AORE Association News December 2014 | Page 17

Brewer's Ledge, Inc. was founded by two cousins, Jeff Brewer and Conant Brewer, in 1990, making it “one of the oldest climbing US companies.”1 In the ensuing years, their creative climbing structures for schools, training facilities, rehabilitation, and playgrounds has spread from Boston, Massachusetts, to twenty-eight countries and five militaries. With their innovations, the Brewers “single-handedly opened up climbing as a mainstream fitness tool.”2 Starting in 1989, they invented and constructed the first rotating climbing wall, which has always been from day one, motor less and self-pacing. They began offering the Treadwall® commercially in 1990 with the start of their company. Since 1996, Landmark Learning has worked to provide affordable certification training opportunities at the highest standards in the outdoor industry. Now, as a nationally-accredited school of higher education (ACCET.org, CHEA.org), Landmark students have access to multiple funding sources, college credit transfer options, and cutting-edge research-based curricula. Landmark has supported AORE and its membership through scholarship giving since the beginnings at ICORE. We are proud to continue the tradition of donating a Leave No Trace Master Educator course through the scholarship fund at The Landmark Foundation. Thanks to AORE and the Board for their continued gracious hosting at the annual conference! Accept Inc. is an organization that was designed to develop service models, education, training, mentoring of staff and overseeing quality control of programming to address the needs of youth at risk for arrest and adjudication thereby preventing involvement in the judicial system. High Sierra designs feature-rich, versatile adventure lifestyle gear for adventurers everywhere. Since our founding in 1978, we’ve committed ourselves to creating durable, affordable product with distinctive details, delivering the freedom to go anywhere—near or far, on roads or trails, on mountain ridges or snowy slopes, no matter what form your adventure takes. High Sierra. Adventure The Day. The brands of the adidas Group complement each other in a unique way to help athletes perform better, play better, feel better. Our products break records, set trends, make history. Every day. All over the world. Welcome to the adidas Group. It is not only about faster shoes and fashion statements. Just as a shoe is more than padding and foam, there is more to us than just the product. Everything we do is bound by one simple thought: we strive to help you perform at your best. Your success is our ambition. Your defeat spurs us on to be better. Our brands complement each other like the skills of an exceptionally gifted decathlete. Our consumers’ brand love is based on our employees’ extraordinary passion for a sporting lifestyle. With dedication, commitment and team spirit, we continuously innovate to establish new benchmarks in everything we do. Shaping the sporting goods industry sustainably is more than a job. It’s our impulse, an attitude that is truly dear to our hearts. It drives us. 1100 North Main Suite 111 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 P: 810-299-2782 F: 810-299-3436 [email protected] www.aore.org 17