Ski sessions are underway.

Both the Marquette and Michigan Tech Opportunity Centers opened this week. Tuesday in Marquette we had 8 participants out learning how to ski. Some of last years participants were there, and continue to make quick progress. Hopefully soon they will be independent and able to ski with their families. :)

The Michigan Tech program had 3 participants out for the first time in their history! :) They are meeting on Thursday evenings. Thank you to everyone who is helping the Michigan Tech program get off its feet. They all had fun, and are looking forward to skiing again next week.

The ski year is off to a great start!

Happy Skiing!

If you have questions about either program, please feel free to contact me via email.
jodi.tervo(at)cxcskiing.org

We made the news!

Here is the link for the Fox UP Late News:

http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=194550&id=566109

More to come from the Mining Journal. Stay tuned.

Yay! A Successful Opening Night at Al Quaal.

An absolutely fantastic first night of skiing here at the Al Quaal trails in Ishpeming! :) The smiling faces are back, both volunteers and participants.

Thank you to Wilderness Sports for once again generously donating free rentals to our stand-up participants. We are diligently working on getting our own supply of skis. If anyone would like to make donations of ski equipment, please let me know. We are looking for complete sets in all sizes.

We had 8 participants out tonight, 4 for each session. All ages, all abilities, and everyone was smiling.

At the beginning we had a couple of news reporters interviewing and filming volunteers, participants, and their parents. If I can find links to the articles I will post them. Some of our young participants felt like superstars! :)

We all look forward to a great ski season. Stay tuned for more updates on both programs.

Remember to consider the 2011 USSA SuperTour Adaptive Race at Michigan Tech at the end of the month.

Super Tour Registration Open

The Super Tour this year, hosted by Michigan Tech will include an Adaptive Race category. This is the first Super Tour Adaptive Race ever, so please sign up to make history! :)

When:
Saturday, January 29th, 2011, at 4:10 p.m.

Here is the registration page:
http://www.skireg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=3155

Come out to join the race or watch the excitement!

For more specific details, please contact me.
jodi.tervo(at)cxcskiing.org

I'd love to see a large turn-out. :)


As listed in the Daily Mining Gazette:

Registration Open for 2011 USSA Michigan Tech Super Tour Event presented by Portage Health

HOUGHTON, Mich. - Registration for the 2011 USSA Michigan Tech Super Tour Event presented by Portage Health is now open. The event, January 28-30, will feature races for youth through professional skiers and everyone in between. All races are at the Michigan Tech Nordic Training Center, host of the 2006 Junior Olympics and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. National Championships.

For more information and to register, go to http://www.supertour.mtu.edu.

MTU OC: Thursday's 4:30

If you know of anyone who would like to learn how to XC ski who has a disability in the Houghton area, please let us know. The MTU program will be meeting at 4:30 on Thursday afternoons through the end of the ski season (roughly through March 2011).

The MTU volunteers are flexible, so if this time does not fit your schedule there is a chance to schedule a different time.

Karyn Juntunen is the one who is organizing the day-to-day business for the Michigan Tech Opportunity Center. Her email address is: kjuntunen(at)copperisd.org

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

Happy Skiing on the beautiful Michigan Tech trails!

MTU OC Volunteer Training - Such FUN!!

Such great volunteers we have! Thank you for donating your time for our community!