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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 24, 2010
CONTACT: Carolyn Sevier carolyn@rimcountry.org 406-238-7479

Wedding Can Couple Crushes Goal, Billings Non-Profit Benefits

Five tons of aluminum, one wedding, and an innovative way to support the community. Rim Country Land Institute in Billings, Montana has been chosen as a beneficiary of extra funds generated by the Wedding Cans Campaign.

"Andrea and Peter are a great couple," said Carolyn Sevier, Rim Country program director. "We're excited to be included in their unique project."

Starting late last year, Peter Geyer and Andrea Parrish of Spokane began collecting aluminum cans to recycle and earn money for a July wedding. After launching a website and social media campaign that attracted national and international press coverage, in just 187 days they reached 400,000-can goal. They were even featured on the CBS Early Show and attracted corporate support from two national recycling companies. And donations are still pouring in.

But instead of adding more centerpieces or flower arrangements, they decided to give sixty percent of the money raised back to the community. They selected two non-profit organizations to contribute to, Rim Country Land Institute and Doctors Without Borders.

"We wanted to share the excitement," said Andrea of the Rim Country choice, "and since we started this project with the environment in mind, picking an organization that connects people with the environment was a great way to do that."

Rim Country Land Institute provides guided hikes and education programs on 3,000 acres of conservation property near Billings, Montana.

"People rarely act to protect the natural world unless they feel connected to it personally," said Sevier. "Our programs provide people with the opportunity to do just that."

For more information about Rim Country, visit www.rimcountry.org. To learn more about the Wedding Cans project, visit www.weddingcans.com.

Upcoming Rim Country events include:

Moonlight Hike, June 26th, 8pm. $10/person.
Evening Wildflower Walk, June 30, 5:30pm. $8/person, $5/child.
Season Hikes Passes available, all ages welcome.

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Images available on request.

Contact information:
Rim Country Land Institute: info@rimcountry.org, 406-238-7479
Andrea Parrish: weddingcans@gmail.com