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Calender Winner?
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Be prepared before you travel:
Check the road and weather
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Idaho Dept. of Parks and Rec.
has set their dates
for avalanche classes
in your regions.
Please try and attend
one in your
area!
cost is FREE.
How can you turn down a
class that could save your life,
a rider in your group,
or someone in the area
that could use your help?
Click on link below
for more information
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| Welcome to the Idaho State Snowmobile Association’s web page. Members of the Idaho State Snowmobile Association are a very charitable group of people. Some people think that we just ride our noisy machines extremely fast and recklessly. They could not be more wrong. A large percentage of our members do many hours of community service helping all people. These hours (from April 1,2007 through March 31, 2008) consist of 375 hours on litter walks, 980 hours spent on search and rescue 1,193 hours of community service
( helping with Christmas projects, gathering wood for the elderly, shoveling walks, helping those with physical challenges), 300 hours of community service (soup kitchens, habitat for humanity and etc) and 965 hours working on warming huts.
In addition to all the many hours of service, our members donated $37,497.00 to different charities last year. The recipients included $300.00 for avalanche awareness,$1,100.00 to the Blue Ribbon Coalition, $3,400.00 for Christmas for needy families, $1,375.00 to various food banks, $15,687.00 to help defray grooming expenses, $2,940.00 for legal defense, $245.00 for memorials, $1,400.00 in scholarships, $100.00 to S.A.W.S., $2,795.00 to community centers, $355.00 for restrooms maintenance, $2,800.00 for warming hut maintenance and improvements, $400.00 for trail signs and $4,600.00 to help host the International Snowmobile Congress in Boise during June 2008. These figures are from 17 of the 37 clubs in our state. All clubs do charitable activates.
Snowmobilers take very seriously their right to ride in the mountain area of Idaho. They like to have a good time with their friends and family. A few people in our sport do things that make a bad name for everyone. Unfortunately people will remember the negative situations much longer than they will remember the good that most people do. It is no different with snowmobilers that it is with cross country skiers, tubers or hikers.
The West Mountain Snowmobile Club in Cascade had 60 hours providing lunch, treats and rides for physically and mentally impaired individuals. The Lookout Mountain Skyriders provided 8 hours promoting family snowmobiling. These are examples from only 2 clubs out of the 37 clubs in the state association.
I am proud to say that I belong to such a caring and giving organization as the Idaho State Snowmobile Association.
Vanda Johnson
Charity chair
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