Human Nature School is hosting an event this upcoming October to raise funds for nature programming and our scholarship fund. If you would like to join us for the HIKETOBER event- read on! If you are unable, but would like to support our mission, please donate here. We appreciate your generosity and support. We hope you enjoy time outdoors this autumn and experience the beautiful shift in nature that this time of year brings.

Join Human Nature School for HIKETOBER!

Bodies of every ability and mobility are invited to join our FALL FUNDRAISER.

Stroll, hike, amble, trek, skip, run, hop, or roll —- the choice is yours. Just GET OUTSIDE, MOVE, and help SUPPORT our 2025-26 nature connection programming and scholarship fund.

What is it?

A month long peer-to-peer community fundraiser in support of HNS with a community hike and celebration on October 25th.

How does it work?

1. Gather up family and friends

2. Set a personal or group hiking goal (in minutes or miles)

3. Make a pledge / ask family, friends, coworkers to pledge

4. HIKE! (walk, stroll, roll…) one day or multiple days, you decide!

5. Log your hike(s) in miles or minutes

6. Join us for our October 25th celebration and hike

7. Collect pledges and turn them into HNS by November 1st.

Timeline:

NOW: Register interest in participating via this link

https://form.jotform.com/humannatureschool/hiketober-registration

October 1st: HIKETOBER starts Fundraise: pledge using our form and/or ask family, friends, and co-workers to pledge (by the mile, by the minute, or with a flat donation)

October 1-31: Hike (by yourself, with family and/or with friends log your miles and/or minutes

October 25th: Join us for an all-community hike and celebration at the Optimist Club

By November 1st: Collect your pledges and turn them in to Human Nature School.

Questions? Contact: kat@humannatureschool.org

HNS Funds raised support our vibrant community of staff, students, volunteers and nature lovers of diverse ages, belief systems, economic statuses and backgrounds brought together by the Human Nature School mission: to build stronger connections to Nature, Community, and Self.

Hiketober 2025

Team Members