2024 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Invitational!
Event Goal: Raise $250,000 for Clean Water and Community Development!
The Trip & Adventure
Join Team World Vision as we adventure together over a weekend on a life-changing hike into the Grand Canyon to experience and soak in the masterpiece of God’s creation that has been touted as one of the Natural Seven Wonders of the World.
Reaching 7,800 feet deep and at 277 miles long, the Grand Canyon is truly majestic. Formed by many many years of erosion, wind, rain, and the Colorado River, the Canyon’s inner depths expose the Earth’s history with rocks dating back 250 million years to 2 billion years old. Originally home to Native Americans, the Grand Canyon is one of the most visited National Parks in the U.S. Though widely visited, less than 1% of people who visit make the Rim to Rim hike.
In mid-October of 2024, a team of world-changers will take a one-day hike into the Grand Canyon via the South Kaibab Trail. Hikers will watch the sun rise over the massive canyon walls and paint the canyon orange and red. The colors will continue to change and mesmerize you as you descend deeper into the canyon. Upon reaching Phantom Ranch situated by the Colorado River, hikers will get to take a lunch break before beginning the hike back up to the South Rim via the Bright Angel Trail. Keep your eyes open or you might just miss the bighorn sheep and elk, amongst many other wildlife! As hikers approach the South Rim and you look back at how far you have come, you will be amazed at how much one can accomplish with grit and mutual encouragement, and all the views you have taken in in just a day.
This year, we’ll have some fun "team-oriented" competition with captains leading out sub-teams of 5-8 people, who will fundraise and journey through the season together. We’ll set some lofty goals as we push each-other to raise up clean water funds for kids and communities around the world. Be ready for to have fun as we embark on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
Training Playbook + Packing List
Official Training Starts: Monday, April 22nd
2024 TRAINING PLAYBOOK 2024 TRAINING PLAN PACKING LIST
Individual Fundraising Goals
$10,000 per teammate ($50,000-$100,000 per team)
Optional/Encouraged Sponsorship Goal
Each teammate is encouraged to set a goal to get 1-5 child sponsorships during our journey to the canyon as well!
Download the Child Sponsorship Guide to learn more about child sponsorship and reaching your goals!
SPONSORSHIP GUIDE
How World Vision Works:
Bringing Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
At World Vision, we believe that every child deserves clean water. It's the essential building block of life that allows children and their communities to survive and flourish. Our community-based approach gives us deep roots in the community, while our more than 60-year history gives us the longevity and experience to take quality, sustainable interventions to scale.
World Vision has been working in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) starting in the 1960s primarily with small water projects in individual communities. We gained much experience in the subsequent decades, including a significant scale-up through the West Africa Water Initiative – a large public-private partnership, where World Vision served as the lead nongovernmental organization. In 2010, World Vision made a strategic decision to scale up its investment in WASH, making an increased, targeted investments in WASH in 12 countries with high WASH need – ten in Africa, one in Latin America, and one in Asia. Because of this strategic investment, over the last 5 years we have reached more that 7 million people with water, sanitation and hygiene, specifically providing safe drinking water to more than 5.5 million people.
The ultimate goal of all of World Vision’s work is child well-being. Child well-being at World Vision is defined by the following four targets:
Children enjoy good health.
Children are educated for life.
Children experience the love of God and their neighbors
Children are cared for, protected and participating.
World Vision believes that sustainable well-being is impossible without sustainable, equitable access to clean water, dignified sanitation and appropriate hygiene behaviors.
In our clean water work, we strive to provide access to clean water as close as possible to households -- with a maximum of 30 minutes round trip. We build water points in partnership with communities, and we work to ensure that water points are locally managed through water committees. Those committees ensure that water user fees are collected to maintain and repair the well.
World Vision works to provide environmentally sustainable solutions to water access, using solar water pumping technology wherever possible to provide access to clean water using renewable energy sources. We also work to ensure water is kept clean from the source to the point of use, ensuring community members have the knowledge and resources necessary to collect, treat and use their water safety to protect them from drinking contaminated water.
Below are some of the water projects that run in harmony with our other key areas of development: health, education, food, and economic development. This approach tackles the root causes of poverty, enabling children to experience fullness of life.
 Drill RigsThese trucks traverse great distances to drill up to hundreds of feet underground to tap into water aquifers. |
 WellsHand pumps in the middle of a community allow water to be generated without electricity. |
 Solar PumpsThese panels generate energy from the sun to pull water from pumps, up into storage tanks, and then allow gravity to feed water to various communities. |
 PipelinesPipelines transport water from access points and allow for water distribution across hundreds of miles. |
 Rain CatchmentsRoofs and other kinds of catchments collect rainwater into a storage tank for treatment and distribution. |
 Water KiosksFrom catching rainwater to receiving water from pumps or pipelines, community members come and fill up jugs for a small cost. |
 Latrines & HandwashingSanitation and hygiene are promoted by community leaders and practiced with ventilated, improved latrines and handwashing stations. |
 Repair MechanicsLocal technicians and members of the water users association are elected to help maintain water projects for long-term sustainability. |
Tentative Trip Itinerary + Fees
Team World Vision will secure all the booking for hotels, travel to/from the Grand Canyon, and will cover all but one meal. The total cost of the trip will range between $900 - $1300**, including ALL meals (6 total), van transportation from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to/from Grand Canyon, and lodging. A non-refundable deposit of $250 is required at registration.
*Travelers will be responsible for getting to/from PHX, travel insurance, gear, etc.
**Airfare, gas, travel insurance, & gear will be additional costs to the quote above
Tuesday, October 15 - Arrive at PHX, travel to Grand Canyon National Park. Briefing, Gear Check, and Welcome Dinner together as a team.
Wednesday, October 16 - Spiritual restoration session, learn about the history and geology of the canyon, sightseeing.
Thursday, October 17 - The most amazing Rim to Rim hike in a day!
Friday, October 18 - Celebration Breakfast! Travel back to PHX for team departures.
Ready to join the 2024 Rim to Rim Team?
Click below to fill out an application form!
For questions, please reach out to Josh Fly.
World Vision P.O. Box 9716 Federal Way, WA 98063
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