GivingTuesday 2025: Help Trek Relief Bring Ecological Education to a New School
This Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2025, Trek Relief is launching our most focused campaign yet. Our goal is clear, ambitious, and achievable: to raise $10,000 to completely fund a vital new organic school garden in the village of Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez, Chile.
Why a Garden? Why Now?
For five years, our Roots of Tomorrow program has demonstrated proven, lasting success at one school by integrating permaculture and environmental education. This year, we are taking that entire five-year model and streamlining its replication at a new school community in just one year. Our vision is to scale this successful model across the entire region.
The $10,000 we raise this Giving Tuesday is dedicated to securing the single most important component of this expansion: the new organic school garden.
Your support will secure a lasting foundation for the community by enabling the replication of:
Organic school gardens that teach and feed, while supporting the health of the land and environment.
Outdoor classrooms for hands-on environmental education.
This garden is more than just a patch of soil; it is a living classroom that will provide long-term nutrition and essential life skills to the students in Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez.
Our Credibility: Impact You Can Trust
We understand that trust is the foundation of every donation. Our commitment to community-led projects is backed by a history of successful initiatives and external recognition.
Our work has included successful past initiatives like the Green Hope Garden (Huerta Verde Esperanza), Clean Point Recycling (Punto Limpio), and the Outdoor Classroom (Mi Aula Ambiental). Furthermore, our program has received awards and grant recognition from Patagonia, Inc., demonstrating that the Roots of Tomorrow model is effective, credible, and worthy of your support.
How You Can Help Us Reach the $10,000 Goal
Every donation goes directly to construction materials, local labor, and resources for the new garden in Chile. This is a chance to make a direct, tangible investment in a community's future.
Donate & Double Your Impact: Donate today or on Giving Tuesday, December 2nd. Don't forget to leverage your company’s matching program to double or even triple your impact!
Fundraise with Your Network: Help us reach our $10,000 goal by sharing our mission and fundraising within your networks.
For Participants: See Roots of Tomorrow in Action
Are you inspired by this impact? If you are planning to join us on an expedition, we encourage you to mark your calendars for the 2026 Patagonia Impact Trip (March 10–21, 2026) to experience firsthand the transformation in schools across Patagonia.
Note for Trip Participants: The Giving Tuesday campaign is focused only on funding the $10,000 organic school garden. If you are fundraising for your trip contribution (which funds the greenhouse and outdoor classroom), we encourage you to use this season of giving to amplify your efforts through your normal personal fundraising page.
Join us on December 2nd to plant the seeds of change in Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez!
