We are excited to welcome back Lawrence “Mayor” Green to Truckee for the 2018 Military to the Mountain Ski/Ride portion of the Program Service, March 11th – 17th!
Born and raised in Springtown, TX, Lawrence “Mayor” Green joined the United States Army as a Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic in 2008.
On March 29, 2015, while riding his motorcycle, Lawrence was struck head-on by a reckless driver. He was thrown into the curb and then launched into a small tree and rolled down the street. He spent the next month in a medically induced coma during which he had 9 surgeries. One of them was to amputate both legs above his knees. He was on Dialysis and given a 3% chance of survival. When Lawrence woke up, his first question was “Where is my motorcycle?”
High Fives was introduced to Lawrence through the Adaptive Training Foundation (ATF). ATF has been an essential part of Lawrence’s fitness goals, allowing him to participate in Wheelchair Basketball, Powerlifting, Wheelchair Rugby, Mono-skiing, Adaptive Snowmobiling, and Para Ice Hockey.
UNITED STATES VETERAN LAWRENCE GREEN WAS CHOSEN FROM THE DALLAS, TX AREA TO TRAIN FOR 9-WEEKS (LENGTH OF A TRADITIONAL BOOTCAMP) WITH THE ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION TO PREPARE FOR A WEEK OF SKIING/SNOWBOARDING AT SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS IN THE 2018 MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAIN PROGRAM. THE MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAIN PROGRAM STARTED WITH US MARINE CORE VETERAN CORPORAL JACOB SCHICK IN MARCH 2015 RETURNING TO THE SLOPES, AND THROUGH MEDIA AND GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS AND MANY MORE, THE PROGRAM WILL SEE 22 US VETERANS SLIDING DOWN SNOW IN MARCH 2018.
A PHYSICALLY DEMANDING 9-WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION, SKI GEAR FROM SYNC, A WEEK OF SKIING WITH THE PROFESSIONALS AT ACHIEVE TAHOE, AND RENTALS, FOOD AND ACCOMMODATIONS FROM SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS.
