The exciting launch of our new campus collection, has put us in
the giving mood. Back in May, we launched our Back
to School Giveaway, where we partnered up with industry brands to give away
a prize pack every two weeks, catering to students getting ready for campus. We
also wanted to “share the love,” to a favorite organization of ours – the Big City Mountaineers. If you’re not familiar with BCM, you should
be. Really. It’s an amazing organization that focuses on getting
under-resourced youth outdoors and so much more. At Granite Gear, we thrive to
get more people into the great outdoors. So by donating to the BCM, we felt our
contribution could make an impact through getting kids out and enjoying all
that the wilderness has to offer.
Here’s a little bit about BCM’s history, and what they aim
to do for underprivileged youth.
Big City Mountaineers strives to instill critical
life-skills in under-resourced youth through transformative wilderness
mentoring expeditions. In short they help kids enrich their own lives through
outdoor and mentoring experiences.
Since its inception, BCM has worked to
offer life-changing experiences for urban youth through wilderness mentoring
expeditions led by caring adults. The original program design of
single-gender, 5-adults-to-5-youth outings continues to be a unique aspect of their
program.
In 2013 alone, BCM worked with more than 1,000 under-served
youth across the country on 68 wilderness expeditions, and 2,600 day and
overnight programs. In total, they tirelessly delivered 6,650 days of outdoor
youth mentoring programming to their kids.
If you want to learn more or are interested in getting
involved, visit their website at http://www.bigcitymountaineers.org/
We’re in our FINAL WEEK of our Back to School Giveaway, and
this prize pack is epic, so you may want to check out the winnings before you
take a pass. Enter our
Grand Prize giveaway for the chance to win mega cool winnings for life’s random
needs. Here’s what we’ve got stuffed in our Superior Pack: A Kindle Fire
complete with an E-Case to
protect it from the elements, a pair of Sunksi
Lime Headlands Sunglasses, a $50 Amazon Gift Card, a pair of Vasque shoes of your choice for comfortably
getting around campus, a Grilliput
for a future tailgate scenario, and a sleek KOR
water bottle – for hydration. Enter to win here: https://a.pgtb.me/ZV5gD3
