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.

NON PROFIT SPOTLIGHT | Tahoe Adaptive Competition Center

July 19, 2016 by Becca

Thank you Tahoe Adaptive Competition Center for a great day of adaptive rock climbing at the CR Johnson Healing Center! From its roots as a snowboard training program, the Tahoe Adaptive Competition Center (TACC) has expanded winter training offerings to downhill skiing, nordic skiing and biathlon, sled hockey training and rock climbing! Learn more about High ... Read more

MOVIE MONDAY | 1st Annual Colorado Golf Tournament

July 18, 2016 by Becca

SHOT 100% ON GOPRO The 1st High Fives Foundation Charity Golf Tournament in the Vail Valley raised over $34,000 for injured mountain sports athletes! 30 teams competed in the late summer golf outing at the Vail Golf Club & six #HighFivesAthletes were in attendance at the welcoming ceremony for the golfers: Megan Wemmer, Tim Burr, ... Read more

MOVIE MONDAY | Auburn Ale House x High Fives Beer – Gimme Five

July 18, 2016 by Becca

The Beer That Gives Back is now being bottled - GIMME FIVE! FIVE malts, FIVE hop additions using all-American Chinook, Cascade and Citra hops. This beer supports the recovery goals of High Fives Athletes with life-altering injuries. Thank you for helping these athletes return to the activities they love in our mountain communities. 5.0% ABV High Five ... Read more

HIGH FIVES IN THE NEWS | JACK POWELL NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEE

July 14, 2016 by Becca

CONGRATULATIONS JACK POWELL, AKA JACK THE TRAINER, ON JOINING THE HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION FULL-TIME AS THE CR JOHNSON HEALING CENTER’S HEAD TRAINER! The High Fives Foundation is hiring for the first time a full-time head trainer for the CR Johnson Healing Center. His name is Jack Powell, and his story is pretty rad. When his friend, ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETES RECEIVE EMPOWERMENT GRANTS | SCOTT WILL & MEGAN WEMMER

July 14, 2016 by Becca

CALIFORNIA NON-PROFIT SENDS 24-YEAR-OLD INJURED EVANSVILLE SNOWBOARDER TO COLORADO’S PEAK CENTER WITH AN EMPOWERMENT GRANT CONGRATULATIONS AND HIGH FIVE SCOTT WILL! IN JANUARY 2015, SCOTT WILL SUSTAINED A SPINAL CORD INJURY SNOWBOARDING AT ARAPAHO BASIN, COLORADO. HE WAS RIDING WITH FRIENDS WHEN HE CAUGHT AN EDGE, LANDED ON HIS HEAD AND WOKE UP AT THE ... Read more

HIGH FIVES IN THE NEWS | Craig Hospital

July 14, 2016 by Becca

JUNE 23, 2016 // Craig Hospital Craig Hospital's Pedal 4 Possible 2016 raises more than $163,000 Congratulations Craig Hospital and High Five, #HighFivesAthlete Justin Pines for raising $17,998 and being the top fundraiser! Craig Hospital hosted the 2nd annual Pedal 4 Possible on Saturday, June 18, 2016. The charity bike ride through Boulder County featured courses ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETE RECEIVES EMPOWERMENT GRANT | DANIEL MURRAY

July 14, 2016 by Becca

California non-profit sends 24-year-old injured Amesbury snowboarder to Project Walk Boston with an Empowerment Grant Congratulations and High Five Daniel Murray! Daniel Murray moved to Bend, Oregon after graduating to pursue adventure and snowboarding. In January 2014, he hit a jump and landed upside down, fracturing his T-10 vertebra. Murray also suffered a traumatic brain ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETE RECEIVES EMPOWERMENT GRANT | SCOTT WILL

July 14, 2016 by Becca

California non-profit sends 24-year-old injured Evansville snowboarder to Colorado's PEAK center with an Empowerment Grant Congratulations and High Five Scott Will! In January 2015, Scott Will sustained a spinal cord injury snowboarding at Arapaho Basin, Colorado. He was riding with friends when he caught an edge, landed on his head and woke up at the ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETE RECEIVES EMPOWERMENT GRANT | TREVOR KENNISON

July 14, 2016 by Becca

High Fives Foundation sends 23-year-old injured Glenwood Springs snowboarder to Dallas for high-level physical training Congratulations and High Five Trevor Kennison! PHOTO CREDIT: Trevor Kennison In November 2014, Trevor Kennison was snowboarding in the backcountry on Vail Pass when he hit a jump and caught an edge. While in the air, Trevor accidentally started rotating forward. ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETE RECEIVES EMPOWERMENT GRANT | MEGAN WEMMER

July 14, 2016 by Becca

Injured backcountry skier receives grant funding for continued rehab at the PEAK Center Training will allow Megan Wemmer to spend more time out of her wheelchair The High Fives Foundation is awarding 33-year-old Megan Wemmer an Empowerment Grant for more sessions at Englewood's PEAK center. “My main goal for 2016 is to spend more time on foot ... Read more

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