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Hybrid.Care One: Community. Environment. Conscience.

Inspired by the effects of the tsunami disaster in 2004, we have dedicated both time and financial resources to social and environmental organizations actively working towards the greater good. We honor our employees' commitment to volunteerism, support our local community and embrace corporate responsibility. We call it Hybrid.Care™.

Since 2004, KEEN has distributed more than $1.5 million to non-profit organizations important to us. With limited resources and widely different goals our Hybrid.Care™ partners have paved the way for change through community, education and understanding. What these organizations share is a philosophy of caring, conscience and sustainability. What they've already given back is invaluable.

For more information on our Hybrid.Care™ partners and the work we're doing, see our partners.
American Whitewater Leave No Trace Big City Mountaineers
Waterkeeper Alliance88Bikes
Hybrid.Care One: Community. Environment. Conscience.

American Whitewater

American Whitewater:

American Whitewater is a national organization with a mission “to conserve and restore America’s whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely.”

Funds will support:

  • Southeast and Pacific Northwest Stewardship Programs
  • Colorado Rivers Initiative: support full time campaign manager and provide resources to grow a community of river advocates
  • Support membership drives through KEEN product ties

 

“Over the past three years KEEN has provided American Whitewater with the support funding to develop strong regional programs in the Southeast, Pacific Northwest and, Colorado. We are proud to report that this regionally based approach to our stewardship work has been a resounding success and KEEN Hybrid.Care is a major partner in these efforts.”

– Mark Singleton, Executive Director

Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics:

The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is dedicated to promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. Leave No Trace builds awareness, appreciation and respect for our wildlands.

Funds will support:

  • Support advocates summit national forum of LNT trainers
  • Increase support for the LNT community via the LNT website
  • Expand education and training
  • Expansion of program to states without state advocates

Big City Mountaineers

Big City Mountaineers:

The mission of Big City Mountaineers, is to provide urban teenage youth in need of positive adult mentoring with challenging and safe wilderness experiences led by qualified adult volunteer guides

Funds will support:

  • Support their at-risk youth backcountry camping program and Summit for Someone
  • Provide funding for robust interactive website modeled after the KEEN HybridLife idea

The Conservation Alliance

Conservation Alliance:

The Conservation Alliance is a group of outdoor industry companies that disburses its collective annual membership dues to grassroots environmental organizations. They direct funding to community-based campaigns to protect threatened wild habitat, preferably where outdoor enthusiasts recreate.

2008 funds will support:

  • Assist in their new member challenge grant
  • Sustain a full time staff position
  • Maintain marketing and outreach campaign
  • Increase Conservation Action in the Outdoor Industry

 

“We cannot overstate the importance of the KEEN partnership to the growth of The Conservation Alliance. By partnering with the Alliance board and staff for three years, KEEN has done more than any other member to propel the Alliance to a new level of success.”

– John Sterling, Executive Director

Forest Park Conservancy

Forest Park Conservancy:

The mission of the Forest Park Conservancy is to maintain, preserve, protect, and improve the City of Portland's Forest Park so as to enhance its value as an irreplaceable asset for wildlife habitat and for the use and enjoyment of the public.

2008 funds will support:

  • The Forest Park Conservancy trail program
  • Provide FPC membership incentives

 

"As Friends of Forest Park makes the transition to the Forest Park Conservancy…KEEN can set the pace, quite literally, in its embrace of and commitment to deeply nourishing and sustaining a setting so amenable to creating, playing and caring in the city it calls home. "

- Michelle Bussard, Executive Director

Winter Wildlands Alliance

Winter Wildlands Alliance:

WWA is the first and only national nonprofit organization promoting and preserving winter wildlands and a quality human-powered snowsports experience on public lands. The WWA SnowSchool Program introduces elementary school students to their winter environment and the fun of snowshoeing.

Funds will support:

  • Cash funding for school sites
  • Product to keep kids comfortable in the outdoors

Medicines Global

Medicines Global:

Medicines Global(GB) is dedicated to inspire all adventure travelers to Give Back(GB) to the places they visit by delivering basic first aid supplies to medical centers and remote community run health posts.

Funds will support:

  • Development of an adventure traveler’s first aid supply kit for donation delivery to a remote health post.
  • MGOYA camping and field trips
  • Outreach to adventure travel public
  • Development of an electronic newsletter

Outdoor Industry Foundation

Outdoor Industry Foundation:

The Outdoor Industry Foundation is dedicated to growing and inspiring the next generation of outdoor enthusiasts.

Funds will provide general program support.

Youth Outdoor Legacy Fund

Youth Outdoor Legacy Fund:

Youth Outdoor Legacy Fund offers children of all walks of life a chance to get out, experience nature and develop a lifelong appreciation for our environment.

Funds will provide general program support.

1kg More

CHINA



1KG MORE:

1KG More is an organization that delivers goods + supplies to provinces in Western China by encouraging everyone to bring along a 1kg of paper, pencils and books.

See how KEEN and 1KG More have partnered for change.

2008 funds will provide general program support.


American Red Cross:

On May 15, the American Red Cross committed an initial $10 million to help those affected by this disaster. This contribution has supported the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, including the Red Cross Society of China, which have been helping survivors since the earthquake struck through the purchase and distribution of supplies, coordination of relief efforts and deployment of relief workers to the affected area.

The Bruce Trail Conservancy

The Bruce Trail Conservancy:

The Bruce Trail Conservancy is a charitable organization committed to establishing a conservation corridor containing a public footpath along the Niagara Escarpment, in order to protect its natural ecosystems and to promote environmentally responsible public access to this UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Through KEEN Canada, Funds will support the Boots on Bruce Trail Project.

88Bikes

88Bikes:

88Bikes provides a simple and direct opportunity to make a difference for a young person in the world: buy a child a bike! 88Bikes 2010 will focus on delivering bikes to children who have been rescued from human trafficking in several countries across a few continents. To get involved, check out 88bikes.org.

Funds will support:

  • Tools and bike maintenance training for bicycle recipient
  • Matching donations for bikes
  • Program outreach

Waterkeeper Alliance

Waterkeeper Alliance:

Waterkeeper Alliance provides a way for communities to stand up for their right to clean water and for the wise and equitable use of water resources, both locally and globally. The vision of the Waterkeeper movement is for fishable, swimmable and drinkable waterways worldwide through the Waterkeeper method of grassroots advocacy.

2009 funds will provide general program support.