February 2012 - Happy Valentine's Day!

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT DISABLED SPORTS EASTERN SIERRA!  

March 9-11, Mono Ski Madness. Join us for Mono Ski Madness at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area with PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST SARAH WILL!  
March 21-25, Biathlon Camp and Mammoth Lakes Biathlon. Open to Biathletes of ALL LEVELS from first timers to elite. Located at Tamarack Cross Country Ski Center
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. Get those rifles ready!  
April 23-26, Springtacular.  For anyone with COGNITIVE DISABILITIES. 4 days of skiing/snowboard instruction, lift tickets, rentals, lunches, banquet & ceremony, t-shirt and LOTS OF FUN!!
Ongoing. Alpine Ski, Nordic Ski, Biathlon and Snowboard training daily.
LET IT SNOW!!!
The SNOW IS GREAT with more on the way!! There is skiing from TOP TO BOTTOM! Where are you spending your weekends?!
IN THE NEWS

Katrina Schaber, a DSES emerging Paralympic athlete, along with DSES Paralympic coach Maggie Palchak, was one of 20 athletes nationwide awarded a full scholarship to the DSUSA Hartford Insurance Ski Spectacular.  Katrina represented DSES and Team Mau (Adaptive Adventures, CO) at the NorAM races in Waterville Valley, NH where she won the junior national slalom gold medal.   

 

Jeremy McGhee, longtime friend of DSES, gets a HUGE spread in the November 2011 Backcountry Magazine!   

Check it out!   

DID YOU KNOW?

The bird associated with Rossignol is not a Rooster, it is a Nightingale.

 

Domino's Pizza does more business in one year than the entire Ski and Snowboard industry.

 

An estimated 80% of children who participate in winter sports will have ridden a snowboard by their 12th birthday. 

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To sign up or volunteer call: 760.934.0791 or click here  to visit our website.

 

SHOP WITH US!

Check out our Second Chance Thrift Store! Proceeds go directly to the program! Wed-Sun 10-6pm. 126 Old Mammoth Rd.  

PHOTO LIBRARY

Check out all of our 2011-12 event photos on Photobucket today!  

 

Alpine Ski& Race Camp  

Wounded Warrior Operation Mountain Freedom

Nordic Ski & Race Camp Day 1

Nordic Ski & Race Camp Day 2  

Island Extravaganza   

OUR VISION

We believe the freedom and exhilaration of outdoor challenges changes lives. No one should be left behind simply because of a disability!

 

Thank you to all of our donors, volunteers and students for making

this organization a success!    

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PARALYMPIC SPORT & WINTER CAMPS  

Paralympic Alpine Ski & Race Camp, Feb 3-5.
Thanks so much to all the athletes, volunteers and Paralympic coaches Barrett Stein and Scott Jones for making our Alpine Ski & Race Camp such a success! The caliber and passion of both the athletes and the volunteers was simply stunning! Our only question to the athletes is..... Which one of you will make it to the podium first?


Wounded Warriors Operation Mountain Freedom, Jan 23-27. We proudly hosted our 6th annual winter Operation Mountain Freedom for our nation's Wounded Warriors. 38 wounded service members and veterans, their family members or guests and military staff enjoyed five days of recreation catered by DSES.  Active duty Marines arrived from Wounded Warrior Battalion West located in San Diego.  Veterans joined the program from as far away as Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado and Wisconsin. We are honored to be part of this program and to host these amazing individuals!!

 

 

Paralympic Nordic Ski & Race Camp, Jan 6-8.

We kicked off our Paralympic Sport Camps with our 2012 Nordic Ski & Race Camp. We were lucky to have Paralympic Coaches Candace Cable and Jon Kreamelmeyer leading the pack! Day 1 was filled with

practice leading up to our Big Race on Day 2!

 

FUNDRAISING UPDATES   

Island Extravaganza, December 2011. This year's Island Extravaganza was our largest to date! We had a blast, and even had a visit from the Key Lime Queen and many other guests dressed in fun island attire! THANK YOU AGAIN to everyone who attended and bid on our auction and raffle prizes. Congrats to our lucky Raffle Hawaii Grand Prize winner Scott! See below right.



Reach the Peak 2011-2012. We are at $43,087 of our $50,000 goal! Help us REACH THE PEAK of our fundraising goal so our students can all get to the top too! We teach over 3500 lessons annually.  We give financial aid to 46% of our students and YOUR donation will help ensure that we continue to "never turn anyone away" due to lack of funds!