DOING GOOD THIS MONTH THE EXCHANGE Winter 2024 EDGE Outdoors is a Black woman- SOS Outreach helps underserved instruction, as well as summer EDGE slopes, and compete professionally SOS founded and led organization that’s youth develop life skills through adventure programs. They also in skiing and snowboarding. Their Outdoors working to close the gap between programming and scholarships outdoor adventure programs. provide mentorship and leadership Outreach Black, Indigenous, women of Their mission is to inspire positive training. are designed to make up for past color (cis, trans, queer), and snow change in young people and help discriminatory practices at the local, SOS Outreach has helped sports. The organization’s goal them develop life skills through state, and federal levels that were thousands of underserved youth is to increase participation of outdoor activities. intentionally designed to exclude develop con昀椀dence, leadership BIWOC in snowsports and provide Black, Indigenous, and other people The organization o昀昀ers a variety of skills, and a love of the outdoors. opportunities for women of color of color from mountain spaces. programs for underserved youth, to recreate, become leaders on the including snowboarding and skiing Share The High Fives Foundation helps Share Winter is a grant-making grant funding for rehabilitation programs, and coaching programs. people who have su昀昀ered life- and equipment. They also host High Fives organization that helps break down Winter Share Winter also provides DEI changing injuries while participating several events throughout the Foundation barriers so more youth can get on training programs to their grantees in winter sports. They provide Foundation the snow. It support 24 di昀昀erent year, including ski and snowboard to help promote a more inclusive resources, support, and education organizations in the U.S., including camps. The organization was ski community nationwide. to help these individuals recover, nonpro昀椀t ski resorts, youth founded by Roy Tuscany, who rehabilitate, and return to the su昀昀ered a life-changing spinal activities they love. High Fives o昀昀ers cord injury while skiing. Tuscany a variety of programs, including continues to ski today with the help injury prevention education, of adaptive equipment. adaptive sports instruction, and In 2009, Hoods to Woods was founded Hoods to snowboarding. The organization on the belief that everyone deserves provides free programming, access to the great outdoors. Woods equipment, and mentorship to Co-Founders Brian Paupaw and communities in the New York City Omar Diaz grew up in underserved tri-state area to help create more communities and set out to share diversity in winter sports. Shredding their passion for the outdoors with inner city youth through Barriers 11