Environmental Traveling Companions Youth & Accessible Outdoor Adventures

Environmental Traveling Companions Youth & Accessible Outdoor Adventures offers outdoor trips that include sea kayaking, whitewater rafting, and skiing cross-country. The program also offers custom adventure options and winter trips as part of its accessible outdoor adventures.

• Ages: 8–18 years old

Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) is a nonprofit organization that relies on donations to support its mission. ETC makes the joy and challenge of outdoor adventures accessible to people with disabilities and youth from under resourced backgrounds, inspiring self-confidence, connection to nature, and stewardship of the environment. ETC offers adaptive whitewater adventures for youth from under-resourced backgrounds and people with disabilities, and it has a Youth LEAD Program (YLP) where participants build leadership skills and learn about environmental justice and stewardship. Gracie and Posie lead the Sea Kayak program, and Aimee Good is the Executive Director. Liliana “Lili” Beleche is a participant in the ETC Youth LEAD Program. ETC was born on the banks of the threatened Stanislaus River in 1972, and in 1975 it became the first nonprofit in the nation to offer adaptive whitewater adventures for youth from under-resourced backgrounds and people with disabilities. ETC has shared outdoor adventures with over 100,000 youth from under-resourced backgrounds and people with disabilities through many collaborative partnerships. The organization is proud to be a national leader of accessible outdoor adventures since 1972.

Last updated March 7, 2026.