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EVENTS IN:  AZ   |  CO  |  CA |  ID  |  MI  |  MT  |  UT  |  WA  |  CANADA


— FOR SKIERS, BOARDERS AND TELEMARKERS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES —

Presented by:

                  

How to Participate

4 Ways You Can Change Lives

The On-Snow Events
Win a Trip To Vail, CO


Choose a Vertical Express Event & Form a Team of three skiers, boarders, and/or telemarkers.

Register Your Team of Three People. It’s easy and free.

To register online:

  • From the verticalexpress.org home page, click on an event location.
  • OR call The Heuga Center at 888-DO-IT-4MS
    ext 1275.

Raise Money

Each team must raise a minimum of $1,000 ($333 per person) to participate in an event.

Raise $15,000 or more and earn an expense-paid trip to the April Awards in Vail, April 10-13, 2008.

Start Raising Money …

For fundraising tips and tools …  

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Join the Virtual Express for MS.
Participate online and raise funds from home.

Raise $5,000 or
more and earn an
expense-paid trip
to the April Awards in Vail, April 10-13, 2008.

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Donate money to your friend’s team.
To donate, click on:

  1. You will be linked to the verticalexpress.org home page.
  2. Click on the event location where your friend’s team is participating.
  3. Click on the “Donate to a registered team” button
  4. Select the team you would like to donate to.
  5. Follow the steps to donate to that team.  You will be linked to a secure donation page. All donations are tax deductible. 

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View a video created by Presenting Media Sponsor RSN-Resort Television

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Event Series

A series of on-snow events at resorts across North America to raise funds for people and families living with multiple sclerosis (MS). For skiers, boarders and telemarkers of all ages and abilities.

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Rules

Each team of 3 must raise a minimum of $1,000 to participate in an event.

Raise $15,000 or more and earn an expense-paid trip to the April Awards
in Vail, CO on
April 10-13, 2008.

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Free Stuff

Participants receive a free lift pass, goody bag and food. Additional prizes are based on dollars raised by participants. Additional prizes are based on dollars raised.

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The Cause

Proceeds support The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis, a non-profit world leader in serving people and families living with MS through interactive health and wellness programs that strengthen and empower them to improve their quality
of life.

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Why participate?

“The Heuga Center’s MS programs gave us a blueprint for our lives. The Vertical Express is a fun, easy way I can support the programs that have supported Barbara and me.”

–Howard and Barbara Brinton


“I had volunteered for the Squaw Valley Vertical Express for years. Little did I know that I would one day be diagnosed with MS and need to go to The Heuga Center’s CAN DO Program to learn how to control my life. Now my boys ski in the event to help raise funds for this great cause.”

–Sid Willeford

 

 





To make a general contribution to The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis online:

  • Click on (You will be linked to a secure donation page. All donations are tax deductible.)
  • OR call The Heuga Center at 888-DO-IT-4MS.

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The On-Snow Events

Each event is as unique as its host mountain. Learn more about each event's format by going to the event-specific web page from the VEMS home page.

Each Vertical Express for MS event features two of the following four competitions:

Dual Giant Slalom
Head-to-head GS course with points awarded based on the best of two runs.

Mountain Challenge Marathon
Complete as many laps as you can in a set time period -- usually three to four hours.

Mountain Challenge Poker Run
Collect playing cards for the best poker hand.

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Earn a Trip to Vail

Grand Prize! Teams that raise $15,000 or more earn an expense-paid trip to the April Awards in Vail, Colorado April 10-13, 2008.

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The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis
leads the way with comprehensive programs that empower
people and families living with multiple sclerosis (MS) to transform
and improve their quality of life.

Charity Navigator

The Heuga Center earned Charity Navigator’s highest four-star rating for fiscal responsibility. View its rating at www.charitynavigator.org – America’s largest
and most-utilized, independent nonprofit evaluator.

The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.



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