adventures at the Nose Creek Park are always full with laughter and fun times. Their never-ending energy and enthusiasm is a great help for our leaders and the kids.
 If you would like to join our volunteer team please contact us.
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