PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Squaw Valley Lodge and Squaw Valley Ski Holdings raise funds to preserve and restore Lake Tahoe and the region’s watersheds through Green Bucks dollar donation program and direct contributions
Olympic Valley businesses have raised $75,000 since 2012 to preserve and restore Lake Tahoe and the region’s watersheds through the Green Bucks program and direct contributions.
Green Bucks is a dollar donation program designed to harness the passion of visitors and residents in order to help care for the region’s extraordinary environment. In Olympic Valley, Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, Squaw Valley Lodge and PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn have committed to collecting dollar donations on room nights and season passes to raise funds for Green Bucks.
“Green Bucks is a simple way for those who love it here to help give back,” said Tahoe Fund CEO Amy Berry. “We are very thankful for the support of the business community in Olympic Valley and across the region who have all joined in our efforts for this incredible environment.”
“More than just support, as it relates to the Tahoe Fund and the Truckee River Watershed Council, our company maintains shared values along with the same sense of responsible environmental stewardship with these organizations,” said Andy Wirth, president and CEO of Squaw Valley Ski Holdings and Tahoe Fund Board Member. “On behalf of the team here at Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, our customers and the community of Olympic Valley, we’re proud to provide this fiscal support so that their projects and work can continue.”
Starting winter 2014-15, Squaw Valley Ski Holdings will also be adding their Food and Beverage program to the list of Green Bucks contributors. To date, Squaw Valley Ski Holdings has raised $66,500 through direct contributions as well as Green Bucks donations raised through Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows season pass purchases and reservations at The Village at Squaw Valley.
“From its very inception, we helped architect and develop the Green Bucks program originally for lodging and our season pass sales channels,” continued Wirth. “We’re now glad to expand its presence by deploying Green Bucks at all of our restaurants throughout the entire Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows experience.”
“Our extraordinary environment is connected, from mountain peaks to iconic Lake Tahoe to the Truckee River watershed,” said Kathy Whitlow, Green Bucks Program Manager for the Truckee River Watershed Council. “We’re excited that area businesses, visitors and residents recognize Green Bucks as a way to support environmental initiatives in the entire region with one, simple program.”
For more information on how to become a Green Bucks business please visit our Green Bucks page.