Blogging at the BOEC
Casey Myers – I Can Do It! Adaptive Skiing and More!
It’s often been said that the magic age for learning to ski is five years old. A child around five should be able to get the basics of listening, turning, stopping and managing the lifts enough to get out of the ski school corral and onto the wide-open green [...]
Look What You Helped Us Accomplish in 2018-19!
Wow, what an amazing year we had because of your contributions and support! As you can see from the infographic above, 2018-2019 was one of the more successful years in the history of BOEC, and we look forward to an even better 2020! This past year we served a [...]
Nonprofits, businesses join forces to bring back the Snow Sports Alliance program
Summit Daily News – Taylor Sienkiewicz (January 12, 2020) BRECKENRIDGE SKI RESORT — On Sunday, Jan. 12, the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center hosted representatives from Alpine Bank, Mountain Mentors and The Summit Foundation for a day of skiing and riding at Breckenridge Ski Resort through the newly reinstated Snow Sports [...]
Longtime Summit County local works with military veterans during ski camp at Keystone Adaptive Center
Summit Daily News – Antonio Olivero (January 16, 2020) KEYSTONE — Margie Sinton has a problem with the word “retire.” To the Silverthorne resident, a Summit local since she and a friend decided to spend the winters as Rocky Mountain ski bums in 1974, the word equates to sitting [...]
$1 billion-plus in play for Colorado nonprofits; now you can use your tax refund to support us
In 2019, Colorado returned more than $1 billion in refunds to 1.9 million state taxpayers. In 2020, Coloradans who receive a state income tax refund will have a chance to donate all or some of it to a local nonprofit they trust like the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center. Imagine [...]
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center youth snowsports program returns after lack of funding
Summit Daily News - Antonio Olivero (January 3, 2020) The Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center — a Breckenridge-based nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding the potential of people with disabilities and special needs — announced Thursday that a sports program for local youths will take place this winter after a hiatus [...]
Veteran, public speaker and bestselling author Jason Redman takes adaptive ski lessons in Breckenridge
Summit Daily News - Taylor Sienkiewicz (January 2, 2020) Retired Navy SEAL Jason Redman traveled to Breckenridge with his family over the New Year’s holiday to work with an adaptive ski instructor at the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center. Redman was wounded in Iraq in 2007 after taking a machine [...]
BOEC hosts Cleft Camp
The Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center hosted its annual Cleft Camp this week, partnering with Children’s Hospital Colorado Springs for the first time. The three-day camp that ended Friday provides the hospital’s 10- to 18-year-old cleft clinic patients with the chance to take part in the center’s outdoors programming, including [...]
I’ve Gained Compassion & Empathy Enough to Outweigh Other Losses
The following is from a letter written to BOEC program staff from a course participant after the Challenge by Choice Adventure Retreat, June 9-14, 2019, for survivors of an injury to the brain: “Dear BOEC, Thank you for the scholarship. I could not have attended camp without it. This [...]
BOEC to Celebrate Completion of Headquarters & Logistics Center at Grand Opening Celebration & Open House
Breckenridge, Colo., June 10, 2019 – After a 3-year, $2 million capital campaign comes to a close, Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (BOEC) looks to show off its new digs with a Grand Opening Celebration and Open House on Saturday, June 15th from 1 pm to 4 pm at 524 [...]
Alpine Fishing Adventures’ Randy Ford Talks About BOEC
My name is Randy Ford, owner of Alpine Fishing Adventures. Along with this donation of a guiding fishing charter, I wanted to share my story and thank you for your contribution to the BOEC by attending this event (36th Annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration). Your contributions will do amazing things [...]
Patrick on Living With MS and Experiencing BOEC
Born and raised in Colorado and diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001, Patrick Tulley wasn't sure he would ever ski again. After learning about BOEC through the Rocky Mountain MS Center, Patrick found new life. He described his first day back on the mountain after his diagnosis like [...]
