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.

GIMME FIVE LOCATION TO BUY

July 27, 2016 by Becca

Locations who support 'Gimme Five', Auburn Ale Houses' Brown Ale that Gives Back! The High Fives Foundation takes pride in the Tahoe community where we are based. Thank you to the Tahoe locations below for supporting Gimme Five craft beer and giving back to athletes with life-altering injuries! Please note, that Gimme Five is a seasonal ... Read more

SUPPORTER | Access Unlimited

July 26, 2016 by Becca

High Five, Access Unlimited - providing adaptive outdoor Adventures for those with Disabilities! MISSION STATEMENT Access Unlimited is dedicated to ensuring that through fishing and the great outdoors, ones’ individualism is maintained after sustaining a life altering injury or physical disability. About Their story began in 2008, when Jess Alberi sustained a life altering spinal cord injury while ... Read more

NON PROFIT SPOTLIGHT | BOX Wheelchairs

July 26, 2016 by Becca

BOX Wheelchairs, builder of some of the most radically advanced action sports wheelchairs on the planet! Their Philosophy... revolves around thinking outside the Box! BOX Wheelchairs are not about status, but soul… Not about image or popularity, but about lifestyle and the desire to push the limits of your passions! Mike Box is the mind behind ... Read more

MOVIE MONDAY | #HighFivesAthlete GEORGIANA BURNSIDE Climbs indoors

July 25, 2016 by Becca

“Try to surround yourself with people who will be there when it rains, not just when it shines.” - #HighFivesAthlete Georgiana Burnside While skiing a double black diamond at Snowmass last Spring, Georgiana hit a rogue patch of ice misdirecting her off a large drop on the side of the trail. After dropping 50 feet ... Read more

FIVE FOR FIVES PARTNERS | 2016 QUARTER 2 CONTRIBUTIONS

July 22, 2016 by Becca

Thank you Five For Fives Partners for a total of $5,013.95 in 2016 Quarter 2 contributions! To continue leveraging the success of our marketing, branding and marquee fundraising events, the High Fives Foundation has developed a system of collaborative partnership opportunities for like-minded businesses that believe in our mission. Collaborative partnership = Five for Fives High Five to ... Read more

HIGH FIVES SUMMER GOLF TOURNAMENTS

July 22, 2016 by Becca

Join the High Fives Foundation at any of our 2 Charity Golf Tournaments coming up this summer! Vermont Golf, August 12th & CO Golf, August 30th! Learn more below. Join the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation at the Stowe Country Club on Friday, August 12, 2016 for the 4th Annual East Coast Charity Golf Tournament presented by GoPro ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETE OF THE WEEK | GEORGIANA BURNSIDE

July 22, 2016 by Becca

17-year-old #HighFivesAthlete and Craig Hospital outpatient, Georgiana Burnside, found herself “channeling the topknot” into a headstand on a paddle board! Hard to believe that one year earlier she was injured in a ski accident with a T12/L1 spinal cord injury, unable to move her legs. Keep up the great work! "I can't believe I can ... Read more

Road to Rio | Alana Nichols

July 22, 2016 by Becca

Alana Nichols has already firmly etched herself into the history books and continues to go back for more, #RoadToRio! The three-time Paralympic champion — once in wheelchair basketball and twice in alpine skiing — was the first female U.S. Paralympian to win gold at both a summer and winter Games and is known to “butt-kick” ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETE OF THE WEEK | JIM HARRIS

July 22, 2016 by Becca

High Five #HighFivesAthlete Jim Harris on your recovery strides this week! Jim Harris continues to work toward a full recovery by staying positive and working hard. You can find him at the Ripple Effect in Carbondale, CO working on strength and technique or chatting with the DirtBag Diaries podcast crew! "I tried this a bunch last summer ... Read more

HIGH FIVES IN THE NEWS | Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce

July 21, 2016 by Becca

Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce shares the good word of High Fives in their quarterly newsletter 'Truckee Tracks'! High Five and thank you Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce, keep up the good work! Donate to an Athlete Today

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