Editor’s Note: BlueRibbon Coalition and Sharetrails.org is looking to create its first fundraising event through social media, and it’s asking fellow off-roaders to help make it happen. Check out the recent press release on the drive below.

Sharetrails.org, BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is nearly 30 years old and to celebrate we want to try something new, our first ever online Fundraiser Challenge. We really need your help to make it work!

Our goal is to promote Sharetrails.org and BlueRibbon Coalition and the preservation of access through social media like we’ve never done before. We want this to go viral! Please accept our challenge to participate and by all means share, share and share! Show the preservationists and extreme environmentalists that you care just as much as they do about public land and support your rights to access by joining, donate and sharing.

JOIN: We’ve grown at a rate of about 15% over the past 7 quarters but we are still at a relative disadvantage in numbers because our starting point is far behind groups who oppose access. Preservationists groups succeed largely because of their numbers, not because of the merits of their arguments. As the only 50-state organization that fights for your rights to access we need to grow. More members increase our ability to stand up for access and makes us harder to ignore. Accept our challenge and join us – and bring along your friends who care about access.

DONATE: We have received a generous match from Inland Empire Four Wheelers for the specific purpose of bringing onboard our first land use rep and ambassador for the Eastern United States, Randy Block. Please help us fund this position by donating to this fundraiser.

CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS: Here’s how it works. Go HERE to download and print a copy of our Sharetrails Challenge sign (or make your own). Then take a photograph or video holding the sign (interesting backgrounds are a bonus!) and share it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with the #sharetrailschallenge hashtag. Tell everyone how you are answering the challenge!  Post your photo and comments to social media, send it to your friends, tag them and challenge them to join and match your support for Sharetrails, BRC’s vision (to ensure that your post shows up in the feeds above, be sure to make your post public and also post it on the Sharetrails/BRC Facebook page).