Faqs

First, we partner with several universities that have Therapeutic Recreation and Applied Behavior Analysis programs from which we recruit our summer staff. By working for Ascendigo, they obtain [...]

We have evacuated our summer camp for multiple fires and our practice has been to evacuate during pre-evacuation to maximize the safety of our participants and staff. Because we transport our [...]

The higher trip count number comes from an earlier version of our application that was shared with the Post Independent prematurely. Before our final application was accepted, we found a gross [...]

Ascendigo commits to maintain and implement best practice standards with respect to soil health, weed, domestic animals, and livestock management. We began weed mitigation last Fall and are [...]

Our non-summer activities from September 1 – May 31 will be approximately 20-50% reduced compared to summer activities. We have committed to limiting peak days to 100 people or less for no more [...]

No. Our main offices will remain in Carbondale and only administrative staff working in on-site programs will use these spaces.

The buildings for Ascendigo Ranch total approximately 50% (half) of the total building space that would be allowed if the Whitecloud/Harmony residential development was built as planned and [...]

No. Ascendigo will be conducting a philanthropic campaign to fund the build-out. Funding will come from private donors and grants, and will we will not seek tax-payer support.

Every program Ascendigo provides is education-based. Our programs revolve around recreational and behavioral therapy that serve as a foundation to teaching life skills and activities for daily [...]

During the past three years, we have incurred only five (5) emergency visits to our summer camp program. Two of these occurred at off-site locations (Rifle Gap and climbing site), two (2) of them [...]