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Mountain Madness, Inc. has a long history of working with various special populations, donating trips for fundraising events, and working with a variety of relief agencies, conservation groups, and NGOs that are working to improve the living conditions of the people in many of the places we travel. We have continued the vision of Scott Fischer and Christine Boskoff and their desire to reach out and help the communities where we travel.
Our trip participants will have opportunities to use our connections to reach out while on their adventures. Opportunites include involvement with local school programs, working on community projects, and visiting conservation areas along the way. Some trips we offer participants the opportunity to extend their stay and get their hands dirty alongside locals building a new irrigation system, enjoy a home-stay and help teach English, or work on conservation projects. But, for all trips we discreetly offer participants a chance to donate to organizations that interest them, be it a condor rehabilaitation program or building a school.
Among a variety of projects, dontaions, and fundraisers sthat Mountain Madness have been invloved with some have included:
Room To Read: This non-profit organization is dedicated a school in Nepal in honor of former Mountain Madness owner Christine Boskoff. Christine was a former board member of Room To Read which helps establish schools, libraries, and other educational infrastructures world-wide. Since 2007 Mountain Madness has donated $10,000 for the Room to Grow scholarship for girls. A memorial fund has been set up in honor of Chris who passed away in November of 2006 while she and partner Charlie Fowler were on an expedition to China’s Sichuan Province. For further details on Room To Read, or to make a donation for girl's scholarships, please visit their website: www.roomtoread.org
The Mountain of Hope: 2006 climb of Good Hope Mountain with 13 year-old Brandon Schupp, who is raising money for the Childhood Cancer Foundation.  Climb for New Schools: Participants climbed Mount Baker to raise funds for “Room to Read”, a non-profit organization that’s builts new schools and libraries in rural areas in developing countries like Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia and India. Save the Children Kilimanjaro Climb: The Mt. Kilimanjaro Climb for Children 2003 was a fund raising initiative created to raise support and awareness for Save the Children’s humanitarian programs in Africa and around the world.
Mt Elbrus Climb for Kids: Fund raising efforts to provide medical assistance for orphaned children in Russia
Climb for CARE: Fundraising based adventure in both Ecuador and Bolivia, which supported of in-country programs in literacy, health and financial training.
CARE Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari: fundraising participants visited local CARE projects prior to the climb in Zanzibar and Uganda. Participants raised $10,000 each to contribute to the efforts of CARE in Africa.
Climb for a Cause: A group of dentist across America that meets once a year to climb a peak in order to raise money to provide dental services for economically challenged youth.
Various Auctions and donation: MMI continued donations for a variety of causes relating to conservation, education, and health programs including:
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 The porter Assistance Project, which IMEC started in Nepal in 2000 and expanded to Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in 2003. Works in partnership with the Inka Porter Project in Peru and has been well received by tourists, trekking companies and porters around the world. The Porter Assistance projects goals are to: • Provide independent trekkers and tour operators with a convenient and inexpensive means of equipping their porters.
• Educate the tourist population about acceptable standards of porter treatment.
• Motivate and empower porters to determine their own means of assistance by offering classes in English language, first aid, and AIDS/HIV awareness.
Several thousand porters have been clothed and educated in Nepal, Tanzania, and Peru since the inception of the program. The project stockpiles water and wind-resistant jackets as well as pants, gloves, socks, hats, and footwear. IMEC has received donations from many companies and individuals.
Join us and make a difference in a Porter’s life!
Contact us 1-800-328-5925
www.mountainmadness.com
info@mountainmadness.com
To learn more about the International Mountain Explorers Connection visit their website at http://www.imec.org | 
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