Gateway Education is a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on creating self-awareness and healthy relationships through educational, recreational & artistic activities in nature.
Gateway Education of the Wild Rivers Coast, located in Crescent City, California, is focused on helping kids get a better sense of themselves through arts and the out of doors. We provide a variety of programs and activities and staff committed to the enjoyment and safety of all our participants. Come enjoy the magic of a community devoted to self exploration in nature and the arts.
Gateway Education provides a variety of summer experiences each year, focused on survival skills and self-awareness. Our programs are carefully crafted, engaging experiences offering young campers the opportunity to learn basic wilderness survival and skills of self-awareness and self-exploration in a supportive, nurturing environment.
A variety of adventures are available to you - from Arc Welding to Money Manifesting to Zebra Wrangling.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN A GATEWAY WORLD.
COYOTE DISC GOLF
Disc golf is one of those rare sports that can be played and enjoyed at any age, in all weathers, all seasons and alone or in a group. The generous culture and the ease of learning made this sport an easy choice for a Gateway program. Gateway supports many tournaments in the region and at home, provides lessons and equipment to the community at large, and supports the development of new disc golf courses from Curry County to Klamath, including the only beachfront course in the nation.
FOUND AGATE THEATER
Found Agate Theater Company produces plays and performances right here in Del Norte County! Found Agate focuses on self-awareness through creative self-expression as well as the exploration of self through theater, performance and storytelling.
GATEWAY EDUCATION
SELF-AWARENESS & HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL & ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES IN NATURE
ABOUT US
Gateway Education Board Members
Board Chairman
Kevin is a member of the Elk Valley Rancheria council and a board member for Gateway since 2010. He has attended the the Tracker School and Children of the Earth Foundation workshops and became a camp counselor for a year before taking over the chairmanship of Gateway Education.
President
Ron came to Crescent City on the wings of AmeriCorps in 2000 and has been in love with the area ever since. His background is in the performing arts, sports and meditation. Indulging a desire to share the things he experienced in AmeriCorps led him to develop a summer camp that became the centerpiece of a non-profit with a self-awareness focus.
KEVIN MEALUE
RON COLE
Secretary
Kirsten is a mother of three, a healer and lover of the outdoors. She was invited to help start a fundraiser to help kids who could not afford summer camp and became an 18 year member of Gateway Education's board through Pastels in the Park. She is now the artistic director of Gateway's Found Agate Theater company.
Treasurer
Alex joined the Gateway board in 2018. Councilman Alex was a camper and staffer for several years before getting his degree in political science and running for office.
