Rena has almost been on skis as long as she has been walking. After moving from the Alaskan Tundra to Vermont she was brought along on many excursions through the woods with her parents and sister. When she was awarded the adventure scholarship she was at the Green Mountain Valley

Chris Begemann received his award in 2019. He is an Ontario native who has a passion for aviation like no other. Since he was a child he knew this was what he wanted to do, when has was only the age of 12 he took his first flight. Since then

While rummaging through some old papers, our Director Peter Hawks discovered an essay written by Ryan Hawks for an Advanced Composition class while he was a Junior at South Burlington High School in 2003. On the surface it is an essay about the experience of an adrenaline rush felt while

  Johnny Egan received his Adventure Scholarship way back in 2014. A Moretown, Vermont resident and student at Harwood High School at the time, Johnny competed with the Sugarbush Freestyle Team and was using his award to train with the Diamond Dogs and launch himself into a career in professional