The Family of David Cook announces the launch of the “Dave Gives Back” Search & Rescue Awareness campaign. It is a beautiful effort resulting from a tragic event that affected not only the Cook family, but the broader New Mexico and Colorado communities. 

Search & Rescue quickly became the Cook family’s lifeline during the painful and complicated days, weeks, months, and years of the search for Dave. 

Searches of this type are almost always conducted by a substantial number of volunteers who dedicate their time and set aside their own lives to help those who are lost or injured. 

In Colorado alone the work they do is overwhelming.

(SAR 2020 missions summarized below):

• 4,000 search and rescue missions led by 46 SAR Teams and 10 Specialty Teams

• 45% of the missions involved hikers 

• SAR volunteers donated 330,000 hours of their time helping people; averaging 118 hours per volunteer

• There are roughly 2,800 volunteer professionals staffing Colorado's SAR teams 

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Please help us fulfill our mission by purchasing merchandise of which 100% of the proceeds will go directly to Search and Rescue, or by making a tax deductible donation to the Dave Gives Back fund at www.davegivesback.org.

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