[Nfbmt] Ski For Light Montana

[Rebecca Stewart]

Wow!  This sounds great, Joy.  Thanks for mailing this notice out to
everyone.  I just might try the skiing and the hiking.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 5:43 PM
To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Ski For Light Montana

Unreal going to Alaska.
I don't know why, I have never thought either way if I ever wanted to go
there.
Folks talk about hawaii all of the time, never Alaska.

Original message:
> Don't know if this is still going, but there is a web site for it.  
> Joy

> www.trollstegan.com/sflmt/



> Ski for Light Montana:

> President         Ed Durbin

> Vic. Pres.        Jason Stanley

> Secretary        Veronica Sweeney

> Treasurer        Bill Larson

> Director           Brian Tocher

> Director          Mike Chapman

> Director          Nancy Cormier

> Finance          Scott Sweeny

> Ski for Light Montana was started in 1980 in the image of the 
> volunteer organization Ski For Light, Inc.

> The mission of the organization is to teach and help visually impaired 
> adults cross country ski. The program is run in an atmosphere that 
> encourages participants to realize that the only limitation they face 
> is in the disability that they place in themselves.

> The event is three days of skiing. We stay at a hotel in West Yellowstone.
> The area where we ski is within walking distance from the hotel. There 
> is always an ample amount of snow in West Yellowstone. The visual 
> impaired skier is matched up with a guide that serves as the eyes of 
> the skier. They each have a set track to ski in at about 3 feet apart. 
> The guide will instruct the skier in what is coming up in the trail as 
> well as what the area around them looks like.

> There also is an event in the summer called Trek For Light Montana. 
> This event takes place somewhere in the mountain. It also is three 
> days when the participants go hiking or backpacking.

> The organization has been able to collect money to pay for all cost to 
> the skiers, and it is hope that enough money will be collected in the 
> future to pay for all participants.

> If you are interested in the program and want to take part in it 
> please contact some of the members involved. The president is Ed 
> Durbin, Phone:406-535-2491,Cell:406-366-0491, Email edurbin at midrivers.com.

> The skiing events have taken place in several locations in Montana, 
> however the last several years it has taken place in West Yellowstone. 
> There always is snow there and the hotel is within walking distance of the
skiing area.

> The hiking has mostly been in the Lewistown area. The last several 
> years it has taken place in the Belt mountains and now we are renting 
> a cabin on the Yogo creek. The eating and sleeping is in the cabin and 
> there are many opportunities for hiking close by.



> If you are interested in more information about Ski For Light or Trek 
> for Light or would like to make a donation, please contact Ed Durbin 
> at 406-366-0491.

> _______________________________________________
> Nfbmt mailing list
> Nfbmt at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbmt_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Nfbmt:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbmt_nfbnet.org/dmgina%40samobile.n
> et

--
--Dar
skype: dmgina23
  FB: dmgina
www.twitter.com/dmgina
every saint has a past
every sinner has a future

_______________________________________________
Nfbmt mailing list
Nfbmt at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbmt_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbmt:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbmt_nfbnet.org/becca33%40bresnan.net