Love the Outdoors? Passionate About Supporting the Deaf Community?
Join us as a Sol Fest Volunteer!
Help power our annual fundraiser by lending your skills in planning, outreach, donation requests, content creation, hosting outdoor meet-ups, and more.
Make a difference. Build community. Celebrate the outdoors.
Fill out the form below to get started helping us out today!
Volunteer
Sponsorships
Do you have an organization or company that wants to support expanding Deaf Outdoor programming?
We are looking for sponsorships, both monetary and in-kind donations, to make this year’s Sol Fest successful!
Sponsors will be recognized on our website, social media, newsletters, and event materials—showcasing your commitment to inclusion, youth leadership, and conservation.
Looking to get outside this winter? Want to support CorpsTHAT’s mission? Become a Sol Festarian today!
Sol Fest is CorpsTHAT’s annual fundraiser that incorporates getting outside and celebrating the sun during the month of December.
Participants raise money for CorpsTHAT while tracking their miles and/or hours spent outside. Register to learn more and to join in all the fun!
Participate- Join, Donate, Share!
Solstice Presenting Sponsor
Sponsor Sol Fest
100% of Sol Fest proceeds go directly to CorpsTHAT’s conservation corps and outdoor programming.
Sprout Level
Pine Cone Level
Donate $10,000+ (one slot available)
Hires our conservation crew for one week of conservation work.
Covers corps member wages for one week of a program.
Everything in Canopy, plus:
“Sol Fest 2026, presented by” naming and top logo placement on all event materials
Custom video spotlight and an invitation to visit a CorpsTHAT program
Logo on our website through the end of 2027
Donate: $5,000
Covers a one-day stewardship program for K-12 students
Everything in Old Growth, plus:
Large logo on the Sol Fest page and website
Two dedicated social posts and a featured newsletter story
Post-event impact report and sponsor team registration
Forest Growth Level
Forest Succession Level
Donate $1,000
Covers corps member wages for one week of a program.
Everything in Forest Growth, plus:
Dedicated social post and videos shared on social media
Donate $500
Covers ASL interpreters in the field for one day of job training.
Everything in Forest Growth, plus:
Dedicated social post and videos shared on social media
Donate $250
provides personal protective equipment for our corps members
Logo on website and name in our thank-you post
In-Kind Donations
Gear, printing, venue space, or prizes for participants.
Logo on website and social media mention
Old Growth Level
Old Growth Sponsors
B3 Interpreting Services LLC
B3 exists to serve the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind communities of SETX by providing Certified American Sign Language and ProTactile Language Interpreters in Outdoor, Medical, Court, Educational, Social Event Settings and more!
Interpreting Agency Pine Cone Sponsors
CalTopo
GPS Off-Road Map App Built for Adventure
Donated: 3 Memberships
onX Offroad
The onX Offroad app is a GPS navigation and mapping tool built for off-road enthusiasts, offering detailed maps of over 650,000 miles of trails for ATVs, UTVs, 4x4s, dirt bikes, and more.
Donated: 3 Memberships
Donated: Hut Stay for our Sol Fest TripVermont Huts and Trails
Vermont Huts & Trails is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; our mission is to foster a deeper appreciation for our natural environment and strengthen Vermont’s communities by providing enriching and immersive outdoor experiences for all. Vermont Huts and Trails and CorpsTHAT have partnered with maintaining and building their Velomont Trail Project, with the funds raised during Sol Fest, we hope for our crews and interns to continue that work.
Sol Fest Mandala
For every Sol Fest, Ana Garza of Whiskey Whisker Art, a Deaf-run artist shop, creates our Sol Fest Mandala. Each year, the mandala has a theme that we embody during our Trail-a-Thon. This year to honor CorpsTHAT’s 10 year anniversary stay tune for a very special Sol Fest 2026 Mandala reveal!
Join us this year and collect our Sol Fest Mandala merch!
Sol Fest's success is thanks to all our supporters.
Check out what we accomplished during last year’s Sol Fest.
Raised $25,750
25 participants and 8 teams
153 Donors
Reached 18 states and 1 US Territory!
Our participants tracked outdoors:
194 miles
124.5 hours
117 people joined our participants outside
Funds raised allowed us to run our Internship Placement Program and hire and provide in depth career training to 3 Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and late deafened individuals