Make an impact with Headwaters Outdoor School
The Walker-Hupp Fund
Headwaters provides opportunities for people to learn how to reconnect themselves with the earth through Nature Awareness Skills, Wilderness Skills, and Earth Philosophy.
The Walker-Hupp Fund is a non-profit organization created to help people to attend Headwaters Outdoor School.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Walker-Hupp Fund today.
If you would like to make a direct donation, please call 530-938-1304, or if you wish to send a donation through the mail, send your check payable to Upper Reaches to:
Upper Reaches
P.O. Box 1210
Mount Shasta, CA 96067
Buy a book, help a child
Headwaters offers several books for sale that can augment your learning experiences at our school and inspire you to get out in nature. A percentage from the book sales will go to support The Walker-Hupp Fund, which is an affiliate of Upper Reaches. It is a 501(c)(3).
The Story of Walker-Hupp
Jean Sage created The Walker-Hupp Fund in honor of her friend, Dan Walker, whose previous name was Ted Hupp prior to his time serving in Special Operations in the Vietnam War.
After many heroic and horrifying experiences in the war, Dan returned home with nothing to hang onto for healing and reentry. The effects of war never left him.
Jean created the Walker-Hupp Fund in honor of Dan, wondering if he had a childhood experience at a place like Headwaters Outdoor School, would he have had something substantial to hold onto when he returned.
Nature heals. Einstein, who understood the universe better than anyone, said, “Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better.”
“I want people to have an opportunity to look deep into nature in order to understand everything better, especially when life seems hopeless.”
- Jean
