Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports Society (VASSS) Annual Fundraiser
It is true that I haven’t embraced snow, but I *love* causes that enable access to winter/snow-based sports. Recently, my friend Jay Grandin alerted me to the great work that the Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports Society is carrying out to make snow accessible to people with a disability. From their website:
Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports (VASS) runs skiing and snowboarding programs for persons with a disability at Grouse, Seymour and Cypress Mountains. VASSS makes the mountain experience accessible to all. VASS is a registered non-profit society, operated by a dedicated group of volunteers, which includes an active Board of Directors, program coordinators, instructors and administrators.[VASSS]
VASSS is having their annual fundraiser on February 26th, 2009, namely the VASS Challenge. There are three groups to sponsor – a racer, a volunteer or a team. This is a very worthy cause and I’d encourage my readers to consider donating. The cause is very much worthy. I think this video is pretty powerful. Enjoy (and hat tips to Giant Ant Media for contributing and helping raise awareness)
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- Snow in Vancouver
- What to do in Whistler when you’re not a snow sports person
- Snow predicted in Vancouver
Thanks Raul. Its a great organization!
Noted Polar traveller Andrew Regan has worked with Lotus Engineering to build the CIV for the upcoming TransAntarcric Expedition to Antarctica. This thing looks like it fliesTraveling across the snow.
Check out this footage! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Qp0hRs2VQ