Donation History
Wallaroo Donations - Together We Can Make A Difference
Wallaroo Hat Company has donated to many organizations over the years and is pleased to have started a 1% donation program in 2008 specifically targeted to help in the elimination of skin cancer. Each year we will donate 1% of our profits to skin cancer research, education and prevention in the United States. In 2009, 1% of profits were donated to the Shade Foundation, which provides free, sun safe indoor activities for children during the summer months. During 2009, the Shade Foundation built 12 shade covers for schools, providing over 12,000 hours of shade for children. Together Wallaroo Hat Company and the Shade Foundation share the mission to eradicate melanoma through education of children and the community, and to promote the detection of skin cancer and sun safety. More than a million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the US every year.
In addition to our commitment to eliminate skin cancer, Wallaroo has also supported many other organizations, including Airline Ambassadors International (AAI). Airline Ambassadors International is an organization that provides humanitarian aid to children and families in need and conducts international relief and development to underprivileged communities. Wallaroo donated hundreds of hats to the AAI Boulder Shares humanitarian aid relief trips to El Salvador, and Haiti in 2007. Other donated hats were taken to New Orleans and given to families who were victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Wallaroo Hat Company also supports many local organizations like the Carousel of Happiness and the Boulder Community Hospital Foundation. The Carousel of Happiness is a non-profit organization that has restored a 1910 carousel to provide both joy and assistance to those in need in Boulder County. The Carousel of Happiness is living piece of history that has been restored over a period of 22 years and the organization intends to distribute any profits to serve underprivileged and aggrieved children.
Wallaroo's donation to the Boulder Community Hospital Foundation supported a new cancer center that was built several years ago at Boulder Community Foothills Hospital.
Additional donation recipients are listed below:
American Cancer Society
Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day
Adaptive Sports Center
The Breast Cancer Fund
Climb Against the Odds, Mt. Shasta
Boulder County Partners
Mentoring Youth
Boulder Valley Public Schools
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center
Children's Hospital Denver
Rocky Mountain Team Survivors
Rocky Mountain PBS, Channel 6
Commerce Children's Center
Boulder Flatirons Rotary Club
Global Education Fund
MESA, Moving to End Sexual Assault
Women's Wilderness Institute