Donate to the Earth Explore Foundation

Make it possible for a student to experience life changing outdoor education

When you make a tax deductible donation to the not for profit 501 (c) (3) Earth Explore Foundation, your gift provides an opportunity for a worthy student to experience the joy and growth that comes with experiential education.  Your contribution directly funds the Jill Dayton Scholarship program, through which the Earth Explore Foundation provides partial tuition scholarships to as many extraordinary students as possible each year.

The program is named for Jill Dayton, a prominent Chicago area gifted program educator and advocate of outdoor education who served as a leader on Earth Explore programs during two summers.  Jill's enthusiasm for learning in nature was infectious, and was felt by her students and fellow teachers.  Jill's life was tragically cut short in an automobile accident in 2004, but her legacy lives on in the lives she touched, in her three daughters and husband Brian, and through our scholarship fund.