Mission Project

My name is Adam Hawes, founder and event planner for the small non-profit organization, Climb For The Cure. We are a group of dedicated climbers, outdoors enthusiasts and social activists who have made it our lives' purpose to help end the pain and suffering of the nation's and the world's hungry. Climbing was the spark that helped opened my eyes to the problems of poverty and hunger, from travelling worldwide and climbing in places where food is scarce or non-existent, to living on very little on my own travels, experiencing a very small fraction of the pain and despair that food insecurity and hunger cause. The climbing community is a very passionate and motivated group of social thinkers, but for the most part, they are ignored by large-scale aid and volunteer ventures. All of this passion, all of this goodwill, Climb For The Cure has managed to harness it and help it grow, giving the local outdoors people here in New Hampshire and the northeast an immediate and motivating way to become involved in helping end one of the largest problems faced by the people of this planet. We work locally by holding free climbing schools and info sessions for young people, sponsor and plan climbing and social events, run food and donation drives, and do whatever we can to help educate the youth on how they can become involved. One of the best relationships our group has developed is with the New Hampshire Food Bank, who will match our funds with state funds, resulting in four full meals from every dollar we can collect and give. Our global work is based on aid to large-scale funds such as OxFam and the One Campaign, as well as direct funding to oppressed people's initiatives and farms.