The Far West Ski Association and its ten participating Ski Councils are committed to supporting charitable giving and volunteerism. Through donations and volunteer services of our individual members in clubs and councils, we hope to enhance the quality of life within our communities. All of our FWSA councils, clubs, and their members have been continuing their volunteer efforts and charity givings in many very impressive ways. Here is a summary of organizations to which volunteer time and/or money has been donated:
Adopt-a-Classroom program at Long Beach Aquarium
Adopt-a-Family program
Adopt-a-Highway program
Adopt-an-Olympian
AIDS Bike Rides
American Cancer Society's Relays for Life
American Stroke Association
Bear Valley Ski Patrol for Oxygen Unit
Becky's House, a battered women's shelter
Blood Drives
Book Drives
“Bookman” for Senior Centers
Breast Cancer Walks
Brighten a Life, a Home Start Agency
California Foundation for Children for underprivileged and at-risk
California International Air Show, Monterey County
Cedar House for Abused Mothers & Children
Chamber of Commerce
Chris Klug Foundation for Organ Donations
Christmas in April for the Needy
Christmas Toy Drive for women/children shelters
Clothing to the Homeless
Clothing & Equipment for Skiers with Disabilities
Compton Homeless Education Project
Disabled Sports, USA, Mother Lode Chapter
Disadvantaged Youth Mentoring
Disadvantaged Youth Recreational Skiing & Boarding Program
Eppie’s Great Race for Disabled Sports
Feed the Homeless program
Female Racer Scholarship Fund
Food Drives
Habitat for Humanity
High School Ceramics Program
Highway Clean-ups
Home for the Holidays with the Marines
Jimmie Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis
John Tracy Clinic for deaf children
Junior Ski Racer Scholarship Fund
Kidney Donation
Kids' Ski Program
Los Angeles Flood Catastrophe
Leukemia Association
Lymphoma Association
Mammoth Lakes Foundation for Cerro Coso College
Montrose Search & Rescue
Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum
Mt. Hood Ski Education Foundation
Multiple Sclerosis Society Walks & Bike Rides & Ski Days
NCAA ski/race program
9/11 Red Cross National Relief Fund
9/11 Rescue Dogs Relief Fund
9/11 Robin Hood Foundation Relief Fund
Northwest Harvest, hunger relief agency
Northwest Snow Sports Foundation, scholarships for junior racers
Pacific Burn Institute, Code 3 races
Paso Robles Earthquake Relief fund
Pierce College Disabled Ski Program
Polinsky Children’s Center
San Diego “Cedar” Fire victims
Sarajevo Olympic Site, reforestation
Scholarship Fund for Female Racers
Search & Rescue of Montrose
Shoebox Ministries for the homeless
Ski for All for Tahoe Adaptive Ski School
Ski Patrol, Sponsor a Rescue Sled
Ski Swap for NCAA Ski/Race Program at U. of Nevada
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - L.A.
Special Olympics, Arizona Ski Patrol
Special Olympics, Arizona Winter & Summer Games
Special Olympics, Oregon
Stop-Gap for Schools, Hospitals, Cancer Patients & Abused Women
Stroke Walk
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Sun Peak’s Health Association
Sunshine Kids with Cancer Program
Tahoe Adaptive Ski School
The United Way
The Unrecables Ski Club
Thomas J. Pappas School for homeless children
Thousand Oaks Women’s Shelter for battered women & their children
Toys for Tots
Tree People Organization
US Adaptive Recreation Center
US Ski Team
Valley View Vaulters for Disabled Children
Women’s shelters
Youth Sports Mentoring Program
