Ski 4 a Cure at HoliMont
Ski 4 a Cure at HoliMont
Ski Club of Lockport Presents Donation to Roswell Park Alliance Foundation
Pictured L-R: SCOL members Julia Drinnan Doran, Tom Doran, Amanda Berg (Roswell Park Alliance Foundation) and Jon Laverty at the Roswell Park Sciences Center.
LOCKPORT, NY - The second annual Ski 4 a Cure, presented by SCOL (Ski Club of Lockport) and hosted by HoliMont on February 16, 2024, was a fun and memorable experience that benefited Roswell Park’s Comprehensive Cancer Center’s most pressing needs. Through HoliMont event ticket sales, online, offline donations, basket and 50/50 sales, SCOL and HoliMont raised $10,500, which SCOL presented to the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation on March 21, 2024.
Every dollar raised for research leads to $23 in external grant funding, which would equal $241,500 to help support 20 donor-funded research initiatives, 50 plus donor-funded quality of life programs and so much more for Roswell Park’s 49,000 patients.
Skiing conditions were tremendous, courtesy of the awesome job of HoliMont’s trail grooming. The weather was mostly overcast with snow and colder temperatures, which all made for fantastic skiing! The fun-filled day of events included a free demo day provided by The City Garage. Technicians quickly fit participants from a wide selection of skis to try. Their tent was conveniently located just below the Expo chair. Thanks go out to Trey Clauss and Sean Lowes.
The cancer survivor parade - the signature event - snaked down Expo slope to honor survivors and their families. This year participants wore a variety of color beads to represent the different types of cancers. A grab bag prize was awarded for the best parade costume. For the scavenger hunt, participants took selfies with the selected items from a list that was provided by HoliMont. Grab bags were awarded to 6 winners. For the Most Consistent Timed race, each racer took two separate runs through the gates on the Fall Line course. We had winners from four categories: men and women over 60 and men and women under 60. Grab bags were awarded to the winners. For the Bombardier game, skiers purchased numbered tennis balls to benefit Ski 4 a Cure funds. As they rode up Expo lift, each skier tried to drop his or her ball so that it would land and stay inside of a large trash can on the slope below. Grab bags were awarded to 5 winners.
SCOL would like to thank all of the donors, including the following businesses for their contributions or services: HoliMont Ski Resort, The City Garage, Snowflake Ski Shop, Team Pritchard Real Estate, Ellicottville Tiny House, Calvin’s Furniture & Leather Gallery, The Ski Company, Ava Grace Fashion, Holiday Valley, Davison Road Inn, Lockport’s Palace Theater, Phatman BoardShop, Ellicottville Brewing Co., Balloons Restaurant, Monroe Street Brick and Brew, Watson’s Chocolates, Spurback Family Chiropractic, Daily City Train Indoor Skatepark/Shop, Gear Up at HoliMont, Tops Markets, Tim & Bonnie’s Restaurant, Dina’s at HoliMont catering, Jennah Bradley from HoliMont, the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, and SCOL members and others who donated to the Basket Raffle.
We thank Amanda Berg and Allison Lockwood from the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation for all of their help with the planning of the event and for coming down to HoliMont to help with the various events and to hand out beads to cancer survivors.
We also thank ellicottvilleNOW newspaper for their wonderful article and for including our color Ski 4 a Cure poster in their January and February newspaper editions and to The Villager for their article. Thanks go to the many Ellicottville businesses for displaying our poster through the season. The 3rd Annual Ski 4 A Cure event will take place at HoliMont on Friday, February 14, 2025.