Education, open space, and Huntsville
infrastructure among causes supported
Eden,
Utah (July 1, 2013)—Summit announced today that a
fundraising campaign tied to its annual leadership event, Summit Outside, has
raised more than $70,000 for Weber County nonprofits. The funds are a
combination of contributions made by individual members of the Summit community
and the organization itself, which is donating a portion of profits from its
next event to local causes.
“Summit
events have traditionally had a significant philanthropic component,” says
Megan Boswell, Summit’s director of community relations. Over the past five
years Summit events have helped raise tens of millions of dollars for business
and nonprofit ventures. In 2011, Summit partnered with The Nature Conservancy to
raise nearly $1 million dollars to establish a 71-square-mile marine reserve in
the Bahamas. “Now that we can call Powder Mountain home, we’re looking forward—for
years to come—to focusing those efforts on local and statewide causes and initiatives.”
said Boswell.
The
nonprofits benefited represent a variety of causes and include the Ogden Valley
Land Trust, Weber Pathways, Community Foundation of Ogden Valley, Weber School
Foundation, Weber County Fire Officer’s Association, The Huntsville Marathon,
and The Nature Conservancy.
“In a short period of time,
Summit has demonstrated a remarkable commitment to use its resources and seek
out needs to benefit the Ogden Valley in a most thoughtful manner,” said
Huntsville Mayor Jim Truett. “We’re thrilled to call Summit our new neighbor
and excited for the organization's vision for the future.”
While
money raised through ticket sales to Summit Outside, held at Powder Mountain
July 19-22, will go toward local causes, the gathering will also tackle
national and international issues. Summit is partnering with UNICEF to focus on
major education challenges including: improving access to quality education for
disabled students; encouraging more girls to study STEM curriculum; and
teaching kids skills like entrepreneurship and technological literacy, which
will help them succeed in a modern work place.
"We know that the problems
faced by the world's most vulnerable children are too big for any one agency to
tackle alone,” says Christopher Fabian of UNICEF. “It takes collaboration. What
Summit has is a community of incredibly talented people who have the skills,
networks, and desire to solve hard problems. By working together, we hope to
find answers to challenges that affect us all."
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