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Volunteer with youth in bi-ski after a night lessonSEWASP (pronounced "see-wasp") provides adaptive alpine skiing and snowboard lessons for people with disabilities in southeastern Wisconsin and surrounding areas.  "Adaptive" refers to the modified equipment and teaching techniques used to enable skiers and snowboarders to participate safely and as independently as possible.  Instruction is generally provided at Alpine Valley Ski Resort near East Troy, Wisconsin (southwest of Milwaukee on I-43), on Thursday evenings from January through mid-March.

SEWASP provides lessons for participants with all types of disabilities including:

  • motor and physical (spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis (MS), spina bifida, etc.)
  • cognitive (brain injury, mental retardation, etc.)
  • sensory (blindness and other visual impairments, deafness and other hearing impairments, etc.)

Bi-skier kicking up snow on a turnThe program provides adaptive ski equipment and equipment fitting.  Equipment provided includes bi-skis and mono-skis for participants who may sit down when they ski.  Some skiers have their own equipment.  

SEWASP is a community effort of Our Participants, Dedicated Volunteers, Generous Sponsors, and IndependenceFirst. SEWASP is a chapter of Disabled Sports USA and member of Community Health Charities of Wisconsin .
 
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Newsflash

SEWASP is a member of Community Health Charities of Wisconsin (CHCWI).  Watch for SEWASP in your Wisconsin workplace giving campaign (usually the fall of each year).  Help us get the word out to family, friends, and coworkers working in Wisconsin that they too can likely donate through their workplace (a.k.a "combined compaign").  These campaigns make giving easy with the option of payroll deduction.  Please take a moment to think about who you could call or email to let them know that SEWASP is a great organization to support.
 

Please remember that reservations are always required for SEWASP lessons.
 

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Alpine Valley Resort