Get into the Outdoors, is an organization that seeks to enhance the physical and mental health and wellness of individuals and families, along with their appreciation, understanding and ethics regarding the outdoors.
GITTO accomplishes this by offering rental equipment for outdoor activities and by organizing classes for novices to introduce, teach and promote outdoor recreation and Leave No Trace Ethics.
We specialize in rental equipment for Car Camping, Backpacking, Kayak Camping, Canoe Camping, Rafting Trips, Backcountry excursions, Glamping (Glamorous Camping), and Backyard Campouts for that perfect birthday party or for families not ready to venture too far from home.
The founders of GITTO are outdoor recreation enthusiast and possess experience in a broad range of outdoor activities and adventure sports.
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GITTO Divisions
GITTO Gear offers rental equipement to any persons seeking to enjoy an outdoor recreation activity and will ship anywhere in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and the US Virgin Islands.
We supplement our GITTO Events trips with our gear rental option and promote participation in outdoor recreation by making it easy and affordable to arrange gear for hiking, camping, backpacking, paddle trips, offshore boating, youth group events, scout troop excursions and merit badge completion.
You may order gear on-line through our shopping cart, by calling 1-877-464-4886 (1-877-GoGITTO), or by completing our fax order form and faxing it to our office at 904-220-9064.
We have a GITTO Gear discussion section for questions and comments on our Forum.
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GITTO Events are organized and scheduled primarily in the metropolitan Jacksonville area and Northern Florida.
The majority of the events are open to the general public, with a few trips being reserved for GITTO Members.
Participation in a GITTO Event, requires a release form each adult participant and a separate release form for each minor participant, to be completed, signed and turned in to the trip leader prior to the event.
For a list of current events please see our Event Calander.
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GITTO Memberships are offered and result in priority registration for GITTO Events, discounted cost for participation in GITTO Events, access to GITTO Members Only events, discounted equipment rental and discounted purchases at our partner organizations.
Once becoming a GITTO Member you will receive a GITTOMember ID card which will qualify you to receive discounts on merchandise from participating partners, a GITTO sun hat, and a GITTO travel mug. Upon registration, you will automatically be added to our GITTO Magazine Newsletter e-mail list.
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GITTO Family promotes "Family Time" away from TV's, video games, computers, telephones, organized schedules and the stresses of everyday life.
Our primary goal is to increase the physical and mental health and wellness of the family unit by allowing them to interact with each other in a natural environment away from technological and schedule distractions; be it in their own backyard, a campsite or wilderness location. We promote this by offering rental gear that will allow families to Get into the Outdoors and by organizing Family Campouts in Northern Florida.
GITTO Family also sponsors Children with Single Parents Campouts in hopes of providing single parents the opportunity to learn the essentials of outdoor recreation in a group environment. These events will also allow single parents to meet others with similar interests and perhaps form a campout or outing group of their own in which they may plan and experience future outdoor recreational activities together.
We offer a Family and a Single Parents section on our Forum.
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GITTO Youth and Scouts promotes outdoor recreation to our nation's youth. GITTO is extremely dedicated to exposing our youth to the outdoor environment and instilling the knowledge of, respect for and the desire to preserve, the outdoors. GITTO Gear provides rental equipment for youth group and scout troop excursions, and organized, guided trips may be arranged through GITTO Events and our partner organizations.
We offer a Youth Group and Scout Troop discussion section on our Forum.
GITTO Couples – promotes romance in the camping environment.
Our GITTO Gear division offers a selection of equipment that is specialized for couples camping and increasing romance at the campsite. Several times throughout the year, our GITTO Events department offers organized couples campouts.
We offer a couples discussion section on our Forum.
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GITTO Glam promotes a new concept in camping, Glamour.
We offer Glamping courses online, and through our GITTO Events department that introduce the essentials of Glamping, and promote adding glamour to the campsite, be it car camping, or in the backcountry.
Our GITTO Gear Division offers a section on GLAM Gear which has items for rent to help make camping Glamorous.
We offer a Glamping discussion section on our Forum.
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GITTO Offshore promotes offshore boating excursions by offering Life Rafts, GPS Units and hand held VHF Radios for rent through our GITTO Gear department.
GITTO Events is currently working on the promotion of what we hope to be an annual event - an Offshore Sailing Regatta.
GITTO Gear offshore safety equipment.
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GITTO Magazine is our quarterly publication.
Inside you will find articles on Florida's flora and fauna, outdoor medicine, an adventure travel section, a pet section, a featured local, regional and national recreation location, a copy of the GITTO Events calander, a dedicated page to Event photos, adds from our Partner's and a list of local Jacksonville, Fl outdoor recreation clubs.
GITTOMagazine is available on line.
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