Hi Friends,

I'm in cold and dry Utah going to school (actually, I'm sitting in an HR class right now!) and I'm missing the Seattle wet rain and my crazy PP friends. But, school is going well, and the mountains around here are filling up with snow.

I just got an email from my old boss at REI, and they have some large backpack-style dry bags in the vendor returns department that they want to donate to a worthy cause. They can't return them to the manufacturer, and vendor restrictions won't let them sell the stuff at a garage sale. The bags look like this http://www.rei.com/product/784168

He thought maybe they could donate the bags to the Team River Runner group I helped out with in Tacoma, but I don't think they need dry bags like that. I don't think First Descents would need something like that either-- but maybe I'm wrong. They seem better suited to rafting groups. Does anyone know of a worthy group (maybe similar to TRR or FD) that could actually use these dry bags?

Many thanks,
Liz

Liz,
FD is always looking for gear like that. We always have at least 1 support raft that has all the medical supplies and food. So dry bags would be very useful.
With 7 camps set for this year, we could distribute them around as needed.
Let me know what information REI will need.
Cheers

Peak 7 could certainly use the bags. Let me know if I can have someone come and pick them up. ryan@peak7.org