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Champion Campaigns

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Champions Make It Happen!

Each year, more than 100 volunteer champions–people just like you who love WI’s mission–contribute their time, talent, and/or networks to help raise money for WI’s Opportunity Fund. These amazing folks put the FUN in fundraising! We invite you to become a WI Champion and join the community of dedicated people who are working to make sure the outdoors is accessible to everyone!

Become a Champion:

Being a champion is easy, and it makes a big difference! Click here to get started or contact us at 612-676-9400 or development@wildernessinquiry.org for more information.

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    Champion Campaigns:

    1. Champion: John DuBois

      Join the Great River Race to Close the Gap!
      Please join me in racing on the Mississippi River in a Voyageur canoe during the Great River Race! The race funds Wilderness Inquiry's Canoemobile while brings classroom learning outside for more than 17,000 Minnesota youth annually.
      $3,660.00 donated of $3,000.00 goal

    2. Champion: Andy Walz

      Andy, Heidi, & Family Support Wilderness Inquiry
      We’ve been lucky to enjoy many wilderness adventures with each other, family, friends, and strangers who soon become friends. For us, these experiences have been therapeutic, empowering, and life-changing. WI makes these kinds of experiences accessible to everyone. Please consider making a donation.
      $6,610.00 donated of $5,000.00 goal

    3. Champion: Hunt Greene

      Join me in supporting WI’s Opportunity Fund!
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $13,700.00 donated of $3,000.00 goal

    4. Champion: Suzanne Huggett

      Create Outdoor Opportunities for All!
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $244.00 donated of $5,000.00 goal

    5. Champion: Andy Walz

      Support Wilderness Inquiry
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $125.00 donated of $1,000.00 goal

    6. Champion: Jeffrey Kemnitz

      Provide access to the outdoors!
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $8,052.14 donated of $4,000.00 goal

    7. Champion: Julie Storck

      Join Me in Changing Lives
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $23,212.40 donated of $5,000.00 goal

    8. Champion: Maia Wahlberg

      UCare Can-Do-Canoeing!
      Please join UCare as we raise funds and awareness to close the achievement gap in Minneapolis. Contributions to our 2017 Great River Race campaign support Canoemobile, an innovative outdoor education and recreation program that engages more than 17,000 underserved Minnesota youth and individuals with disabilities in accessible adventures on their local waterways annually.
      $455.00 donated of $3,000.00 goal

    9. Champion: Nell Holden

      Support Everyone Getting Outside
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $1,855.00 donated of $2,000.00 goal

    10. Champion: Cyri Tjaden

      Outdoor Access for All!
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $50.00 donated of $1,000.00 goal

    11. Champion: Emma Sands

      Support Getting Kids Outside
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $100.00 donated of $1,000.00 goal

    12. Champion: Meg Krueger

      Support Connecing Kids to Rivers
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $395.00 donated of $2,000.00 goal

    13. Champion: Joe Spring

      Support Wilderness Inquiry
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $150.00 donated of $1,000.00 goal

    14. Champion: Christine Tomlinson

      Help Kiddos Connect Outdoors!
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $325.00 donated of $500.00 goal

    15. Champion: Beth Finch

      Join Me in Supporting Wilderness Inquiry’s Opportunity Fund
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $5,122,394.81 donated

    16. Champion: Ron Zickert

      Join Me in Supporting Wilderness Inquiry!
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $3,765.00 donated

    17. Champion: Paul Fischer

      Join Me in Supporting Wilderness Inquiry!
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for urban youth.
      $12,500.00 donated of $10,000.00 goal

    18. Champion: Greg Lais

      Thank you for supporting Wilderness Inquiry!
      Donations provide scholarships for those with financial need, support services for people with disabilities, and programs for underserved youth.
      $316,240.03 donated of $100,000.00 goal

    19. Champion: Maia Wahlberg

      Honoring Joe Stark: Connecting Underserved Youth to Their National Forests
      An avid outdoorsman, Joe Stark camped, paddled, and climbed through many of our nation's amazing outdoor spaces. Joe believed in the life-changing power of the outdoors, and was committed to sharing this resource with others.
      $9,600.00 donated

    20. Champion: Doug Moore

      Join Me in Supporting Wilderness Inquiry!
      An organization truly unlike any other. Connecting people who typically cannot access the outdoors to experiences in nature that are often life-changing. The more techy our culture becomes, the more we all need WI. Please support this amazingly talented and dedicated group of people expand their impact!
      $1,672.00 donated of $3,000.00 goal

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