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We are 100% volunteer run!

Inner City Outings (ICO) is a Sierra Club program that is completely run by volunteers. We welcome new volunteers to the New York City ICO group and there are many ways to become involved as an ICO volunteer. To start,volunteers go on trips with the kids under the leadership of a more experienced ICO volunteer who is a Certified Outdoor Leader. Volunteers with a little experience can become Certified Leaders In Training (or Assistant Leaders). And, since we are expanding the number of organizations we work with, we need more Certified Leaders. We have a program to train volunteers to fill this role. There are also many roles within the NYC ICO organization that need to be filled in addition to working on the trips themselves.

So, we welcome your participation. There's lots to do and lots of fun to be had doing it. And be assured that whatever you give will be returned to you many times in satisfaction and good memories.


Steps to becoming an ICO volunteer

  1. Join the Sierra Club. Click here to join.
  2. Print and complete the Volunteer application, available in Word and PDF, and sign the ICO Code of Ethics in Word or PDF.
  3. Attend a new volunteer orientation. See the Events page for the next ICO meeting.
  4. To keep up with what's going on in New York ICO, subscribe to the NYICO listserve, To subscribe, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .Leave the subject blank, and put INFO OA-ICO-NYC-FORUM in the body. 
  5. Once you are on the list serve, you can post messages by sending email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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