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Teen Volunteer Program

Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra welcomes students ages 13-17 to participate in the Teen Volunteer Program (TVP)! This program teams up a teen volunteer with an experienced adult volunteer who will teach the teen to prepare our students with disabilities for their lesson by getting adaptive equipment ready and assisting with lessons as well as other duties that aid DSES.
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Volunteerism
At Its Best

by Rick Wood

Think about it. It's not just little League and AYSO coaches. It is also firefighters, hospital and Cast Off workers, library workers, educators from elementary school through college, to name just a few. Do you know anyone who doesn't volunteer for something?
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Diary of a DSES
Volunteer

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by Mickey Pease

It was near the end of March and my love for skiing had been denied for too long. With a window of time available, I loaded my Subaru and drove the 5 hours to Mammoth Mountain. Just as I turned off the highway it began to snow and I had an adrenaline high.
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Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra is successful because of many people and organizations.

Volunteer News and Events

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Our volunteers are in the news from time to time and a number of special events for them occur during the year.

This page highlights those news and event stories.


  Volunteer of the Year 2008 - Sherri Rottenbacher

2008 Volunteer of the Year - Sherri Rottenbacher

DSES is thrilled to announce our fifth annual Volunteer of the Year: Sherri Rottenbacher. Not only does Sherri have unmatched enthusiasm as an instructor, but graces DSES with her many other talents including: fundraising, grant writing, training and singing. For Sherri, volunteering is a family event – we often see her volunteering with her daughter Jessica. We even saw a three generation effort when Sherri, Jessica and Sherri’s mother, Ellen Jensen, put together marvelous displays for our entry area. Thanks Ladies!

When she’s not volunteering for DSES, Sherri can be found SCUBA diving and directing musicals and plays for children; or perhaps you saw her run the 2000 Los Angeles Marathon. Motivated and inspired by our students and their caregivers, Sherri excels at helping people redefine limitations as challenges. Attending school herself, Sherri has been inspired by DSES and our students to pursue a degree in special education. Way to go Sherri!


  New DSES Uniforms On Order - Donations Needed

It's finally time for new uniforms and we need your help!! After five years in our current second hand duds (thank you Mammoth Mountain) we have ordered gorgeous new jackets and soft shells. Our new gear sports DSES colors and our famous logo. We will have better recognition on the slopes and our on-hill image will finally catch up to the professionalism of the organization. Plus, all our volunteers and instructors will stay warm and toasty and dry!!

Mountain Uniforms, a Tahoe based company, has been extremely easy to work with and has given us a great "non-profit" discount, BUT we're not there yet. To pay the balance on the uniforms and have them ready in November we need $14,500.

We are accepting all donations. Come by the office to check out the samples OR visit www.mountainuniforms.com to see uniforms for other ski schools.