Winnebago Industries and the National Park Foundation Partner to Advance Outdoor Equity
March 04 2021 - 9:00AM
For more than six decades, Winnebago Industries has created
products that enable customers to explore America’s national parks.
Today, Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO), a leading outdoor
lifestyle product manufacturer, is bolstering its support of the
National Park Foundation (NPF), the official nonprofit partner of
the National Park Service. In aligning with NPF’s efforts to
inspire and diversify the next generation of outdoor leaders,
Winnebago will fund critical preservation and restoration projects
in parks across the country.
This year, Winnebago Industries’ and the Winnebago Industries
Foundation will focus on service corps programs, which provide
young people, ages 18-35, with hands-on work experience in
America’s national parks. Participants will learn new construction
and preservation skills, while providing parks with critical
infrastructure improvements. Service corps programs facilitate
connections to the parks, provide on-the-job training, and help to
create more opportunities for diverse leaders to experience careers
in the outdoors.
“Winnebago Industries is uniquely positioned to help bring more
people to national parks safely and comfortably, thanks to our wide
array of outdoor lifestyle products,” said Winnebago Industries
President and CEO Michael Happe. “However, the partnership with the
National Park Foundation runs much deeper. Together we aim to grow
equitable outdoor spaces by engaging the next generation of women
and outdoor enthusiasts of color with meaningful career pathways in
national parks. It is an honor to support the work of the National
Park Foundation in pursuit of our common goals.”
As part of the partnership with NPF, Winnebago and the Winnebago
Industries Foundation will accelerate efforts started two years ago
to raise awareness about the more than 400 parks available to
visitors, including those less traveled. The Winnebago Industries
Foundation also provides support for NPF’s Open OutDoors for Kids
program, which offers hands-on learning opportunities for students
to experience the beauty, history, and culture of our parks through
field trips and educational resources.
“Winnebago Industries’ support is critical to the National Park
Foundation’s efforts to deepen people’s connections to parks and
inspire future generations of park stewards,” said National Park
Foundation President and CEO Will Shafroth. “Together we are
helping to create more equitable outdoors spaces, including where
we live, work, travel and play.”
When the partnership launched in 2019, Winnebago debuted a
limited-edition National Park Foundation Travato, a recreation
vehicle featuring exclusive graphics and the Pure3 Energy
Management System, which leverages latest technology solar power
for untethered journeys and unlimited adventures. Winnebago
ambassadors traveled in a National Park Foundation Travato and
shared stories from the road. They visited some of the hidden gem
parks across the country, demonstrating the ease with which they
could explore the national parks, monuments, historic sites, and
seashores both near and far, relying on the vehicle’s Pure 3 Energy
system, which allowed them to disconnect from shore power for
extended periods of time.
In a further effort to bring people outdoors, Winnebago will
feature a Winnebago Solis as a Bonus Round prize for an in-show
contestant on Wheel of Fortune starting March 8, to highlight the
show’s national park-themed week. A home viewer also will have the
chance to win a Solis in “Wheel’s Win a Winnebago Giveaway.”
About Winnebago Industries and Winnebago Industries
Foundation Winnebago Industries, Inc. is a leading U.S.
manufacturer of outdoor lifestyle products under the Winnebago,
Grand Design, Chris-Craft and Newmar brands, which are used
primarily in leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. The
Company builds quality motorhomes, travel trailers, fifth wheel
products and boats. Winnebago Industries has multiple facilities in
Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota and Florida. The Company's common stock is
listed on the New York Stock Exchange and traded under the symbol
WGO. For access to Winnebago Industries' investor relations
material or to add your name to an automatic email list for Company
news releases, visit http://investor.wgo.net. The Winnebago
Industries Foundation seeks to inspire new generations of outdoor
enthusiasts, mobilize resources to reach people in need, and
support employee volunteers to build strong communities where we
work, live and explore. We focus our community investment in three
impact areas: outdoors, access, and community. Learn more at
https://www.winnebagoind.com/responsibility/community
About the National Park Foundation The National
Park Foundation works to protect wildlife and park lands, preserve
history and culture, educate and engage youth, and connect people
everywhere to the wonder of parks. We do it in collaboration with
the National Park Service, the park partner community, and with the
generous support of donors, without whom our work would not be
possible. Learn more at www.nationalparks.org.
Contact: Sam
Jefsonsjefson@winnebagoind.com641-425-7752
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