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.

Military to the Mountains Athlete Highlight | Emmett Pryor

April 5, 2017 by Becca

Military to the Mountains Athlete Highlight | Emmett Pryor Dallas, TX | United States Marine Core After four years in the United States Marine Corps and a tour of duty in Iraq, Emmett Pryor felt pretty lucky. He came home unscathed, and his Warrior brothers all returned home safe as well. He had a good ... Read more

SUPPORTER | Tahoe Sierra Transportation

April 5, 2017 by Becca

High Five Tahoe Sierra Transportation for providing rides to our Veterans during the 2017 Military to the Mountains program! Tahoe Sierra Transportation was founded by long-time transportation professional and 20 year Truckee resident, Tal Fletcher. Tal started his professional career in transportation as a valet for some of San Francisco's premier restaurants, where he learned ... Read more

NON PROFIT SPOTLIGHT | ACHIEVE TAHOE

April 4, 2017 by Becca

"If I Can Do This, I Can Do Anything!" - Achieve Tahoe High Five to Achieve Tahoe for teaming up with High Fives again for the 2017 'Military to the Mountains' Program Service. The “Military to the Mountains” program, a partnership between Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, High Fives Foundation, Achieve Tahoe (formerly Disabled Sports USA Far West), ... Read more

BELT GOAL PROGRAM | Brad Baugh

April 4, 2017 by Becca

High Five #HighFivesAthlete Brad Baugh for achieving his first of five Arcade Belt Goals! Following his injury, Brad has been searching for different ways to get back to the mountains in an adaptive fashion. A few years ago Brad found skiing and he hasn't looked back. On the first of this year Brad accomplished his goal of getting his ... Read more

BELT GOAL PROGRAM | Jamie Crane-Mauzy

April 4, 2017 by Becca

High Five #HighFivesAthlete Jamie Crane-Mauzy for achieving four of her five Arcade Belt Goals! Following her injury, Jamie has wanted to pay it forward by speaking to people about helmet safety and brain injury in general. Jamie already booked a few motivational speaking engagements and her first one took place on March 1st. CONGRATS JAMIE! GOAL 1 – Drive independently (COMPLETED ... Read more

BELT GOAL PROGRAM | Adam Lavander

April 4, 2017 by Becca

High Five #HighFivesAthlete Adam Lavander for achieving two of his five Arcade Belt Goals! Adam grew up in South Carolina and then moved to the mountains of Colorado for snowboarding and mountain biking. On February 22 Adam accomplished the inspiring goal of skiing an entire day. Adam's back in the mountains! CONGRATS ADAM! GOAL 1 – Tolerate a full weekly ... Read more

BELT GOAL PROGRAM | Nolan Trowe

April 3, 2017 by Becca

High Five #HighFivesAthlete Nolan Trowe for achieving three of his five Arcade Belt Goals! While many of Nolan's goals revolve around his recovery and getting back into the mountains, one huge goal was to get back to work. In February of this year, Nolan was able to tie his tie and get back to teaching at Truckee High ... Read more

BELT GOAL PROGRAM | Meredith Koch

April 3, 2017 by Becca

High Five #HighFivesAthlete Meredith Koch for achieving two of her five Arcade Belt Goals! Meredith has always been heavily involved in the winter sports community growing up in New England. Getting back to skiing was a huge goal for her. On February 1st of this year, Meredith was able to complete her second goal of skiing a blue run ... Read more

MOVIE MONDAY | Tanner Hall’s Redemption on Chad’s Gap

April 3, 2017 by Becca

12 years in the making, Tanner Hall just got redemption on Chad’s Gap! Tanner works out in the CR Johnson Healing Center multiple times a month. Read more about the story from Freeskier Mag HERE Donate to an Athlete Today

MOVIE MONDAY | Love and Sexuality within the disabled community

April 3, 2017 by Becca

Love and Sexuality within the disabled community Going as deep as possible into the world of disability. Ben Duffy Austin, United States Love and sexuality within the disabled community is something that has simply never been covered. Now is the time because no one should go through life feeling like there is nothing to guide ... Read more

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