Goal: Aspen in April. Thanks, Dad!
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Aspen, Colorado hosts the 2016 Ski Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and other festivities, scheduled 5th – 10th April. I hope to attend, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my participation in the now-legendary freestyle global competition tour group, recently documented in Brian Gilmores’s award winning film, Dog Days of Winter (www.dogdaysofwinter.com). I especially want to bring with me, from Maine, my dad who will turn 84 on the very day of the Induction Ceremony, and my son who will turn 14 in August. I want to share this once-in-a-lifetime adventure with the two people who matter the most in my life -- my son, who is just learning to ski, and my father, who shared his love of skiing with me. I am a single parent home-schooling a child with Down Syndrome, without any financial resources for an adventure of this scale. I need to raise $10,000 to cover the full travel and event participation costs of this trip.
In 1975, I won the first ever national amateur freestyle contest hosted by the United States Ski Association (USSA) and sponsored by Olin Ski Company. In 1976, I was recognized as Rookie of the Year on the Colgate Women’s International Freestyle Ski Tour, organized by Professional Freestyle Associates. I garnered sixth place overall, including a first place in aerials, a third in moguls, and numerous other top ten places in moguls and ballet. The following year I placed seventh overall, at year's end. What an adventure for a young girl fresh out of high school! Dad's ardent and unflagging support made all that possible.
My dad made sure I had all I needed to enjoy skiing from the age of four, all through my school years of coaching and training, through local and state and regional and national competitions with the amateur USSA. He built a ski camp in remote Maine and kept a family with four children in ski gear and ski passes for decades. This trip affords me the opportunity is to acknowledge and thank my dad for making possible a high point in my life: all my years of skiing adventures as an amateur and a professional competitor.
I long to share my joy of skiing with my boy, who is just now learning to ski. For one week this April, for my dad's birthday, I will take my dad and my son for a family adventure. I will luxuriate in my first real vacation in well-over a decade with a whole week's time away from our every-day, very-busy schedules with educational and special needs and wellness service providers. I will celebrate the fortieth anniversary of my adventures with freestylers who are gathering to enjoy the Ski Hall of Fame induction festivities at Aspen.
I dedicate the week to sharing celebration of friends and family and love and laughter. Please support my desire to make this happen. Please give, as soon as you can, so we can register for limited tickets and lodging during a busy week. We have so many reasons for gratitude, and so many reasons to celebrate.
Information about the Ski Hall of Fame festivities in April can be found at
http://skihall.com/index.php?_a=document&doc_id=37
In 1975, I won the first ever national amateur freestyle contest hosted by the United States Ski Association (USSA) and sponsored by Olin Ski Company. In 1976, I was recognized as Rookie of the Year on the Colgate Women’s International Freestyle Ski Tour, organized by Professional Freestyle Associates. I garnered sixth place overall, including a first place in aerials, a third in moguls, and numerous other top ten places in moguls and ballet. The following year I placed seventh overall, at year's end. What an adventure for a young girl fresh out of high school! Dad's ardent and unflagging support made all that possible.
My dad made sure I had all I needed to enjoy skiing from the age of four, all through my school years of coaching and training, through local and state and regional and national competitions with the amateur USSA. He built a ski camp in remote Maine and kept a family with four children in ski gear and ski passes for decades. This trip affords me the opportunity is to acknowledge and thank my dad for making possible a high point in my life: all my years of skiing adventures as an amateur and a professional competitor.
I long to share my joy of skiing with my boy, who is just now learning to ski. For one week this April, for my dad's birthday, I will take my dad and my son for a family adventure. I will luxuriate in my first real vacation in well-over a decade with a whole week's time away from our every-day, very-busy schedules with educational and special needs and wellness service providers. I will celebrate the fortieth anniversary of my adventures with freestylers who are gathering to enjoy the Ski Hall of Fame induction festivities at Aspen.
I dedicate the week to sharing celebration of friends and family and love and laughter. Please support my desire to make this happen. Please give, as soon as you can, so we can register for limited tickets and lodging during a busy week. We have so many reasons for gratitude, and so many reasons to celebrate.
Information about the Ski Hall of Fame festivities in April can be found at
http://skihall.com/index.php?_a=document&doc_id=37
Organizer
Karen Colburn
Organizer
Rockport, ME
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