Entries filed under 'nonprofit'

Two Million Hours: How REI Volunteers Stepped It Up in 2010

A big "thank you" goes out to all of you who volunteered on an service project through REI or one of REI's nonprofit partners in 2010. It was quite a year of giving back. Those fun hours we spent—clipping and yanking ivy, building and maintaining trails, cleaning up parks and beaches and getting dirty on similar stewardship projects all over the country—are captured in REI's recently released 2010 stewardship report.  The report, our fifth, includes a section on the co-op's efforts to partner ...

Posted by Kevin H on June 17, 2011 6:55 PM & Tagged community, nonprofit, rei, stewardship, volunteer and volunteerism | permalink | Comments



REI Fulfills $100,000 Donation to Nonprofit Partners through Facebook Deals

The check-ins have been tallied. REI’s participation in Facebook Places check-in deals late last year resulted in the donation of $100,000 to local nonprofits working to restore or enhance the outdoor places where we love to recreate. Between November 5 and December 19, the donation amount from REI varied from $1 to $10 to ultimately a whopping $50 per check-in through Facebook Places. We are excited to announce (drum roll, please) the 15 nonprofit recipients that received the highest donation ...

Posted by Bethany H on January 14, 2011 5:22 PM & Tagged Facebook Places, facebook deals, nonprofit, rei and stewardship | 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



Update: REI Now Donates $50 to Local Nonprofits per Facebook Places Check-in

REI just made it easier to give back this holiday season. You may recall that last month REI announced our participation in the launch of Facebook Deals, providing customers special promotions when using Facebook Places to check in to participating businesses. For REI, this meant supporting our local nonprofit partners—such as San Diego Coastkeeper and the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, to name a few—with an ongoing $1 donation for each check-in. Beginning today, REI is increasing the ...

Posted by Bethany H on December 15, 2010 12:50 PM & Tagged Deals, Facebook Places, REI Store, facebook, nonprofit and rei | permalink | Comments



REI Increases Nonprofit Donation to $10 through Facebook Places This Weekend

Want an easy way to help some worthy organizations? Anyone who visits our stores this weekend can provide extra support to our nonprofit partners' efforts to restore local natural spaces. Here's how: REI recently announced our participation in the launch of Facebook Deals, which offers customers special promotions when checking in to participating businesses through Facebook Places. For every customer who checks in at an REI store through Facebook Places, Friday (11/26) through Monday (11/29), ...

Posted by Bethany H on November 24, 2010 2:18 PM & Tagged Deals, Facebook Places, facebook, nonprofit, rei and stores | permalink | Comments