THANKSGIVING BACK.
Enhancing visitor experiences and helping our community thrive.
THE WHAT.
Thanksgiving Back is an opportunity to be part of Revelstoke's strong community by volunteering with local organizations on registered volunteer projects. As a thank-you, volunteers from outside our community can get up to $400 of their accommodation costs during the event dates reimbursed.
In previous years, this program has taken place in the weekends leading up to Thanksgiving. It aims to foster a connection between visitors and our community, support our local non-profits, drive visitation in the shoulder season, and educate visitors on the effort that goes into maintaining our destination.
THE WHY.
This campaign is part of Tourism Revelstoke’s goal to foster regenerative tourism. We want to develop campaigns that support our visitor economy, preserve our natural spaces and benefit our local community.
THE STATS.
This program was started in 2021 and has run every year since.
This program has seen 211 visitors volunteer within our community.
The program has supported 25 different projects across 9 different local non-profits.
This program has generated ~$112k for local businesses within our community.
Mandi, Railway Museum volunteer from Trail, BC
"ThanksgivingBack has given us one of the most special and memorable weekends ever. Chris & I spent yesterday at the @revelstokerailwaymuseum helping them relocate artifacts and tidy up as the museum readjusts one year into the pandemic. I can wholeheartedly say that while we certainly worked hard, our time at the museum was truly a special and memorable one, complete with a private behind-the-scenes tour after. Museum Director, Jim Cullens passion for his work was positively infectious, and the sweet + kind board member George Perkins gave us a real firsthand oral recount of the railway history of Revy. We left our day deeply fulfilled and floating on a cloud.
We've found some wonderful new friends here thanks to this incentive. We'd like to thank @Revelstoke and whoever thought of this incredible idea for giving us an educational, community-oriented, fun experience that we'll never forget. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you Revelstoke. We'll be back."
