As TOPICS Entertainment's business is built on the foundation of learning and development, so is our commitment to education and protection of our environment to ensure a strong legacy for our children and future generations. While the company supports many different organizations, working on a variety of different environmental issues, our largest focus is on habitat protection and preservation efforts in the Northwestern United States.
TOPICS Entertainment gives 5% of pre-tax profits to conservation and environmental education groups that aid in the preservation of the natural world. Over its history, TOPICS has donated over $1,200,000 to support various efforts.
Some of many groups and organizations supported by TOPICS include:
TOPICS Entertainment staff gets involved both individually and as a team in various volunteer projects most notably with Ducks Unlimited.
Additionally, TOPICS Entertainment offers to all its employees $1000 towards the purchase of a one-engine downsize vehicle purchase from their existing vehicle decreasing individual emissions impact on the environment. To date several employees have taken advantage of the offer.
November of 2004
Actor Harrison Ford visited TOPICS Entertainment to extend his appreciation for the company’s support of Conservation International, an organization striving to preserve endangered habitat around the globe.
June 2003
TOPICS Entertainment attended a dedication to celebrate the 270-acre wetland restoration project on the Skagit Wildlife Area. To read more about the event, please click on the following link to the Ducks Unlimited website and do a search on "TOPICS Entertainment Supports Puget Sound Project" article.
In February of 2003, TOPICS Entertainment attended a benefit for the White Cloud Council sponsored Parks to Peaks Project. The organization is funding three projects in Washington - Idaho, Ohio, and Mississippi working with local groups to develop unique solutions for creating linkages of land. In attendance was singer/songwriter Carole King.
2002
TOPICS Entertainment gave nearly $400,000 to local and national conservation organizations to preserve some of our natural resources. Our support for these groups helps insure that future generations will have the opportunity to enjoy these precious gifts from nature.
TOPICS’ has also extended donations for the following causes:
- TOPICS’ purchased Lake Kerwin and 80 surrounding acres from the Dart family of Molson, WA., for the creation of waterfowl habitat.
- Donation of $50,000 to Ducks Unlimited to preserve and restore a 95-acre area of wetlands in Washington State's Skagit River Delta.
- Donation of $5,000 to the Chimpanzee Conservatory
- Partnership with the Audubon Society and the Nature Center at Seward Park
- Donation to the Okanogan Valley Land Council of $210,000 for the preservation of open space and privately owned ranch land in eastern Okanogan County Washington.
- Donation of $10,000 to the Alaska Wilderness League.
