"In the end we will conserve only what we love....We will love only what we understand....and we will understand only what we are taught", Baba Dioum, African Ecologist

“ We shouldn’t think about youth’s experiences in nature as an extracurricular activity, but as a vital element for healthy development”, author Richard Louv The Last Child in the Woods

"JrAHA is about getting our youth outdoors not for just an event, but to begin a lifetime of outdoor recreational experiences and to foster the stewardship of our nautral resources", founder Ed Gerhardt

Archery

Archery is Magical!  JrAHA staff and volunteers provide basic Olympic style target archery training as developed by the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) and TPWD Texas Archery in the Schools Program (TX-ASP).  All instructors are certified by NASP and TPWD’s TX-ASP.  NASP has trained over 4,000,000 students since 2003 in school districts through out all 50 states and has maintained a perfect safety record.