Michigan Adaptive Sports

Michigan Adaptive Sports needs help.

1.  We need someone to maintain the website.  The person that is doing it now doesn't know how.  I bet you know this if you have looked at our website.

2.  We need summer volunteers.  you would help with kayaking or waterskiing or cook lunch.  You would get to be outside all day!

3.  We need fundraisers.  As everyone knows this stuff isn't cheap.

4.  We need winter volunteers.  We start looking now!  The people that love to ski are looking at the sk's in the garage and counting the days.

Please shoot us a email if you can help with any one these areas or if you can think of something we are missing.

PLEASE HELP!

It is hard to believe that winter has come and gone. Now it is time to get registered for summer. The forms are up and ready for you to print them and mail them in. It doesn't feel like spring but I hear it is coming.

The First clinics introduce or re-introduce amputees and those with physical challenges to the fun of kayaking, scuba diving, swimming. It takes place Sunday, April 7th from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Eastern Michigan Jones Pool in Ypsilanti.  They can register by emailing or calling Samer Moussa (smoussa@emich.edu, 310-890-2588) or Katie Wellman (kwellman.52@gmail.com, 419-953-7768).

Michigan Adaptive Sports will be skiing on Saturdays at Pine Knob this year.  Do you know someone that would like to volunteer? Please tell them to contact MAS so we can get them information. WE NEED INTERMEDIATE SKIES TO HELP!

Michigan Adaptive Sports

2012/2013 Ski Schedule

December 1, 2012 Off Hill Training,  Instructors/Volunteers Only  – 9:00-12:00

Members Meeting 12:00-1:00,

Board Meeting  1:00-3:00

Woodbridge Group Office
1515 Equity Drive, Troy, MI 48084

December 18, 2012– On Hill Training Pine Knob, Bring your ski equipment-6:00 to Close
Instructors/Volunteers Only
January 2, 2013 – On Hill Training Pine Knob, Bring your ski equipment-6:00 to Close

Lessons – Times listed below are on-hill lesson times, please arrive ½ hour early to prep

January 5, 2013 Pine Knob Ski Lessons 9:00–11:30; 12:00-2:30; 3:00-5:30

January 12, 2013 Pine Knob Ski Lessons 9:00–11:30; 12:00-2:30; 3:00-5:30

January 26, 2013 Schuss Mtn Race Clinic & lessons 9am – 11:30; 12-2:30; 3-5:30

January 27, 2013 Schuss Mtn Race Clinic & lessons 9am – 11:30;

February 2, 2013 Pine Knob Ski Lessons 9:00–11:30; 12:00-2:30; 3:00-5:30

February 9, 2013  Pine Knob Ski Lessons 9:00–11:30; 12:00-2:30; 3:00-5:30

February 23 and 24 PSIA Clinic for volunteers only  (volunteers responsible for fees)
Pine Knob – 9 am

March 2, 2013 Crystal Mountain Ski Lessons -9am – 11:30; 12-2:30; 3-5:30
March 3, 2013 Crystal Mountain Ski Lessons -9am – 11:30;

Contact Information:
Event updates – 248-270-5627 (this is an information-only line, you will not be able to leave a message)
Email: michiganadaptivesports@gmail.com
Facebook: Michigan Adaptive Sports, non profit organization
Website: www.michiganadaptivesports.org

SEVERE WEATHER POLICY/PROCEDURE
Training and lessons will be conducted in most winter weather conditions. Lessons will be canceled if the temperature is equal to or less than 5o (five) degrees Fahrenheit or the wind chill is equal to or less than –5o (negative five) degrees Fahrenheit.

Katie Leimkuehler granddaughter of Paul E. Leimkuehler who was an avid supporter of prosthetics and orthotics and the first U.S. amputee skier who created the outrigger design. She is writing a screenplay about his great life accomplishments from losing is leg in WWII to overcoming it by creating his own artificial leg and eventually designing ski outriggers. He was inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame, Ski Hall of Fame and the Disabled Ski Hall of Fame for his accomplishments.

Katie Leimkuehler has currently entered a short trailer for her screenplay in the International Movie Trailer Festival that takes public votes into consideration. He truly lived an inspiring life and has left a legacy to his family and everyone he met. She would appreciate the chance to reach a broader audience and to tell his amazing story on the big screen.

Katie Leimkuehlers grandfather's accomplishment are something that could inspire the next generation and she hopes to do just that.

Take a look at the trailer and vote. This is a wonderful opportunity for Katie and adaptive sports.

Here is the link to vote
http://www.internationalmovietrailerfestival.com/all-trailers/ski-pioneer/

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kisv8XLxqMg&list=LLR0SRmjaODIO7oj6S5_cOjw&feature=mh_lolz

Thanks! Katie Leimkuehler appreciate any support!
You can contact Katie at:

katieleimkuehler@gmail.com

The snow has gone and now it is time to plan summer events.  Please plan on joining us as either a participant or a volunteer.  Kayak and water ski  is what Michigan Adaptive Sports does in the summer.  Check us out.

Very Important Dates

Kayak training, Island Lake June 2 (sat) ,  9:00-3:00

Pontiac lake, June 29,  July 27,  Aug 24   9:00-4:00

Sportstacular Sept 7-9.

Registration is required for all events!

The new forms will be up soon.

Make A Hero Foundation has selected MAS to be the recipient of this event!
Now we need to spread the word. Invite everyone you know, even invite people you don't know. Robert Redford says "The idea of working on a project that involves Warren Miller and his son Kurt was very appealing to me. The Warren Miller movies have defined the skiing culture for over sixty years and Warren's ski movies were part of what drove me to make Downhill Racer. The mountain can be tough to access even for the able-bodied. This project tells the stories of five people from all walks of life who found a way to experience a freedom they'd been told was impossible. They are an inspirations."

Don't miss this film. It will shown at Royal Oaks Music Theater on Nov. 12th at 7pm. General admission is $10. VIP reception is $50. The VIP reception is from 5:30-6:30pm. Doors open at 6:30 and the film will start at 7:00pm. To get tickets you can call the box office at 248-399-2980x3 or order online at: royaloakmusictheatre.com
The Movement - Trailer from MakeAHero.org
www.youtube.com
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising. A new film narrated by Robert Redford and ski movie legend Warren Miller. Coming soon. Visit MakeAHero.org

December 3, 2011
Off hill training, Membership Meeting, Board meeting.
What time? 9:00-12:00
12:00-1:00 Membership Meeting
1:00-3:00 Board Meeting
Where? Woodbridge Group
15150 Equity Drive
Troy, MI

Pine Knob- Learn to ski clinic
January 3, 2012 On hill training 6:00 - 10:00 (Volunteers Only)
January 8, 2012
January 22, 2012
February 12, 2012
February 26, 2012

Schuss Mountain - race clinic, lessons and banquet Shanty Creek
Jan 28-29, 2012

Crystal Mountain - Learn to ski clinic
March 3-4, 2012

December 3, 2011
Off hill training, Membership Meeting, Board meeting.
9:00-12:00 Off hill training
12:00-1:00 Membership Meeting
1:00-3:00 Board Meeting
Woodbridge Group
15150 Equity Drive
Troy, MI