Please read about this years success below these picture posts.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Snow, Ski, and Smiles, again in 2012! :)
Please read about this years success below these picture posts.
New Equipment Improvement in Marquette
Kevin from creating ability helped us with making changes to one of the sit-skis to make it work for our small children. Here is a quote from Nancy, one of the wonderful people who helps with the Marquette program...
"The ski is.....Most excellent!!...Fits our preschooler perfectly - and I can also fit in the seat (but my legs are too long...). This little one went from spending a max of 10 to 15 minutes skiing last year to his first time this year staying out there for over an hour - and needing convincing it was time to get out! He skied twice the distance in one shot over what he skied all year combined last year. Of course, part of that is maturity, but also a ski that fits perfectly, is comfortable and can be used as a snowplow, ice fishing platform, tractor.... and whatever else his imagination comes up with!"
Keep up the hard work! And, if anyone is interested in joining in on the great fun, please feel free to contact us. sarahp(at)upsail.com to volunteer or sign-up to ski. Hope to see you on the trails.
"The ski is.....Most excellent!!...Fits our preschooler perfectly - and I can also fit in the seat (but my legs are too long...). This little one went from spending a max of 10 to 15 minutes skiing last year to his first time this year staying out there for over an hour - and needing convincing it was time to get out! He skied twice the distance in one shot over what he skied all year combined last year. Of course, part of that is maturity, but also a ski that fits perfectly, is comfortable and can be used as a snowplow, ice fishing platform, tractor.... and whatever else his imagination comes up with!"
Keep up the hard work! And, if anyone is interested in joining in on the great fun, please feel free to contact us. sarahp(at)upsail.com to volunteer or sign-up to ski. Hope to see you on the trails.
MTU program explodes!
Karyn Juntunen has taken off with the program at MTU. Great Job! She partnered with Copper Country Mental Health and in Karyn's words "the program has gone wild!"
There are 10 skiers and 28 snowshoers and counting!!!!!!!! 10 coaches plus the staff from Copper Country Mental Health volunteering with the snowshoeing. The clients come with the staff -solved the transportation problem- and the staff helps! Great work everyone! Partnerships are the key to success.
One of the volunteers from MTU recruited 4 more friends and one of them works for the Outdoor adventure group at Tech (MTU) so the MTU adaptive ski program uses their equipment - ALL for FREE! THANK YOU MTU!!!
This quote from Karyn is great..."It's wild! I just stay at the barn and supervise the awesome fun the participants are having. They look forward to it every week. I had to make the snowshoe trail longer for variety. Also I had to limit them coming only one time a week because of our numbers. Can you believe it?!"
Keep up the great work, Houghton! You all ROCK! Pictures will come soon. :)
There are 10 skiers and 28 snowshoers and counting!!!!!!!! 10 coaches plus the staff from Copper Country Mental Health volunteering with the snowshoeing. The clients come with the staff -solved the transportation problem- and the staff helps! Great work everyone! Partnerships are the key to success.
One of the volunteers from MTU recruited 4 more friends and one of them works for the Outdoor adventure group at Tech (MTU) so the MTU adaptive ski program uses their equipment - ALL for FREE! THANK YOU MTU!!!
This quote from Karyn is great..."It's wild! I just stay at the barn and supervise the awesome fun the participants are having. They look forward to it every week. I had to make the snowshoe trail longer for variety. Also I had to limit them coming only one time a week because of our numbers. Can you believe it?!"
Keep up the great work, Houghton! You all ROCK! Pictures will come soon. :)
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