Disable Veterans at the Range Day

March 28 - April 2, 2010 - Snowmass Village, Colorado
This event is the world leader in promoting rehabilitation by instructing Veterans with disabilities in adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing, and introducing them to a number of other adaptive recreational activities and sports. For many newly injured Veterans, including many injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Clinic offers their first experience in winter sports and gives them the inspiration to take their rehabilitation to a higher level. Participants include Veterans with spinal cord injuries, amputations, traumatic brain injuries, neurological challenges, and visual impairments.

Sponsors & Hosts
The event is cosponsored by VA and Disabled American Veterans, with financial assistance from corporate sponsors and individual donors. The Grand Junction Colorado VA Medical Center and VA’s Rocky Mountain Network host the event each year.

Each year for the past decade the Elks Lodges of Colorado have worked together to make this happen. The lodges on the eastern slope of Colorado meet the vets at the Denver International Airport and make sure they have connections to the Western Slope. The Aspen Lodge , the Glenwood Springs Lodge and the Rifle Lodge then take over. Most of the swimming is done at the hot springs in Glenwood Springs. Aspen Lodges are basically in charge of the snow events and the Rifle Lodge has the gun range and archery located just outside of Basalt at Ruihi Reservoir . The Rifle Lodge feeds on the average of over 100 vets each day. Just a little of the menu consists of homemade potato salad, baked bean, chili ( both green and red) venison and or elk stew. Meats have been known to include beef, venison, elk, moose, pork, pheasant, duck, rattle snake, alligator, hamburgers, cheese burgers, brats and many other delights to numerous to mention. LaFarge provides the outdoor BBQ and the cooks for the week at no charge. The cooks are professionals at wild game cooking as well as all other outdoor cooking. The Rifle Lodge has a trailer that members of the Elks and private individuals have provided so that cooking for the large numbers can be done on site. Our love of this is undying and our volunteers grow each year.

Contacts
Event Director:
Santo Trombetta (970) 242-0731

Operations Director:
Teresa Parks (970) 263-5040

Media Contact:
Jose Llamas (202) 461-7549

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