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Please check out the Bretton Woods Bode Fest, April 13 and 14, at https://mtwashington.com/bodefest/
This two-day event benefits the Bretton Woods Adaptive Program. This is a great program that provides equipment and instruction to children and adults with disabilities.
I learned to ski in an adaptive program 5 years ago. It was profoundly life changing. I have been the recipient of much kindness and support from the wonderful adaptive instructors at several ski areas. All of the instructors volunteer their time to make skiing accessible to people who would not otherwise be able to access the sport.
Oftentimes people with disabilities cannot afford lift tickets and instruction because many are partially employed or unemployed. Fundraising helps the adaptive programs offer scholarships to those students.
Please consider becoming a volunteer instructor in the adaptive program of your choice. Many ski areas in New Hampshire have adaptive programs: Gunstock, Sunapee, Waterville Valley, Bretton Woods, and Loon come to mind. You will be required to attend some workshops at the beginning of the season and to teach a certain number of days per season. In exchange you usually receive a season pass and sometimes passes for friends and family.
Instructing in an adaptive program is a very rewarding experience. When you think about how much skiing means to you personally, you can imagine what it means to a person who is limited by disabilites in other major life areas. Skiing is a freeing sport, and nowhere is this more true than for a person with disabilities.
Today I skied with a soldier who was wounded by a huge shell that came clear through the humvee he was riding in in Iraq, piercing his leg in two places. His life is changed forever. Much as I hate the war in Iraq and the president who started it, it is very moving the see the sacrifices made by our troops. This soldier was learning to snowboard in spite of his wound. It was so inspiring to watch his persistence. He traveled 1200 miles to have this experience.
In the adaptive program you meet people who have faced incredible life challenges and are still seeking to life a full life. You can't help but be transformed by those encounters.
This two-day event benefits the Bretton Woods Adaptive Program. This is a great program that provides equipment and instruction to children and adults with disabilities.
I learned to ski in an adaptive program 5 years ago. It was profoundly life changing. I have been the recipient of much kindness and support from the wonderful adaptive instructors at several ski areas. All of the instructors volunteer their time to make skiing accessible to people who would not otherwise be able to access the sport.
Oftentimes people with disabilities cannot afford lift tickets and instruction because many are partially employed or unemployed. Fundraising helps the adaptive programs offer scholarships to those students.
Please consider becoming a volunteer instructor in the adaptive program of your choice. Many ski areas in New Hampshire have adaptive programs: Gunstock, Sunapee, Waterville Valley, Bretton Woods, and Loon come to mind. You will be required to attend some workshops at the beginning of the season and to teach a certain number of days per season. In exchange you usually receive a season pass and sometimes passes for friends and family.
Instructing in an adaptive program is a very rewarding experience. When you think about how much skiing means to you personally, you can imagine what it means to a person who is limited by disabilites in other major life areas. Skiing is a freeing sport, and nowhere is this more true than for a person with disabilities.
Today I skied with a soldier who was wounded by a huge shell that came clear through the humvee he was riding in in Iraq, piercing his leg in two places. His life is changed forever. Much as I hate the war in Iraq and the president who started it, it is very moving the see the sacrifices made by our troops. This soldier was learning to snowboard in spite of his wound. It was so inspiring to watch his persistence. He traveled 1200 miles to have this experience.
In the adaptive program you meet people who have faced incredible life challenges and are still seeking to life a full life. You can't help but be transformed by those encounters.
