Injured Salt Lake City Skier receives grant funding from Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation 33-year-old receives an Empowerment Grant towards rehabilitation after life-altering spinal cord injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Jim Harris an Empowerment Grant of $2,720 to aid in recovery from a traumatic spinal cord injury. The board-approved Grant will afford Harris the … Read more
High Fives Foundation to provide Glenwood Springs, Colo. skier Tim Burr with Empowerment Grant following life-altering injury Empowerment Grant to fund ski outings and adaptive equipment The High Fives Foundation is awarding Tim Burr a board-approved Empowerment Grant of $11,600 to help aid in his road to recovery and afford him the chance to purchase an … Read more
#HighFivesAthlete Jeff Andrews surfs the waves for the first time in Hawaii! Read Jeff’s thoughts on his surfing experience and his work with Alejandra Monsalve and Sarah Callahan at Body Wellness Hawaii// “This year I’ve connected with Bond Camp who introduced me to some surfers (Eric Walls & Hobart Dickinson) that have experience with adaptive … Read more
No one can put up a fight quite like Mark Flounlacker, help us in sending him well wishes for recovery after a surfing accident this past weekend. Please, send your positivity to info@highfivesfoundation.com so we can rely the message to Mark. Check out Mark Floundlacker’s Winter Empowerment page: HERE
HIGH FIVE CYRUS! Cyrus Tingley has chosen to run the Rock n Roll Half Marathon to benefit The High Fives Foundation. Cyrus has been training hard with November Project Philadelphia for his event on September 21, 2014! To support his efforts on Crowd Rise click here: https://www.crowdrise.com/HighFivesNonProfit
Welcome to High Fives Steve! In February of last ski season, while working at Sierra Tahoe Resort, Steven Jacobo and some buddies went snowboarding for the day. On his last run, Steven hit a 15ft jump and was thrown off a 25 foot incline ultimately shattering his T9 an T10 vertebra. After impact, Steven discovered … Read more
A HUGE High Five to Jason Craig who ran his first sizable waterfall since his major injury 3 years ago. High Fives Athlete Jason Craig is truly a success story, nice work Jason! Jason found his passion in paddling at a young age and traveled around the globe as a profession kayaker. At 16 he won … Read more
The 2014 The Jack Trottier Open charitable golf tournament will be held Sept 14th, to benefit Jack who was paralyzed in a snowboarding accident in 2013. On January 16th in 2013, Jack Trottier was injured while snowboarding when he fell and landed on his neck and shoulder. Jack suffered a broken C-6 vertebrae in his neck … Read more
