Becca

Becca Lefanowicz | Truckee, CA Social Media Manager | Becca is the first High Fives employee born and bred on the west coast, but she's left her footprints and first tracks all over the globe. She is a celebrated big mountain skier, having once held the title of North Face Young Gun award at the Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships before attending Western Washington University. Becca offers her linguistic and artistic savvy to the Foundation as Social Media Manager.

18TH ANNUAL POWDER AWARDS | HIGHLIGHTS

December 19, 2017 by Becca

The Powder Awards are designed to recognize filmmakers, skiers and photographers in the world's longest running ski award show! Congratulations to all the winners & participants! A Print of the photo of the year was auctioned off raising $5,000 to benefit High Fives! Photographer Ming T. Poon won photo of the year for a shot of skier Cody ... Read more

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK | MIKE SCHWARZ

December 14, 2017 by Becca

Congratulations #HighFivesAthlete Michael Schwarz for presenting #HelmetsAreCool to more than 1,000 students! Thank you Mike for presenting more B.A.S.I.C.S. presentations for the High Fives Foundation to 4 third grade classes! In March 2009, while attending his senior year at University of Vermont, #HighFivesAthlete Mike Schwarz suffered a traumatic brain injury while competing in a quarter pipe championship. ... Read more

USA TODAY | Renown X High Fives

December 11, 2017 by Becca

Healthy Nevada Project: Improving health through genetics and big data Study gauges Nevadans’ health risks Author: Tony Slonim, for Renown Health To understand the factors that impact the health of the individuals we serve within our community, we have to look outside the walls of the hospital. At Renown Health in Reno, Nev., we recognize that to ... Read more

AMAZON SMILE | #SeasonOfSmiles

December 8, 2017 by Becca

Amazon donates 0.5% of your AmazonSmile purchases to the High Fives Foundation! #SeasonOfSmiles at smile.amazon.com/ch/26-4275773 for your holiday gifts and Amazon donates to High Fives Non-Profit Foundation. What is AmazonSmile? AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop ... Read more

Athletes of the Week | TANELLE BOLT, JEFF ANDREWS & ALANA NICHOLS

December 8, 2017 by Becca

2017 STANCE ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship! Congratulations #HighFivesAthlete TANELLE BOLT, #HighFivesAthlete JEFF ANDREWS & High Fives Ambassador ALANA NICHOLS on your participation / success in the 2017 STANCE ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship! Alana Nichols won the first ever world adaptive surfing championship women’s #waveski world title and Tanelle Bolt got 3rd place! Jeff Andrews ... Read more

Connecting The Resilient | Podcast w/ Roy & Steve

December 7, 2017 by Becca

Listen in as Andrew Mangan, founder of Connecting the Resilient Podcast and SCI survivor talks with Roy Tuscany & Steve Wallace! Roy and Steve both suffered spinal cord injuries and have had amazing recoveries from them. A few years after his injury, Roy started the High Fives Foundation. Steve was the first grant recipient of High ... Read more

7th Annual FAT Ski-A-Thon

December 6, 2017 by Becca

Announcing the 7th Annual FAT Ski-A-Thon, Sunday, March 4th, 2018 at Sugarbush Lincoln Peak Become a fundraiser and get involved today HERE! Open to skiers and snowboarders! Gather your friends, family, co-workers, and join us for the 7th Annual FAT Ski-A-Thon, presented by Sugarbush Resort, Ski VT, GoPro, SNOCRU, VT North Ski Shops Participants complete as ... Read more

Full Belly Deli | Locals Don’t Stop Shirts

December 4, 2017 by Becca

New Locals Don’t Stop shirts at Full Belly Deli are back in stock and for sale! For each shirt purchased, a $5 donation will be made to High Fives Atheltes. Full Belly Deli was born over a fresh-baked loaf of jalapeño-cheddar bread and two PBRs. Co-owners Eric Barton & Tom Marrin have a few things ... Read more

lululemon NorthStar Village | Tahoe Local Day

December 4, 2017 by Becca

DEC6 -- TAHOE LOCAL DAY! Hosted by lululemon NorthStar Village Tahoe A little appreciation from them to us. They are so happy to be a part of the neighborhood and want to share the gratitude! Join us at lululemon Northstar for a one day only locals event. Contact | 530-562-1669 Like them on Facebook HERE

Give Back Tahoe 2017

December 1, 2017 by Becca

GIVE BACK TAHOE GIVING SEASON Presented by the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, From November 28th - December 31st, North Tahoe - Truckee gives back in the fourth annual Give Back Tahoe Giving Season! Give during Challenge Grants, and help nonprofits earn thousands of dollars more! With Give Back Tahoe, Collective Giving = Bigger Impact. Donate ... Read more

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