Community Engagement

Grand Targhee contributes to local non-profits

Grand Targhee Resort has enjoyed a long-standing history of giving back to local communities.  Below is a list of ways in which we give back to the communities that make our ski resort one of the best in the west.

• In the past three years, Targhee has contributed $501,851 in cash and in-kind donations to local non-profit organizations.
• The resort’s “Targhee in the Community” program supports community projects by providing Targhee “paid” employee labor to organizations that support and pursue recreational, environmental, educational, and benevolent opportunities and enrichment.
• Targhee has created the Environmental Foundation, an employee driven foundation with matching funds from GTR that has donated over $10,000 to environmental programs in the valley.

Summer ’05 a new program was created called “Targhee in the Community.” The purpose of the program is to support community projects by providing labor from our employees with Targhee paying the wages for employees who work on these approved projects. It's the resort’s way to encourage community service and at the same time help organizations find solid “volunteer” labor. Grand Targhee looks for projects which provide service for the community good, and that proceeds from the project are never for profit.

This program is in the infancy stage but the response from the employees has been tremendous and our most recent collaboration was with Friends of the Teton River to help with their “Unnamed Creek Restoration Project.” We anticipate this program growing significantly and look forward to our staff providing literally thousands of hours of community service to the local communities.

We’re continually working with local non-profits and community agencies to secure future endeavors that “Targhee in the Community” can contribute to.