What They Are Saying: ORR’s Rural Outdoor Recreation and Health Grants

Last month, the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) announced 11 grants totaling $80,000 through its Rural Outdoor Recreation and Health Grant Program, with support from the LOR Foundation, The VF Foundation, and the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The grants fund locally led projects that connect outdoor recreation and community health in rural places. Here is what…

A collage of nine outdoor recreation activities with the words "Rural Health x Outdoor Recreation 2026 Grantees Named."

Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Awards Rural Grants Linking Outdoor Access and Community Health in 10 States

Awards support adaptive paddling for veterans and older adults, a bike fleet serving rural New Mexico youth, accessible trail construction, and more — advancing ORR’s America’s Outdoor Era initiative. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sept. 24 — Today, the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) announced the first recipients of its two new Rural Outdoor Recreation and Health Grant…