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Ski Bum Carves Out Opportunities for the Disabled
March 11, 2008 12:17 PM
When the National Sports Center for the Disabled opened at the Winter Park resort in 1970, it didn't get an office with a mountain view -- or even a window. Founder Hal O'Leary worked in a broom closet, organizing ski lessons for children and adults with disabilities. Now 70 years old, he's still helping people sweep down the mountain and he's built the center into a global force in disabled athletics. The center's full-time instructors teach more than 30 thousand lessons annually and help train most of the U.S. disabled ski team's members. Nancy Greenleese has the profile of a ski bum who has carved out new opportunities for the disabled.
Posted by Delaney Utterback on March 11, 2008 12:17 PM | Permalink
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This is an awesome way to help others and donate your time as a volunteer instructor while getting in your ski time on the mountain.... did it for many years with sit-ski and every day out there was better than the last !! You won't regret checking into this opportunity !!
Posted by: brian | March 15, 2008 10:51 PM
