Contact Outdoor Research

Hello:

Thank you for your interest in Outdoor Research as a potential sponsor
of your adventure. We are big fans of all forms of adventure, just like
our customers. We receive many requests for support in the form of both
gear and money and every one of them sounds cool, but we're a small
company with limited budgets for such things. So what to do?

We've done a great deal of soul searching about this and we've settle on
a simple idea: use the money we once spent on sponsoring individuals in a
way that more effectively supports the broadest cross section of our customers' interests
and concerns. We have always built partnerships with non-profit
organizations that seek to preserve the wild places we love so much, and
these days we are doing more of it. We have also reached out to groups
that help people access wild places in an educated and safe way as well
as those that spread the word about the importance of the human powered
adventure experience.

Examples of the stewards of these "sponsorship" funds include:

Earthshare of Washington
American Mountain Guides Association
Leave No Trace
Washington Trails Association
Alpine Club of Canada
Conservation Alliance
Chicks With Picks
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Winter Wildlands Alliance
Mount Tahoma Trails Association
Access Fund
Backcountry Snowsports Alliance
Big City Mountaineers
The Big Wild
American Alpine Club
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
Breast Cancer Fund
Friends of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
Ouray Ice Festival
Red Rocks Rendezvous
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education
Leave No Trace Canada

We will consider your proposal and contact you if we can offer support. Please understand that in the event that we say "no" to you, it allows us to say "yes" to
the organizations above and thereby support a wide range of outdoor enthusiasts, wild places, and grassroots efforts.

Thanks again for contacting us and good luck in your endeavor.

Sincerely,

The Team at Outdoor Research

Thanks for contacting us about donations. We occasionally donate Outdoor
Research products to non-profit organizations for use in auctions and
other forms of fundraising. Please send us an email outlining the cause,
what is being requested, information about your organization, and
anything else that will help us understand what we would be supporting.
We'll consider each and every request. However, due to the large number
we receive, we will contact you only if we are able to support your
efforts.

Thanks for considering Outdoor Research in your fundraising efforts.

Sincerely,

The Team at Outdoor Research