Press Release:
USA Climbing in partnership with RallyMe, announced today the launch of “USA Climbing Crowd funding”, a groundbreaking funding platform exclusively for all of USA Climbing’s TEAMs. The website, USAClimbing.RallyMe.com, is the next step in the organization’s dedication to provide more state-of-the-art tools, programs and funding resources for its TEAM.
“Like most U.S. National Governing Bodies, one of our biggest challenges has been finding ways to adequately support our elite athletes in their international competition endeavors,” said Kynan Waggoner, CEO of USA Climbing, NGB for the sport of competition climbing in the U.S. “By partnering with RallyMe to utilize their No.1-ranked platform, we are able to position our incredibly talented athletes alongside team members from many other NGB’s in the U.S., all of whom are working to fund their dreams,” Waggoner said. USA Climbing TEAM athletes will use the platform to raise money for a multitude of purposes: travel costs, training camps, events etc. all with the end goal of supporting participation in international competition.
“Climbing is a fast-growing sport in the U.S. with fans who want to see these top athletes succeed.
USAClimbing.RallyMe.com will be the venue to connect and empower the climbing community,” said Bill
Kerig, RallyMe Founder and CEO. “USA Climbing has taken a crucial step in leading the evolution of sports crowdfunding.”
How It Works: Each TEAM athlete develops his or her personal Rally campaign, promoted through USA Climbing’s platform. Funds raised on that Rally go directly to the TEAM athlete. Crowdfunding is a fancy term for asking a lot of people for a small amount of support to achieve a clearly stated goal. How Fans Can Help: Supporters can help athlete in which to pledge their support.
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