PARK CITY, Utah June 8, 2020 – Woodward Park City, Utah’s ultimate year-round action sports mountain playground and part of the POWDR adventure lifestyle portfolio, today announced Play It Forward, a newly launched employee and community-centric philanthropic platform designed to support the local community during COVID-19 and beyond. As part of Woodward Park City’s Play Forever corporate responsibility commitment to protecting the environment and enabling participation, Play It Forward engages charitable giving through partnerships with local community foundations.
“As part of the fabric of this community, we have a responsibility to support those who work, live and play here,” says Shaydar Edelmann, general manager of Woodward Park City. “Play It Forward will not only help strengthen the local community as we navigate today’s uncertainty, but we have the opportunity to inspire others to follow our lead through our volunteer work and the contributions we are making to Play It Forward. We want to ensure our communities thrive as destinations of choice for living and enjoying lives full of adventure.”
Play It Forward’s first step is focused on helping to alleviate the impact of COVID-19, an effort anyone can contribute to through volunteering, carrying out small acts of kindness, providing items in need, and donating to Woodward’s Play It Forward Fund. Set up in partnership with Park City Community Foundation, Woodward’s Play It Forward Fund allocates all dollars raised to local non-profits that are on the front lines serving the Summit County and Salt Lake City communities.
Woodward’s Play It Forward Fund was established with a $200,000 gift from the Cumming Foundation, John and David Cumming, and resort team members. POWDR, an adventure lifestyle company founded by John Cumming, owns Woodward Park City and implemented Play It Forward Funds at each of its mountain resorts across North America. The family and foundation’s gifts, totaling $2.25M across the Funds, are in support of POWDR businesses helping their local communities in this tremendous time of need. Learn more at https://www.woodwardparkcity.com/culture/play-forever/play-it-forward
ABOUT WOODWARD PARK CITY
Woodward Park City is a world-class, year-round action sports destination in one of the greatest outdoor regions in the world. Encompassing a fully integrated 125 acre campus with a state-of-the-art action sports hub, action sports parks and mountain parks, Woodward Park City encourages intuitive growth and safe progression for passionate action sports athletes of all ages and abilities to play and train every day, 365 days and nights a year. Visitors to Woodward Park City can experience lift-accessed snowboarding, skiing, tubing and mountain biking, as well as indoor and outdoor facilities for skateboarding, BMX, scooter, parkour, cheer and digital media. Woodward Park City is part of the global Woodward experiential action sports company on a mission to inspire the next generation of action sports and athletes and is also part of the POWDR portfolio.