Wild Wonder Foundation, founded in 2022, is dedicated to encouraging nature connection and conservation through attention, curiosity, art, science, and community. This has been done with the process of journaling as well as other events, educational workshops, field trips, teacher trainings, retreats, and exhibits.
Wild Wonder is creating a documentary, Watershed: Learning That Flows from Nature and to assist optimizing their fundraising is using our platform to oversee management of their funds while they create.
TAF will also assist Wild Wonder in letting communities know about their endeavors of “connection and conservation” through school programs, conferences, projects, etc., through press releases to targeted media, a service also offered when an organization becomes a funder.
“The public relations component of what we can offer funders really increases the value of our platform,” says Susan Bryner, foundation chair. “We have a generous community who likes to support a variety of different endeavors and need to know where they can put their money. By the foundation being able to spread the word through releases both locally and regionally it really assists in raising funds and increases the visibility of that organization,” she adds.
The film tells the story of Outdoor Core/Mountain Kid, an inspiring outdoor education program in Plumas County, California, in which weekly, direct nature experience, nature connection, and nature journaling are an integral part of school for every child in every grade in every school in the district.
Watershed will be among the first films to highlight nature journaling as a powerful multidisciplinary educational tool that also encourages nature stewardship while supporting children’s social-emotional learning, a critical component in this age of addiction to screens and rising anxiety in young people.
“Our goal is to elevate this program as a powerful and successful example in order to inspire others across the United States and around the world to create similar programs to help children connect with, learn from, and care for nature,“ says Beth Kelley Gilloglyvice president, co-founder, and director of Wild Wonder.
The foundation is excited to be involve in this innovative and powerful form of education. “The future of Plumas County is dependent on education. This innovative program combines creativity with science with connection and conservation of nature, which makes working with them an ideal partnership,” says Susan Bryner, foundation chair. We welcome the Wild Wonder and cannot wait to be one of the first to see the film.
Scheduled release is Fall 2025. Learn more here: https://www.wildwonder.org/watershed
