Empowerment Grant

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

Jericho, Vt. resident receives support from the Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Jericho, Vt. resident Keenan Weischedel a board-approved Empowerment Grant totaling $600 to aid in his recovery. On November 22, 2016, Weischedel was ski touring with some friends at Mad River Glen in Fayston, Vt. Excited to ... Read more

San Bruno, Calf. resident receives support from the Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding San Bruno, Calif. resident Kevin Cheung a board-approved Empowerment Grant totaling $3,597.50 to aid in his recovery. On March 7, 2015, Kevin Cheung over-rotated a backflip while overshooting a jump at Squaw Valley's Gold Coast Terrain Park. The ... Read more

Colorado residents receive support from the Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Colorado residents Megan Wemmer, Jim Harris and Nathanial White board-approved Empowerment Grants totaling $7,985 to aid in their respective recoveries. While on a backcountry ski tour in the Arapahoe National Forrest with her boyfriend in February 2015, ... Read more

New England residents receive support from the Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding New England residents Daniel Murray and David Weiner board-approved Empowerment Grants totaling $6,600 to continue therapy at Project Walk in Stratham, N.H. Upon graduating high school, Daniel Murray moved across the country from Amesbury, Mass. to ... Read more

Lake Tahoe residents receive continued support from the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation following life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Tahoe residents Taylor Fiddyment, Jason Abraham and Jeff Andrews board-approved Empowerment Grants totaling $14,820 to aid in their respective recoveries. Truckee, Calif. resident, Taylor Fiddyment was injured while riding a four-wheeler with friends in May ... Read more

Six Rocky Mountain #HighFivesAtheltes, Brooke Schoenherr, Megan Wemmer, DAVID POOLE, Matthew Melancon, Adam Lavender and Blake Foster, receive grant funding from the High Fives foundation in the month of September for a total of $27,995 Congratulations and High Five athletes! Read more about each of there recovery stories below. High Fives Foundation awards an empowerment grant for Lafayette ... Read more

Four East Coast #HighFivesAtheltes, Nick Fairall, Meredith Koch, Kenny Young and Daniel Murray, receive grant funding from the High Fives foundation in the month of September for a total of $9,084 Congratulations and High Five athletes! Read more about each of there recovery stories below. Olympian Nick Fairall to receive funding from High Fives Foundation following ... Read more

Three West Coast #HighFivesAtheltes, NOLAN TROWE, Conrad Addison, and RICCI KILGORE, receive grant funding from the High Fives foundation in the month of September for a total of $21,950 Congratulations and High Five athletes! Read more about each of there recovery stories below. CR Johnson Healing Center remains a one-stop shop for High Fives Athletes in recovery Truckee ... Read more

Reno woman returns to competitive adaptive skiing with a grant from the High Fives Foundation Ricci Kilgore is getting a new monoski and hopes to return to the US Paralympic Team for 2018 (Truckee, California, November 3, 2016) -- Truckee’s High Fives Foundation is awarding Reno resident Ricci Kilgore an Empowerment Grant for a high-performance ... Read more