06 June 2014
Media contact: Dan Schacter, (303) 404-1831, dschacter@vailresorts.com
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – June 6, 2014 – This spring and summer, 18 Colorado-based Vail Resorts employees are participating in Vail Resorts Epic Volunteers program and will take 40 hours of paid time off to volunteer with the charity of their choice. Started in 2013 as part of the company’s social responsibility, Epic Volunteers was developed from employee requests to have more robust volunteer opportunities. Since inception, 36 employee volunteers have contributed 1,480 hours of service to 34 non-profits worldwide.
“Our employees get to work in some of the world’s greatest natural environments and sustainability runs in our DNA” said Rob Katz, CEO of Vail Resorts, Inc. “We heard from our employees that they wanted more volunteer opportunities, so we developed Epic Volunteers. It is great to see the impact our employees can have on the world with an extra 40 hours.”
The current class of 18 Colorado-based Epic Volunteers is supporting 17 domestic and international organizations. Volunteer activities include teaching business classes and basic literacy in Peru with Waves for Development, a medical services trip to the Dominican Republic with Timmy Global Health and being a camp counselor for kids with chronic and terminal illnesses in Avon, CO at Round Up River Ranch. The full list of current Colorado-based Epic Volunteers are:
Beaver Creek
For more information about the corporate social responsibility programs at Vail Resorts, visit www.vailresortsecho.com.
Vail Resorts Echo
Corporate sustainability has always been fundamental for Vail Resorts. Through Vail Resorts Echo, our sustainability program, we hope to connect our communities to our efforts - from on the ground conservation programs to grants for local nonprofits and scholarships to local students. Aimed at both protecting the natural resources that surround the resorts and helping build stronger communities where our employees live and work, Vail Resorts Echo encompasses three core efforts: environmental stewardship, charitable giving and community engagement. Learn more about Vail Resorts Echo at www.vailresortsecho.com.
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – June 6, 2014 – This spring and summer, 18 Colorado-based Vail Resorts employees are participating in Vail Resorts Epic Volunteers program and will take 40 hours of paid time off to volunteer with the charity of their choice. Started in 2013 as part of the company’s social responsibility, Epic Volunteers was developed from employee requests to have more robust volunteer opportunities. Since inception, 36 employee volunteers have contributed 1,480 hours of service to 34 non-profits worldwide.
“Our employees get to work in some of the world’s greatest natural environments and sustainability runs in our DNA” said Rob Katz, CEO of Vail Resorts, Inc. “We heard from our employees that they wanted more volunteer opportunities, so we developed Epic Volunteers. It is great to see the impact our employees can have on the world with an extra 40 hours.”
The current class of 18 Colorado-based Epic Volunteers is supporting 17 domestic and international organizations. Volunteer activities include teaching business classes and basic literacy in Peru with Waves for Development, a medical services trip to the Dominican Republic with Timmy Global Health and being a camp counselor for kids with chronic and terminal illnesses in Avon, CO at Round Up River Ranch. The full list of current Colorado-based Epic Volunteers are:
Beaver Creek
- Joseph Clark– Poured Out– Haiti, improving water filters that support at risk populations.
- Curt Dodson– Poured Out– Haiti, improving water filters that support at risk populations.
- Sandra Butler– Colorado Trail Foundation, building a section of the Colorado Trail near Buena Vista, CO.
- Michelle Street – Wounded Warrior Project, Family Ski Week volunteer for veterans and their loved ones.
- Rosalie Waxman – Waves for Development, teaching business classes and advising / consulting on nascent local business and business plans.
- Trula Daugherty – Placer Land Trust, Trail volunteer near Lake Tahoe
- Angela Maly – Globalteer, Marine and sea turtle conservation in Borneo.
- Michelle Cressler – Grand Teton National Park, Vegetation and trail volunteer.
- Lisa Post – Round Up River Ranch, Camp counselor working with terminally ill kids.
- Claire Christensen– The Cycle Effect, Enhancing the lives of young women through mountain biking.
Keystone
- Sue Moran – Summit County Open Space and Trails and the Girl Scouts of the USA, Enhancing the Soda Creek Open Space with Girl Scout Junior Troop 4061.
- Randy Bush – Best Friends Animal, Assisting in the care of terminally ill animals.
- Jeff Alexander – Big City Mountaineers, Weeklong nature expedition with at-risk youth.
- Nathan Frerichs – Big Sky Youth Empowerment, Camp volunteer with at-risk youth.
- Brittany Tartarilla– The Betty Ford Children's Center, Counseling for children whose parents are battling addiction.
- Lauren Phillips– Camp Agape NW, Family camp counselor for cancer patients.
- Kroger Schwartz– Camp Agape NW, Family camp counselor for cancer patients.
- Jen Silva– Timmy Global Health–International medical services trip.
For more information about the corporate social responsibility programs at Vail Resorts, visit www.vailresortsecho.com.
Vail Resorts Echo
Corporate sustainability has always been fundamental for Vail Resorts. Through Vail Resorts Echo, our sustainability program, we hope to connect our communities to our efforts - from on the ground conservation programs to grants for local nonprofits and scholarships to local students. Aimed at both protecting the natural resources that surround the resorts and helping build stronger communities where our employees live and work, Vail Resorts Echo encompasses three core efforts: environmental stewardship, charitable giving and community engagement. Learn more about Vail Resorts Echo at www.vailresortsecho.com.
About Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN)
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Canyons in Park City, Utah; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan; and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Canyons in Park City, Utah; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan; and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.