Entries filed under 'grants'

Announcement: REI Grants $3.9 Million to Nonprofit Partners Nationwide

Piles of trash on the river banks. A fallen tree blocking your path. Thankfully hundreds of nonprofit partners nationwide are devoted to ensuring these eyesores don’t hamper your next outdoor adventure. ...

Posted by Bethany H on September 20, 2012 8:30 AM & Tagged conservation, grants, stewardship and volunteer | permalink | Comments



When You're 80, What Will You Do For Fun?!

At age 80 will you be playing shuffleboard for kicks? Perhaps a little Wii bowling? Or, how about 150 days of sweaty, grimy trail work—in one year alone? If you are Pete Dewell, 80-year-old Seattle resident, you choose the latter. Pete is a dedicated volunteer with the Washington Trails Association (WTA), one of REI’s grant recipients. And yes, in 2010 Pete volunteered on over 150 work parties hosted by the WTA. The WTA is a nonprofit membership organization that works to protect and enhance ...

Posted by KristenR on December 28, 2010 5:47 PM & Tagged Hiking, grants, nonprofit, rei, service projects, stewardship, volunteer and washington trails association | permalink | Comments



"I Learned That I Am a Stewardship Person"

Who cares about the outdoors and why? Our friends at the North Cascades Institute (NCI) know that one way to build this bond is to get youth outside for some hands-on adventure. Amy Brown helped NCI launch the North Cascades Wild program in 2006 and has been coordinating it ever since. The program seeks to connect students to public lands through service work, leadership development and community building. The goal: inspire participants to become citizen stewards of the environment and their ...

Posted by KristenR on November 5, 2010 6:00 PM & Tagged North Cascades, grants, service projects, stewardship, volunteer and youth | permalink | Comments



281 Local Grants Totaling $2.4 Million: REI Works Locally to Make a National Impact

REI just wrapped up its community-based grants program for 2010—distributing more than $2.4 million through grants to 281 local non-profit organizations in communities where REI stores are located. REI is dedicating the majority of its annual $3.7 million grant budget to this program. Making so many local grants takes a lot of work and requires loads of involvement by our employees. What are we hoping to achieve with such a hands-on effort? For starters, outdoor stewardship is part of REI's ...

Posted by PeteJS on September 30, 2010 6:58 PM & Tagged grants, partnerships, philanthropy, stewardship and volunteer | permalink | Comments



National Partner Spotlight: Protecting Trails Across the Country

Summer is prime time for getting into the outdoors, and local trails are often the first place people head. Hiking trails are integral to our nation's history and future generations. It takes thousands of volunteers and contributions each year to keep them in top shape. Through REI's grants program, we work with hundreds of nonprofits doing important work to maintain and conserve trails. Three of these organizations stand out on a national scale as their impacts reach across the country from ...

Posted by Bethany H on July 28, 2010 1:36 PM & Tagged Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Continental Divide Trail Alliance, Hiking, Pacific Crest Trail Association, grants, nonprofit and rei | permalink | Comments