The Word – 2/14/17

• Charles (2/2/17) “Thanks for the tips! The practices you gave me should help, especially on a slow day or day with poor snow. Thanks Dan!”
• Annica (2/4/17) “Bob is great! He handled the very challenging task of customizing the lesson for three students working on three different things. We are looking forward to booking another lesson with him soon. “
• Christa (2/1/17) “thank you Dan for helping me get back on the lift! it was so helpful to build my confidence, and the information on how skis have changed since i skied regularly was great. i caught up with my friends, and skied off of the hogsback and skyline lifts in the afternoon and kept up with them. it was a very empowering day, and i can not wait to ski again. thanks for helping to make it possible! cheers!”
• David (2/2/17) “Kevin was a great ski instructor that listened to what we wanted to practice and tailored the lesson to us in addition to throwing in some fundamentals that we had never practiced. We had a lot of fun and learned a good deal. We will definitely come back and take another lesson from him.”
• Elsa (2/2/17) “thanks! Jill was great for my daughter”
• Rebecca (2/4/17) “Abde was very very patient and encouraging. Didn’t push me beyond my comfort level at all and didn’t make me feel self-conscious right down to not knowing how to put my helmet/goggles together”

• Cooper (2/1/17) “Beth was really great with Cooper”
• Mason (2/2/17) “Kai was awesome!”
• Ryan (2/2/17) “Kai Laszlo had Ben as an instructor
  Ryan Laszlo had Britt as an instructor
  Both instructors gave feedback to parents after the lessons. They both seemed nice, positive, and invested in the kids learning and/or having fun. We will be back.”

• Amanda (2/3/17) “Drew was an amazing instructor. He gave constructive criticism while maintaining a light and fun demeanor. It was nice to have fun but also get some real tips from a long time snowboarder. He really was able to spot weak areas and helped my sister and me feel more comfort on a snowboard. Would definitely recommend Drew to anyone who is interested in learning how to snowboard!”
• Jarrett (2/3/17) “Sarah was amazing. She taught me years worth of information in a mere 90 minutes.
  1. How to turn
  2. How to stop
  3. Pure enjoyment of snowboarding
  She was awesome
  I’d take another lesson from her AND recommend her highly!”
• Kyrie (2/5/17) “Amber was an amazing instructor. She worked with me one on one. Was very patient. Allowed everyone to ask questions at the end.”
• Linh (2/2/17) “Rowen was very professional. His advice helped me improve and get closer to my goals. Thank you!”
• Thomas (2/2/17) “Rowan was a positive and attentive instructor.”
• Varsha (2/1/17) “He is awesome. I have now had David for beginner and first time classes. He is so awesome. “
• Vira (2/1/17) “Abde was really awesome and super supportive. Thanks, again!”
• Xiaokai (2/1/17) “One of my instructor Sarah was very good, she also spent additional time to take me and another student to Daisy to provide additional feedbacks.”
• Zachary (2/4/17) “Drew was great and I would love to take more snowboarding lessons with him!”
• Zorana (2/4/17) “My instructor Matt was great! He helped me learn to traverse and we worked on my turns. He taught me how to get on and off a ski lift. It was a great experience and day! Thank you!”

I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with some of your instructors about all our programs at Chill Seattle (snow, skate, and SUP). Some have expressed interest in helping us raise funds for Chill Seattle. I wanted to pass along our CrowdRise page should anyone at Stevens care to join in on our fundraising efforts. We have an overall goal to raise $10,000 to help us expand our programs and we have already reached 40% of our goal! We would LOVE to have any of your staff join us. Every little bit counts in the fundraising world. Feel free to share this link with those that seem interested:

https://www.crowdrise.com/seattlechill2017

You can set up your own personalized team page and talk about why Chill is important to you. From there, I encourage you to share your personalized link with friends and family, their social media pages, etc. to help boost their overall fundraising efforts. I’m also happy to have a one-on-one with anyone on fundraising tips and tricks as well, No pressure to sign up… Just heard some interest from some staff members and wanted to make sure I sent this along!

Jessica Alvarado-Lepine, Seattle Manager for The Chill Foundation

jessicaa@chill.org