Volunteers and Staff In Action - 2003-2004
May 31st, Tako's last day for the season!
L to R: Tako, Simone, Johnny, Alex, Anita H., Kathy
And still lots of fun skiing!
A yummy lunch at the Chalets celebrating a great first season. Thank you, Tom and Anita Haeni, for the great food!!
L to R: Anita, Alex, Simone and Kathy
Michael Paine, from Mammoth Mountain's Information Systems, helping us with our computers!
DSES volunteers at the season end awards party April 23 at Adriene and Phil Cardan home
DSES volunteer George Hoden with Joseph Rudolph
at Special Sports, April 2004
Our Easter Bunny Alex Fabbro with Ray Montalvo
Volunteers preparing for a clinic
A DSES volunteer working with a student in the bi-ski
EL Smoogen cuddling with student Elisabeth Shelly
Volunteer Thalia and dog owner Adriene
show off our mascot, Rainer!
Volunteers Ray Montalvo and Claire Bewsher with
Shannon Weinert in the bi-ski, Shannon's mom,
Donna Weinert and MASF Board Member Pete Zeldis
Ghostbuster Erika cleaning the office!
Jill Hodges, one of our volunteers, isn't slowed down
at all as an amputee. She helps teach all disabilities
at our program.
On January 5, 2004 Diana Proemm headed back to the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID. She goes back to studying recreational therapy with over 60 hours of practical experience teaching adaptive skiing under her belt! Diana was a huge asset to our program over the Christmas holidays and we will really miss her.
This was DSES's first intern and we are thrilled with how successful she was. We are trying to convince her to come back and do it again! Here she is with a gift from Disabled Sports (embroidery by Creative Embroidery), a zip up sweatshirt with our great logo on it!
Diana sums up her experience here; "Mammoth had amazing snow and amazing scenery! These things cannot compare to the generosity and hospitality of the DSES volunteers and staff, and most importantly the smiles on the students faces after lessons. I look forward to coming back someday. Thanks for the incredible opportunity!"
Volunteer Pete Hein (Keenan's dad!)
helping out in the office
Woolly gets a smile from Tako and Kathy
Tako, the Staff Trainer, is adjusting Don Bell, a
volunteer, in a mono ski during one of the three Fall
2003 weekend training sessions. Looking on are
Joyce Lu (newly married to Don), Johnny Goetz, and
Marc Rothman. Lee Aaker is assisting Tako.
Our beautiful new sign is up and we are lookin' GOOD!
Thank you to Dave, Lee and Adam at Maverick Signs..
it was worth waiting for! And thank you to Mike Elwell
for the speedy installation job! And most of all thank
you to Bill and Pam for giving us the space over here
at the Wood!
Volunteer, Lee Aaker, painting the
new office in the Woollywood Building
at Main Lodge.
Volunteers at orientation in November 2003
Volunteer, "Hopper" (Tim Hop...also known as Skippy!) has shoveled the ramp and chipped the ice and now is putting a little snow melt on it. DSES has taken on the responsibility of keeping this ramp accessible...like Adopt-A-Highway only it's Adopt-A-Rampway!
