Squaw Valley USA to Host 2008 Vertical Express for Multiple Sclerosis on March 1 & 2, 2008 - Challenge the Mountain. Challenge Yourself. Change Lives! In its 23rd year, the Vertical Express for MS is a series of on-snow events to benefit The Heuga Center
Squaw Valley USA to Host 2008 Vertical Express for Multiple Sclerosis on March 1 & 2, 2008
Challenge the Mountain. Challenge Yourself. Change Lives! In its 23rd year, the Vertical Express for MS is a series of on-snow events to benefit The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis – a nonprofit organization that allows people with MS to live full, productive lives.
Squaw Valley USA - For the past two decades a dedicated group of enthusiastic skiers have gathered at Squaw Valley USA each winter to ski, raise money for the Heuga Center, and spend a memorable weekend with friends. The 2008 Vertical Express for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), presented by Fred Alger Management EMD Serono, Inc./Pfizer Inc and Rolex Watch USA, hits the slopes of Squaw Valley USA on March 1 & 2, 2008. Proceeds benefit The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis, leading the way with comprehensive programs that empower people and families living with MS to transform and improve their quality of life.
Squaw Valley was Jimmie Heuga’s home mountain – the place he trained to win the Bronze medal in the Men’s Downhill in the 1964 Olympics. Today, Jimmie’s enthusiastic spirit and connection to Squaw Valley continues to help motivate participants in the annual Squaw Valley USA Vertical Express.
Teams of three skiers/riders raise a minimum of $1,000 to enter the Vertical Express for MS. The day’s activities include on-snow events, exciting prizes, complimentary lift tickets, food and goodie bags. Teams that raise $15,000 or more win a free trip to Vail, Colorado, to attend the April Awards celebration, April 10-13, 2008. Those who can’t attend are invited to participate on-line by supporting another team. Register for the Vertical Express for MS at verticalexpress.org or by calling toll free (800) 376-3101.
“Thanks to all those who raise funds for The Heuga Center I was able to attend the five-day CAN DO Program," says Martha Gingrich, past CAN DO® participant. "I learned that I may have MS, but MS doesn’t have me! The information and expert attention I received lifted the veil that MS had over my entire life.”
Proceeds from the event allow people with MS to live full, productive lives by supporting The Heuga Center’s one-, three- and five-day programs that teach people with this incurable, neurological disease how to manage it to the best of their ability.
Local sponsors for the Squaw Valley USA Vertical Express for MS include Squaw Valley USA, the Resort at Squaw Creek, and Tied House Brewery.
For more information about The Heuga Center and its programs, visit heuga.org or call toll-free 888.DO.IT.4MS (364.8467).
For the most up-to-date resort conditions, operations schedules, and live mountain cams, visit Squaw Valley’s web site at squaw.com.
About Squaw Valley
Site of the VIII Winter Olympic Games, Squaw Valley USA is located five miles north of Lake Tahoe along the Truckee River on Highway 89. The year-round resort offers 4,000 acres of lift served terrain including two half pipes and three terrain parks, ice-skating, snowtubing, indoor rock climbing, an Olympic Winter Games Museum, shopping, dining and more. For more information call 530-583-6985, or visit squaw.com
Wednesday, February 20th 2008 @ 05:45 PM.
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