Empowerment Grant

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

EAGLE, COLO. NATIVE TO RECEIVE AN EMPOWERMENT GRANT FROM TAHOE-BASED HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY The High Fives Foundation is awarding 17-year old Kailyn Forsberg an Empowerment Grant of $1,464 to be used toward vital personal training sessions. In April 2015, on her second warm up run in the USASA Slopestyle Nationals at Copper Mountain in Colorado, Forsberg hit ... Read more

High Fives Non-Profit Foundation program pushes injured veterans out of their comfort zone and into the mountains Experiencing a life-altering injury in the name of duty for the United State Military comes with two forms of pain — physical and emotional. The High Fives Foundation in Truckee, Calif. and the Adaptive Training Foundation in Dallas, ... Read more

High Fives Non-Profit Foundation program pushes injured veterans out of their comfort zone and into the mountains Experiencing a life-altering injury in the name of duty for the United State Military comes with two forms of pain — physical and emotional. The High Fives Foundation in Truckee, Calif. and the City of Reno Parks, Recreation ... Read more