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Promote BASE -backcountry/ avalanche safety education and training

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Treestman
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Hey newschoolers,

My 6th grade math teacher's son Michael R. Gebhardt died in an avalanche in Colorado in 2005 and a memorial fund was started in his name. The program BASE, is in the running for $50,000 from PepsiCo to provide avalanche/backcountry safety education, and is currently in 149th place, so please, we need your votes...

http://www.refresheverything.com/basebackcountryavalanchesafetyeducation

  • to provide fee avalanche/Backcountry Safety Ed/Training Clinics
  • To provide local ski area beacon basins with needed equipment
  • To provide local Search and Rescue with needed equipment/training
  • To provide free CPR/First Aid Clinics
  • To disseminate educational/promotional materials
 BASE - Backcountry Avalanche Safety Education is a project that targets those who enjoy the outdoors and would provide education and training for them before venturing into the backcountry. Its aim is to reach as many people as possible in simple, effective ways. Many who pursue this are young and do not always have the finances for equipment or training.This project will provide free avalanche/backcountry equipment and safety education clinics, as well as free CPR/first aid classes. In addition, educational material would be distributed in targeted areas through bookmarks, coasters and placemats at local eateries and placards on the local area bus routes. Equipment purchased would be distributed to participants, ski areas and Search and Rescue for educational and training purposes.
Sep 17 2010 12:36PM
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Treestman
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http://pep.si/cpEQw5

and you don't have to sign up, you can vote by logging in on facebook

thanks for the votes, lets help promote avalanche safety and awareness
Sep 17 2010 12:45PM
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corona
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Pepsi needs to have a competition to donate money to avalanche safety education?? what a douche-fuck company. why don't they just pony up and support something that's incredibly important
Sep 17 2010 12:54PM
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.Roockley.
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done, good luck man
Sep 17 2010 12:56PM
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Treestman
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It's called the pepsi refresh project, several people(hundreds) submitted ideas for anything to promote any sort of education, and its up to a vote, yeah theres other ideas for social reform and support for schools, but I think this one could potentially save lives, so bring your negativity elsewhere, thanks
Sep 17 2010 1:03PM
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corona
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I don't think it's right to make a game of "which people lives should we save today", if they're willing to donate money why don't they just see that this is an important cause and just do it. there's no negativity here, just a hope that a company like Pepsi can for once see past the competitions and prizes and just donate to a good cause.
Sep 17 2010 1:10PM
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AndrewZ
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As much as you make a valid point, just try to look at the bright side. Yes it definitely is a 'corporate social responsibility' marketing campaign, but they are still are giving tons of money to valid causes. And by having a contest, it truly does allow 'the people' to choose what they consider the most important. I know it takes a little away from the philanthropy of the act, but its better they have a campaign like this and help real causes than just funneling it all into traditional advertising channels.
Sep 17 2010 1:20PM
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corona
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I don't want to move this thread in the wrong direction, I'm still voting for it and really hope it wins, but this is my problem with it.  It doesn't take a genius to figure out donating 50K to avalanche training is better than donating it to saving cats.  Although funnily enough the "save cats from euthanasia" is higher then the "aid children and youth battling childhood cancer".  But this IS just a traditional advertising campaign.  If Pepsi actually cared about any of these causes they can tell own there own which ones are the most important and just donate to them. They don't need a vote. I bet they make 10x the money doing this than they are giving out. Plus 50K for Pepsi is pennies and it's slightly insulting actually. It's like a millionaire donating 50 cents to cancer research when his middle-class neighbour is donating 150 bucks. You'd feel cheated and insulted by them.

buuut, I really do hope it wins, am voting, and hope everyone else also votes for it.
Sep 17 2010 1:37PM
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corona
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and here: for everyone too lazy to sign up to vote, you can just vote from your phone.

Text 102198 to
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Sep 17 2010 1:44PM
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HeathR
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voting but honestly i think this contest is to mainstream for ns to make a difference.
Sep 17 2010 1:49PM
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Treestman
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bump
Sep 19 2010 12:13PM
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miketheskier88
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http://www.refresheverything.com/ejhs

What the fuck.. That shit angers me. The majority of the causes are noble. This one's currently 8th to use 50k. Pepsi are going to get dickslapped if they get money.
Sep 19 2010 4:22PM
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