Outdoor Business Hurricane Relief Fund — Please Contribute
Moved by the stories filtering into the SNEWS® headquarters, and following conversations with Bobby McCain of Buffalo Peak Outfiitters in Jackson, Miss., our co-publisher reached out to Outdoor Industry Association president Frank Hugelmeyer, who immediately agreed to set up an emergency relief fund to provide financial support to outdoor retailers and outfitters whose businesses have been impacted by the disaster. SNEWS® seeded the fund with an immediate $500 donation.
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Moved by the stories filtering into the SNEWS®
headquarters, and following conversations with Bobby McCain of Buffalo Peak Outfiitters in Jackson, Miss., our co-publisher reached out to Outdoor
Industry Association president Frank Hugelmeyer, who immediately agreed to set up an emergency relief fund to provide financial support to outdoor retailers and outfitters whose businesses have been impacted by the disaster. SNEWS® seeded the fund with an immediate $500 donation.
The fund will be managed by OIA and 100-percent of all donated funds
will go to help outdoor businesses get back on their feet or support their
employees during these difficult times.
Please make your check out to “OIA Hurricane Relief Fund” and send your donations to:
Outdoor Business Hurricane Relief Fund
C/O Outdoor
Industry Association
4909 Pearl east Cir. Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80301Â
For questions you can contact Cindy Haddox at
303.444.3353 ext 208 or send her an email at: chaddox@outdoorindustry.org.
To apply for relief funds, contact Frank Hugelmeyer
at Outdoor Industry Association at 303 444.3353 or send
him an email at fhugelmeyer@outdoorindustry.org. All requests for relief will be held in the strictest confidence.
