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Special Thanks!

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Its the end of our program, so its time to say thanks to everyone that made this possible.

Our volunteer Jerrie

Thanks Joey!

Thanks Halimah aka Mrs. Shaun White! : )

Thank you Shanelle!

Thank you Sharlette!

Thank you Mel!

Thanks Geneva! (my mother and a big congratulations goes out to her for skiing for the first time on 2/20.)

Thanks Arnetta & Steve!Thanks Sharlette!

Thanks Bam!

Thanks Akitto!

Thanks Alycia!

Thank you Mr. Paul Alston of Alston Tours, Mr and Mrs Maple of It Takes a Village, SOS Outreach www.sosoutreach.org, Chase Courington from SOS Outreach, Windham Mountain www.windhammountain.com, Pamela Valure for the site, Kelly of Shred Betties www.shredbetties.com, Tim Ohle, Franz Krickl, Helene, Mike Hecht, Mike Barry, Steve Cody, Tracy Hunziker, Karen Vetere, Gina and Shana from Windham’s Guest services, Marie the supervisor of Windham Snowboard school, Brian Deka Paupaw, Pro Bono Legal Services, CIMA, Darrell Smith, Maine Gotti, all of our participants and their parents.  

2/28/2010: Our Season Finale

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Sunday, 2/28/2010 was an epic day to say the least. Windham was covered in 5ft of fresh pow, our rider De’Karr turned 9, and our 09/10 program produced 30 (participants and volunteers) new shredders. It snowed the entire 3 hour ride there.

As usual Masai, Savion, and De’Karr sang Nick theme songs all the way there. Once we got there, it was business as usual.

Kyasia on the lift line

Dorian coming off the lift.

Isaiah

Masai

Shanelle

The Birthday Boy, De'Karr

Ms. Netta

6 year old Tyson coming down from the lift

 After a day of shredding, it was time to dig into some pizza.

Pizza Parrr- tay!!

L-R: Geneva, Liz, & Sharlette

L-R: Kevin, Zaakirah, & Tyson all smiles as usual

L-R: De'Karr, Masai, Khaliq, Isaiah, Edward, Xavier, Halimah, & Mel

L-R: Myriam and Kyasia

How's the pizza Armani Rae?

Jasmine

And finally some birthday cake.

Make a wish!

And finally, our award ceremony!

Congratulations Armani Rae!

Congratulations Jasmine!

Congratulations Kyasia!

Congratulations Zaakirah!

Congratulations Brandon!

Congratulations Edward!

Congratulations Isaiah!

Congratulations and Happy Birthday De'Karr!

Congratulations Kevin!

Congratulations Masai!

Congratulations Savion!

Congratulations Tyler!

Congratulations Tyson!

Congratulations Khaliq!

Congratulations Khaliq!

Congratulations Xavier!

 

Congratulations Dwayne!

 

Congratulations also goes out to Adam, Jamontay, Jacqueline, and Marcel (not pictured).

Day 3: Integrity, Wisdom, and Chairlifts

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Shred Love

On Day 3, we focused on two core values: Integrity and Wisdom. On this day, more of our students and volunteers took their first ride on the chair lift.

Kevin, Zaakirah & Halimah

Liz, DeKarr, & Kyasia

While others ventured off to Whiteway Chairlift (length: 2,000’/vertical: 354′).

More photos from the day…

Kyasia, Zaakirah, and Kevin's first run on Willpower.

Shred Love

 Sunday, 2/28 will be the last day of our program for the 2009-2010 season. Please check back on Monday, 3/1. In the meantime, please make a donation to help keep our program alive and free to our participants.

Shred Love!

Day 2 at Windham Mountain

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Armani Rae

Day 2 at Windham Mountain provided Shred Love with new challenges: Linking turns & Chairlifts. Our core value for the day was Discipline. Not to be confused with punishment, the discipline we are referring to is related to self discipline; finding the strength within to push on and achieve your goals. Usually people tend to quit when the roads gets rough, but not our group. As a group, everyone pushed on to perfect linking their turns and stopping.

Savion

Our volunteer Shanelle giving it a second try.

Xavier & Akitto

 Once it clicked, they were off. : )

Halimah

Isaiah

Tyson with a little assistance from Armani Rae

Mel’s group took their first ride on the chair lift to conquer K Lift Triple (length: 400′ and vertical 50′) with the help of Windham’s snowboard instructor Mike Hecht. 

L-R: Edward, Mel, Adam, Brandon, and Windham Instructor Mike Hecht

As usual, the day ended with smiles.

Jerrie

Armani Rae & Masai

and more smiles : )

To view more of our pictures, check us out on Facebook. Until next time.

Shred Love’s First Day at Windham Mountain 1/24/2010

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11 volunteers, 24 students, 2 mini vans, 3 SUVs and 3 hours later, Shred Love attended its first learn to ride session at Windham Mountain.

L-R: Tyler, Tyesha, Arnetta, Jasmine, and Marcel

Our core value for the day was Courage. It took a lot of courage for both the students and the volunteers, as many were first timers as well, to try snowboarding. Despite the long trip, everyone was all smiles and amped to get on their boards.

L-R: Halimah, Jackie, DeKarr, and Issac

L-R: Halimah, Jackie, DeKarr, and Issac

 

L-R: Sharlette, Savion, Zaakirah, Isaiah, and Masai

 

L-R: Ahmaad, Akitto, & Tyson

 The instructors at Windham Mountain were very knowledgeable, understanding and patient, making the group’s first day on the slopes a success! Thanks Windham and SOS Outreach!