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.

HIGH FIVES ATHLETE RECEIVES EMPOWERMENT GRANT | Keenan Weischedel

February 24, 2017 by Becca

Jericho, Vt. resident receives support from the Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Jericho, Vt. resident Keenan Weischedel a board-approved Empowerment Grant totaling $600 to aid in his recovery. On November 22, 2016, Weischedel was ski touring with some friends at Mad River Glen in Fayston, Vt. Excited to ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETE RECEIVES EMPOWERMENT GRANT | Kevin Cheung

February 24, 2017 by Becca

San Bruno, Calf. resident receives support from the Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding San Bruno, Calif. resident Kevin Cheung a board-approved Empowerment Grant totaling $3,597.50 to aid in his recovery. On March 7, 2015, Kevin Cheung over-rotated a backflip while overshooting a jump at Squaw Valley's Gold Coast Terrain Park. The ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETES RECEIVE EMPOWERMENT GRANTS | Colorado Residents

February 24, 2017 by Becca

Colorado residents receive support from the Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Colorado residents Megan Wemmer, Jim Harris and Nathanial White board-approved Empowerment Grants totaling $7,985 to aid in their respective recoveries. While on a backcountry ski tour in the Arapahoe National Forrest with her boyfriend in February 2015, ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETES RECEIVE EMPOWERMENT GRANTS | New England

February 24, 2017 by Becca

New England residents receive support from the Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding New England residents Daniel Murray and David Weiner board-approved Empowerment Grants totaling $6,600 to continue therapy at Project Walk in Stratham, N.H. Upon graduating high school, Daniel Murray moved across the country from Amesbury, Mass. to ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETES RECEIVE EMPOWERMENT GRANTS | Tahoe Area

February 24, 2017 by Becca

Lake Tahoe residents receive continued support from the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Tahoe residents Taylor Fiddyment, Jason Abraham and Jeff Andrews board-approved Empowerment Grants totaling $14,820 to aid in their respective recoveries. Truckee, Calif. resident, Taylor Fiddyment was injured while riding a four-wheeler with friends in May ... Read more

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK | Matthew Melancon

February 22, 2017 by Becca

#HighFivesAthlete Matthew Melancon reps the High Fives shield in action! Combat Injured Bi-Lateral Amputee, Motivational Speaker, Aspiring Paralympic Snow-Boarder "World Championships at Big White Canada are over and I'm so proud of myself. I took everything it had and kept on smiling! Thank you Donek Snowboards for my incredible rides! Thank you High Fives for believing in a ... Read more

#HIGHFIVESATHLETE UPDATE | NOLAN TROWE

February 22, 2017 by Becca

#HighFivesAthlete Update, Nolan Trowe! “Nolan has a great attitude and it shows in his progress.” Jack Powell aka #JackTheTrainer On one of Nolan Trowe’s first days off for the summer he went with some friends to the Emerald Pools near Auburn and had a diving accident which resulted in a spinal cord injury. He was air lifted ... Read more

NON PROFIT SPOTLIGHT | Active Life Foundation

February 20, 2017 by Becca

Active Life Foundation (ALF), a Swedish charitable foundation! ALF was founded as a charity in 1995, following the skiing accident of the alpine skier Thomas Fogdö. The King of Sweden became and remains their patron. ALF’s primary aims are to provide support to injured sportsmen and women so that they can return to a more active ... Read more

MOVIE MONDAY | FAT SKI-A-THON

February 20, 2017 by Becca

We share the stories of how the Foundation has impacted Empowerment Athletes lives! $150,000 was raised in the 2016 FAT SKI A THON at Sugarbush, VT! Thank you all for the support and commitment to these athletes. Please consider a donation in the 2017 FAT SKI A THON HERE Starring #HighFivesAthletes // Jeff Andrews, Valdamir Kovalenko, Scott ... Read more

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK | Taylor Fiddyment

February 17, 2017 by Becca

#HighFivesAthlete Taylor Fiddyment shares a good perspective! "Always forget how much I like this view." - #HighFivesAthlete Taylor Fiddyment standing in the CR Johnson Healing Center's parallel bars sponsored by Craig Hospital, Spine Nevada, and GoPro. Taylor was injured while riding a four-wheeler with some friends in May 2011. She has massive support from her family ... Read more

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