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VAIL — Never has SWAG done so much good.
SWAG stands for Sharing Warmth Around the Globe, a National Ski Areas Association program that sends gently used ski-area uniforms and cold-weather gear to remote areas of developing countries.
SWAG started in Vail, and its reach is now global:
• 265,000 pieces of gear, mostly coats and pants.
• 27 countries.
• 135 ski resorts.
The gear is delivered by all of the methods you’d expect — trucks and planes — and several you wouldn’t.
Coats are delivered to Himalayan villages in Nepal on foot. Mules and horses have packed them in. Llamas also have lent a hoof or two to help get the warm gear where it needs to go.
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