Adventure Medical Kits Helps Fund NOLS Scholarships

Once again, Adventure Medical Kits (AMK) is offering discounted products at the Outdoor Retailer (OR) market and donating proceeds to nonprofit organizations in the outdoor industry.

At next week’s Summer OR in Salt Lake City, AMK will offer its SOL Sport Utility Blanket at the discounted price of $10. Customers will then be able to select the initiative to which the proceeds will go, one of which is the NOLS scholarship fund.

Each year, NOLS gives over $1.9 million dollars in scholarships to students who would not otherwise be able to take a NOLS course. Donations and promotions such as this generous offer by AMK make this possible.

“We are delighted to have the support of Adventure Medical Kits in making the NOLS experience available to as many students as possible,” said Jeanne O’Brien, NOLS PR and partnerships manager.

The SOL Sport Utility Blanket, which retails for $22, is an emergency shelter and more. It is durable enough to be used multiple times in a multitude of ways. It can be used as an emergency blanket one day and then as a picnic blanket the next. Use it to haul heavy loads, as a ground tarp underneath a tent, rigged as a shelter, or to cover your gear in foul weather. It still weighs in at only 11.3 ounces, making it a great partner for NOLS graduates on future adventures.

The National Outdoor Leadership School
Founded in 1965 by legendary mountaineer Paul Petzoldt, NOLS is the leader in wilderness education, providing awe-inspiring, transformative experiences to more than 15,000 students each year. These students, ages 14 to 70, learn in the wildest and most remote classrooms worldwide—from the Amazon rain forest, to rugged peaks in the Himalaya, to Alaskan glaciers and Arctic tundra. Graduates are active leaders with lifelong environmental ethics and outdoor skills. NOLS also offers customized courses through NOLS Professional Training, and the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS is the leading teacher of wilderness medicine worldwide. For more information, call (800) 710-NOLS (6657) or visit www.nols.edu.