Trips for Kids^® receives support from many sources, but seven companies provide the bulk of our support: Trek, Clif Bar, Adventure Medical Kits, Park, Interbike and New Belgium. Below are the requirements that we place on all chapters. This page also contains a list of our major sponsor's websites and copies of their logos. There also is a suggestion of how to make the most out of a relationship with your local REI.

Requirements

We require that all Trips for Kids chapters help promote these sponsors in all of our work. Here is what we need you to do.

• Include the major sponsors' logos (see below) in newsletters, flyers, etc.
• Display the logos of our major national sponsors on your web site with a link to the companies' web sites. (Copies of the sponsors' logos and links to their websites appear below.) We also require that you provide a link from your website to http://www.tripsforkids.org/national/sponsors.htm which contains a lists all our national sponsors.
• If the company sends banners, please display at any events that you attend.
• Whenever you display your local sponsors, please include the national sponsors as well.
• Talk up the sponsors with the volunteers. We can all show our thanks by supporting our patrons' businesses.

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Major Sponsor Websites/Logos

You can download various versions of the sponsors' logos below. The small logos are the same size as the ones that we use on the Trips For Kids sponsors page. We require you to place a logo of at least this size somewhere on your website with a link to the sponsors' websites. The large logos vary in size. The large logos may or may not be of sufficient quality for printing for brochures. If you need a higher quality (resolution) version, let us know and we'll try to get one for you.

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Use REI to Your Benefit

If there is an REI store located near you, building a mutually beneficial relationship with the store is a great idea. The following is a synopsis of what you can expect from them, what we expect from you, and ideas of how you might be able to work with them. You can also use this model for partnership with other local stores and businesses in your area.

• Talk to the Store Manager or Outreach Specialist to see what his/her needs might be. A short brainstorming session could prove a windfall both to you and REI.
• Suggest an REI/TFK ride where you use REI employees as volunteers. Send out press releases, and maybe get your picture in the paper. If possible, you could start and end your ride at the store.
• Look at the REI class schedule to see if they are offering anything good bike clinics that interest you. Call ahead and ask if you can arrange for a field trip to bring a group of kids.
• Ask the store if they would they be willing to donate bike tech support to help maintain your fleet.
• Each year, each REI store has a donation budget and they often can donate equipment. Each store also submits recommendations for cash grants each year. Find out to whom you need to talk to at your local store about this.
• Does your local store have a climbing wall? Would they be willing to let you use it on a rainy day?
• Would they be interested in having a booth at one of your fundraising events?
• Can you set up a booth at any of their events? Ask them for banners, brochures and other collateral that you can use at other events that you attend.
• Does your store have a youth shopping night? Find out how you can get involved with that.
• Could you team up with someone doing a slide presentation on a cycling event and hand out information about Trips for Kids? Consider generating some publicity by doing a slide presentation on your program.
• Can your local store give you discounts on bikes? Could they donate bikes?
• The store in Berkeley, California has an annual Christmas wrap event, where patrons pay $5 to have their presents wrapped by volunteers from local non-profits. Trips For Kids Marin provides the volunteers and makes $4 from each wrap.

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