“I got here and I felt like I made it, that I hit the lottery. It’s a place that makes you …

[ By Dawne Belloise ] arl Rickey grew up enjoying the salt life in Delray Beach, Florida. Like many beach kids …

By Dawne Belloise Kathy Barnhart started down the path of volunteerism at a charity hospital when she was sweet 16. They …

By Dawne Belloise Allison Butcher moved to the mountains of Colorado in 2005 to work as the Adaptive Sports Center’s development director …

…Taking the pack for a walk By Dawne Belloise Amy Gentzler was born and raised in Thousand Oaks, a southern California …

By Dawne Belloise Carol May grew up in the Detroit area in what she describes as a solidly middle-class, blue-collar world …

By Dawne Belloise I’m the kind of person who doesn’t like cooking for himself, but I love to cook for other …

By Dawne Belloise Kevin Krill has always been an outdoors kind of kid. He was born and raised in the Milwaukee …

By Dawne Belloise Jennifer Young talks fast, about four times faster than most by her own estimation and it reflects a …

By Dawne Belloise Kristi Miller grew up in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the youngest of three siblings and the only girl in …

By Dawne Belloise As a two-term president of the Adaptive Sports Center board, Meg Smith shares that her involvement with Adaptive …

By Dawne Belloise Chris Zacher knew he was always headed toward music, even when his resumé insisted otherwise. Long before he …

By Dawn Belloise Murray Wais wanted to be a writer and when Powder magazine offered him the chance to visit Crested …

[ by Dawne Belloise ] Nicole Blaser has been in outdoor education and land stewardship her whole life and she says …

By Dawne Belloise Longtime local Reggie Masters laughs that her family are all “Yoopers.” That is, they’re from the Upper Peninsula …