Nationwide — The Melanated Cares Basis is happy to announce that this 12 months’s annual occasion, Melanated Campout, can be powered by Winnebago Industries (NYSE: WGO), a number one producer of outside way of life merchandise, and its basis, because the title sponsor for the group’s flagship tenting retreat.
The campout is hosted by Melanated Cares Basis, a nonprofit created to advertise range and inclusion in outside areas. 2024 marks the third 12 months Winnebago Industries Basis and Melanated Cares Basis have come collectively to help the occasion after launching a profitable partnership in 2022.
“Melanated Campout is extra than simply an occasion,” stated Shunté McClellan, CEO of Melanated Cares Basis. “It’s a motion to welcome everybody to the outside! All are invited to rep their tribe, have fun our tradition, and construct lasting reminiscences collectively within the nice outdoor.”
Actively working to create various and inclusive outside areas, Melanated Campout will return to Georgia on Friday, September twenty seventh to Sunday, September twenty ninth for its flagship occasion. Tons of of various campers can be welcomed to an unique campground that caters to all types of tenting, together with tents, RVs, overlanders, cabins, and safari glamping tents.
Attendees will even get pleasure from scenic lake views, a marina, {golfing}, eating and extra, along with Melanated Campout’s iconic occasion itinerary which incorporates actions from mountain climbing, meditation, RV suggestions and methods, survival tenting periods, to kite flying. Within the six years since its inception, the group has hosted greater than 1,800 campers.
“We’re thrilled to help Melanated Campout in its mission to create inclusive outside experiences,” stated Jil Littlejohn Bostick, Government Director, Winnebago Industries Basis. “This partnership aligns completely with our dedication to fostering neighborhood and making certain everybody can benefit from the magnificence and advantages of nature. We imagine in investing in applications that get rid of limitations, promote entry, and join all folks with the social, psychological and bodily well being advantages.”
For extra data and to buy tickets to this 12 months’s occasion, please go to MelanatedCampout.com.
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To study extra about Winnebago Industries’ All In, Outdoor initiative, please go to https://www.winnebagoind.com/our-impact/inclusion
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The Melanated Cares Basis is dedicated to uplifting and empowering our communities by means of three key tenets: Youth Advocacy, Homelessness, and Psychological Well being Consciousness. Your donation helps us proceed this vital work, fostering a stronger and extra inclusive neighborhood. To help our mission, please contemplate making a donation at melanatedcampout.givingfuel.com/melanated-cares.
About Winnebago Industries and Winnebago Industries Basis
Winnebago Industries, Inc. is a number one North American producer of outside recreation merchandise beneath the Winnebago, Grand Design, Chris-Craft, Newmar and Barletta manufacturers. We’re a household of manufacturers, every distinctive in its personal wealthy legacy, however united within the pursuit to Be Nice, Outdoor. The corporate builds high-quality motorhomes, journey trailers, fifth-wheel merchandise, outboard and sterndrive powerboats, pontoons and business neighborhood outreach autos. Dedicated to advancing sustainable innovation and leveraging vertical integration in key element areas, Winnebago Industries has a number of amenities in Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota and Florida. The Firm’s widespread inventory is listed on the New York Inventory Trade and traded beneath the image WGO. Winnebago Industries was integrated beneath the legal guidelines of the state of Iowa on February 12, 1958, and adopted its current identify on February 28, 1961. For entry to Winnebago Industries’ investor relations materials or so as to add your identify to an automated e-mail listing for Firm information releases, go to http://investor.wgo.web.
The Winnebago Industries Basis seeks to encourage new generations of outside fans, mobilize assets to achieve folks in instances of want, and help worker volunteers to construct sturdy, inclusive communities the place we reside, work and play. The neighborhood funding is targeted in in three affect areas: outdoor, entry, and neighborhood. Be taught extra at https://www.winnebagoind.com/our-impact/neighborhood
For press inquiries, contact Shunté McClellan at 404-832-0277 or information@MelanatedCampout.com