Packit Gourmet is proud to lend a hand in supporting our outdoor community by awarding sponsorships to people embarking on great adventures and providing donations to notable organizations!
Becase we limit sponsorship awards to only a few individuals and organizations per year; read all about past sponsorships and donation recipients and learn what it takes to join the ranks of adventurers that have earned a sponsorship from Packit Gourmet!
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2011 Donations & Sponsorships
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The Alabama Hiking Trail Society
The Alabama Hiking Trail Society and its members strive to plan, build, and maintain safe hiking trails for all to enjoy throughout the state of Alabama and educate the public in the careful use and enjoyment of Alabama's great outdoors.
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Pacific Crest Trail Association
The Pacific Crest Trail Association is a membership organization formed as a nonprofit public benefit corporation and works to protect, preserve and promote the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT). The PCT is an internationally significant resource and provides for the enjoyment of hikers, equestrians and all people who enjoy our wild and scenic lands.
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Wilderness Volunteers
Wilderness Volunteers is a nonprofit organization created in 1997 to organize and promote volunteer service to America's wild lands. The Wilderness Volunteers organization connects service volunteers with public land agencies including the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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2010 Donations & Sponsorships
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Team Jordan Romero - A Quest to Climb the Seven Summits of the World
Packit Gourmet was proud to be the sole food sponsor of Team Jordan Romero's successful summit of Mount Everest on May 22, 2010. In reaching the top of the highest peak on Earth, Jordan became the youngest person (age 13) ever to stand on the summit of Mount Everest and because he was accompanied by his dad Paul and step-mom Karen - together they became the first family to stand on the summit together! As Jordan Romero continues in his personal quest to climb the seven summits of the world he seeks to inspire kids everywhere to develop good eating habits, spend time in the outdoors and aim to "Find Your Own Everest."
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Loyal Mehnert - A 1000 Mile Travelanthropic Journey
In an effort to bring awareness and financial support to Habitat for Humanity efforts in Hurricane Katrina ravaged areas of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the United States, travelanthropist Loyal Mehnert (a.k.a. The Everyday Journeyman) set off on a 1000 mile 'extreme fundraising hiking adventure' covering nearly 500 miles of varied terrain through France and Spain's Camino de Santiago. Then he hopped on his bike and road an additional 500 miles through the Midwestern United States - all in an effort to "fire people up to volunteer and get involved."
Loyal has been recognized as an "All-Star Among Us" and as "PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian" awards - both which allow this 'career volunteer' a stage on which to promote giving back to one's community through volunteerism. Packit Gourmet is proud to have provided the fuel for Loyal's incredible journey to raise awareness and funds for this worthy cause.
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Michigan Backcountry Search & Rescue
Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue (MiBSAR) is a special operations team of volunteers who organize as a Community Emergency Response Team. Working in the remote, wilderness areas of Northern Michigan and Southern Ontario - MIBSAR is committed to helping locate people who have gone missing or lost (during recreational activities, inclement weather or as a result of criminal activity) in this remote and sometimes harsh backcountry environment.
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Philip Werner - A Trek Across the Scottish Highlands
In May 2010, Philip Werner became one of just 300 participant hikers to be invited to take part in the TGO Challenge - a 180 mile self-supported 'walk' across the highlands of Scotland - powered by an ample supply of Packit Gourmet in his pack! Philip writes and maintains a blog entitled Section Hiker where he shares insights, tips and information to the hiking community. Philip undertook this challenge to raise awareness and support for Leukemia Research in the United States.
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Washington Trails Association
Washington Trails Association's mission is to preserve, enhance, and promote hiking opportunities in Washington state through collaboration, education, advocacy and volunteer trail maintenance.
Washington Trails Association works to protect hiking trails and wild lands, take volunteers out to maintain trails, and promote hiking as a healthy, fun way to explore the outdoors.
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