Empowerment Grant

INJURED MOUNTAIN BIKER RECEIVES CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM LAKE TAHOE-BASED NON-PROFIT, THE HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION The High Fives Foundation is awarding 28-year-old Conrad Addison an Empowerment Grant of $7,200 to aid in his recovery from a life-altering injury sustained while mountain biking in Bellingham, Wash. The Empowerment Grant will allow Addison to receive vital personal training ... Read more

INJURED COLORADO RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM LAKE TAHOE-BASED NON-PROFIT, THE HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION Congratulations High Fives Athletes Jim Harris, Adam Lavender, Allyson Mallory and Beth Requist The High Fives Foundation is awarding 35-year-old Jim Harris an Empowerment Grant of $4,040 to aid in his recovery from a life-altering injury sustained while on photography assignment in Chile in 2014. ... Read more

CRESTED BUTTE, COLO. RESIDENT TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM TAHOE-BASED 501C3 HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION FOLLOWING LIFE-ALTERING INJURY The High Fives Foundation is awarding 46-year-old Sean Crossen an Empowerment Grant for $3,900 in financial aid during recovery from a life-altering injury sustained while skiing in Crested Butte, Colo. The Empowerment Grant will allow Crossen to focus on ... Read more

INJURED BAY AREA ATHLETE RECEIVES CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM TAHOE-BASED NON-PROFIT, THE HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION The High Fives Foundation is awarding 31-year-old Alina Garbuzov an Empowerment Grant of $5,099.00 to aid in her recovery from a life-altering injury sustained while rock climbing in Yosemite National Park, Calif. in 2015. The Empowerment Grant will allow Garbuzov private Pilates ... Read more

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS RESIDENT TO RECEIVE CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM LAKE TAHOE-BASED HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY The High Fives Foundation is awarding Cody Walker an Empowerment Grant for $425 to be used toward a family membership at the Cottonwood Heights Recreation Center for use of the pool and the facilities. While on a March 2013 snowboarding trip ... Read more

TRUCKEE NATIVE RECEIVES GRANT FUNDING FROM HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION FOLLOWING LIFE-ALTERING INJURY IN SKI ACCIDENT The High Fives Foundation is awarding Alex Straw an Empowerment Grant for $800 to be used toward personal training to help get him back on his feet. In December 2016, Straw was skiing with some friends at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, his home ... Read more

NASHUA NATIVE RECEIVES GRANT FUNDING FROM TAHOE-BASED HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY IN MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCIDENT The High Fives Foundation is awarding Ryan St. Lawrence an Empowerment Grant of $3,300 to be used toward personal training at a Boston-area rehabilitation facility. In August 2016, St. Lawrence was mountain biking with some friends at the ... Read more

BERKELEY RESIDENT RECEIVES CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM TAHOE-BASED HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION TO ACHIEVE GOALS IN WINTER SPORTS COMMUNITY The High Fives Foundation is awarding Tony Schmiesing a board-approved Empowerment Grant for $675 to be used toward a ski season pass and a bi-ski hauler in support of his winter sports dreams. Schmiesing has been involved with ... Read more

WESTPORT, CONN. NATIVE RECEIVES CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM TAHOE-BASED HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY The High Fives Foundation is awarding 25-year old mountain biker Lindsey Runkel an Empowerment Grant of $995 to be used toward new lightweight wheelchair wheels. In October 2014, Runkel fractured her T5/6 vertebrae in a mountain-biking accident causing paralysis from ... Read more

LITTLE ROCK NATIVE TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING FROM TAHOE-BASED HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY The High Fives Foundation is awarding Georgiana Burnside a board-approved Empowerment Grant for $665 to aid in her recovery, and get her back out on the slopes following a life-altering injury sustained during a ski accident. While skiing a ... Read more