By Megan Burks As a group of kids scrambled like lizards up a towering rock formation, Shantell Lacy stayed back in the shade. She swatted flying ants from a pile of backpacks and talked about her son, Jahvi. "I'm scared of heights, but he's a daredevil. He'll climb the highest mountain," she said about her 8-year-old, who's a student at America's Finest Charter School in City Heights. "He was trying to protect me, saying, 'Be careful, mommy.'" "I told her she might get stuck by a cactus," Jahvi explained when he returned from his climb. "And she did." Spending time away from the city gave Lacy and her son, Jahvi, a chance to reconnect. Lacy and Jahvi visited Joshua Tree National Park for the first time this spring with Inner City Outings, a Sierra Club group that takes inner-city youth on hiking and camping trips free of charge. The local chapter works with kids from National City to Oceanside and has built a strong relationship with America's Finest. Students there have gone on eight outings since February. "We take out kids who live twenty blocks from the ocean and have never been to the beach before," said Allan Fein, who founded the San Diego group in 1999. The program has been around since the 1970's. In City Heights, spending time outdoors can be difficult. The neighborhood has a shortage of parks—1.03 acres per 1000 residents compared to 2.6 acres per 1000 residents citywide, according to Health Equity By Design. And finding the time and money necessary to go ...
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