The purpose of Outreach Astronomy is to influence young learners into loving astronomy and thinking beyond our own planet. I have taken thousands of photos over the past few years, and luckily have been able to sell those that people have found fit a place in their life. I always intended to donate all my proceeds to schools where I shoot photos. I shot a photo on 2018 while on vacation in Harbour Island, Bahamas that has been generating the most purchases, and that is where I have chosen to make my first donation! I have chosen the Harbour Island Green School after doing research and visiting with several leaders on the tiny island. A bit of information from the schools website and the program director William Simmons:
“The school will follow the National Curriculum of The Bahamas delivered through a range of experiential, interdisciplinary and project-based learning activities that meet national curriculum objectives and international learning benchmarks. This will be supplemented with sustainability education and citizenship education taught in a sustainability and community class. The school’s curriculum will be cross-referenced with international benchmark standards drawn from international curriculums, the common core, the Ontario curriculum in Canada and the IB curriculum.”
Throughout the world COVID made it impossible to travel. Now that we are able to travel again with precautions, we are fortunate enough to have a future trip that will return us to the island again. I intend to make my donation in person, and hopefully it will be used to inspire the students to look upwards to the stars and visualize the worlds beyond our own!