Outdoors is for Everyone
This week we visited the Somerville Family Closet. As part of our grant at the Growing Center to support outdoor/nature play all year long in the city, we are starting a gear closet to help remove barriers to outdoor play. Francia Reyes, the coordinator of the Closet commented that she talks to teachers whose parents don’t want the kids to go outside in rainy/cold/snowy weather as they only have one pair of shoes or a jacket that is not warm enough. She and another volunteer,
