Nature For All

Friends of Rye Nature Center believes in the transformative power of nature. We strive to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or ability, can experience its healing, inspiring, and unifying effects. FRNC has strategic partnerships with local schools and non-profit organizations to help underserved populations connect with nature.

These donor-funded programs include the Inner-City Scholarship Fund, YWCA resident, the Community Resource Center in Mamaroneck, Port Chester’s 5 Steps to Five, Carver Center programs, Blue Skies summer camp, Mount Vernon Central School District, and many more.

Your support of the Nature Access Fund plays a crucial role in upholding FRNC’s mission. Together we can ensure that no one is left inside. Thank you for your generous support!

Support these programs by donating today!

  • Summer Camp Memories

    Each August since 2008, students from the Inner-City Scholarship Fund living in the Bronx and Manhattan’s most underserved communities attend summer camp, at no cost. These children experience nature firsthand, eat healthy food, see wildlife up close, and no matter what, have fun.

  • Nature For All

    NatureStation, our mobile exhibit and classroom, helps FRNC teach all people how to connect with, care for, and preserve nature. With our expanded off-site programming capability, we can bring hands-on ecology lessons to people who are unable to interact with nature.

  • Empowering Projects

    Women at the White Plains YWCA have built a beautiful garden at their residence during our bi-weekly programs. These women share the joys of planting, maintaining, and harvesting their garden. Completed projects include homemade pesto, healing salves, and decorative wreaths.

  • Senior Citizen Science

    Senior citizens at The Osborn and Carver Center remain social, active, and engaged while learning about nature and conservation. In addition, our senior volunteers partake in citizen science opportunities including the Great Backyard Bird Count and monitoring the trees in the forest.

  • Service Learning Projects

    Adults and teenagers from help us maintain our garden, forest, and resident animals. These weekly service learning projects provide inclusive education opportunities and a connection to the natural world. Between these organizations, we supply over 60 hours of nature programming.

  • STEM Enrichment

    We visit Port Chester’s Carver Center and the Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle to teach students about recycling and composting, animals, life cycles, and bees. These students also visit our 47-acre preserve to explore the forest and its wildlife. Students from the Community Resource Center in Mamaroneck participate in ecology lessons and maintain their own gardens.

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