It Takes Guts Nature Heals 22 for 2022 Challenge

We created Warrior Family Camp in 2017 because we believe that Nature Heals. Scientists are beginning to find evidence that being in nature has a profound impact on our brains and our behavior, helping us to reduce anxiety and stress, while helping us to increase our attention capacity, creativity, and our ability to connect with other people.

Warrior Family Camp is a week-long adventure in the Northern California redwoods that supports families of children suffering chronic illness. It is the first of its kind, a camp designed to support the entire family because we know first hand the ripple effects chronic illness creates. Warrior Family Camp is offered at no cost to the families we support, the goal is to show them how to survive and thrive despite the challenges they face.

Tami, co-founder of It Takes Guts, has taken the saying, “Nature Heals” to heart this year and has been training to hike the John Muir Trail. It is a 220 + mile journey that runs from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney, in California. Winding through the famed Sierra Nevada, the JMT visits some of the crown jewels of America’s park system: Yosemite, John Muir and Ansel Adams Wildernesses, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Her plan is to raise enough money to fund camp next year as well as a Nature Heals Program that will enable us to take some of our families on overnight backpacking trips.

We are creating this fundraiser in place of our annual 5K (thanks Covid😉). There are many goals we hope to achieve through this challenge. Raising money of course, but also helping others create memories in nature, reap the benefits that nature has to offer and create new habits that will last a lifetime.

THE 22 FOR 2022 CHALLENGE:

Get outside for 22 minutes or longer for 22 days in the month of August.

Ask your friends and family to register and join you or support your efforts by donating.

We will see you at packet pickup on Sunday, July 31, 2022

at R. Burnett Miller Park between 9-11 a.m.

OUR MISSION: The mission of It Takes Guts is to support children and their families as they maneuver through the complex world of pediatric chronic illness.

OUR VISION: Our vision is to create a community that enriches the lives of families through monthly support groups, financial assistance, and our annual Warrior Family Camp

OUR VALUES: Illness may affect our bodies, but we determine our mindset. Although it is a very personal journey, we walk it together. We live by the words "whatever it takes."

Thank you to our supporters!

We cannot do this alone.