Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative Expands Kids’ Recreation Opportunities
Yamaha OAI grants for the next generation.
Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, today announces the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative (OAI) grants for the first quarter of 2023, supporting projects and programs creating opportunities to enjoy and engage in outdoor recreation and activities, including efforts geared toward the younger generation.
For the past 15 years, Yamaha OAI has been leading the powersports industry by endorsing projects across the country that promote safe, responsible access to public land for motorized and outdoor recreation. In addition to highlighting the Q1 2023 grant recipients, Yamaha is celebrating receiving the 2023 Corporate Stewardship Award from the Public Lands Alliance for 2023.
“Part of the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative’s mission is to protect the future of outdoor recreation for everyone, as well as have them experiencing and appreciating it, so it was great to grant multiple applications this quarter that focused on getting kids active and outdoors,” said Steve Nessl, Yamaha’s motorsports marketing manager. “Additionally, Yamaha is honored to accept the Public Lands Alliance’s Corporate Stewardship Award, which acknowledged the success of the Outdoor Access Initiative in promoting and defending access to public lands for motorized and outdoor recreation.”
The Public Lands Alliance works to foster and advance its members of nonprofit partners of America’s public lands since 1977. On behalf of the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative and the program’s philanthropic efforts with public land nonprofits, nominated by the Chattahoochee Oconee National Forest, Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, received the Public Lands Alliance’s 2023 Corporate Stewardship Award, which recognizes a company that demonstrates exceptional achievement to enhance the quality of the visitor experience in America’s public lands.
For OAI grant recipients, the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative continues its support of All Kids Bike, getting students in public schools outside and helping teach them how to ride a bicycle. The $100,000 OAI grant will support activations in elementary schools across the country and help thousands of kids exercise while enjoying the great outdoors on a bike. In addition, the California Outdoor Recreation Foundation receives funding for its OHV safety and education experience at the Hollister Hills SVR as part of the California State Parks Adventure Pass program for 4th-graders. To ensure a safe riding experience at the Corral Canyon kids’ OHV riding area on the Cleveland National Forest, the San Diego Off-Road Coalition will use its Yamaha OAI grant to purchase rice haybales for creating a track boundary.
Yamaha awarded 13 grants for Q1 of 2023, totaling more than $288,000 in funding to the following organizations:
The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks
Natural Restorations (Arizona)
California Outdoor Recreation Foundation
Pel-Cho Muddnutz ATV/UTV Club (Wisconsin)
Colorado Motorcycle Trail Riders Associations
Post Wildfire OHV Recovery Alliance (California)
Crested Butte Avalanche Center (Colorado)
San Diego Off-Road Coalition
Day Mountain Road Association (Maine)
Strider Education Foundation (National)
East Branch Sno-Rovers & ATV (Maine)
Western Trails Conservancy (Idaho)
Friends of the Flathead Avalanche Center (Montana)
The deadline to apply for consideration in the 2nd quarter funding cycle is June 30, 2023. Yamaha encourages OHV riding clubs, land stewardship, and related outdoor recreation organization with nonprofit status, to visit YamahaOAI.com to learn how to apply for a grant and review the submission guidelines. There, you also will find the Yamaha OAI grant application form, as well as the informative blog, which includes recaps of typical projects for inspiration.
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