12th Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament-June 27, 2020
Please join us on July 20, 2019 to support the Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Wounded Warriors programs and for a day of fun and camaraderie on one of Virginia's finest golf courses at the 10th Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament.
Please join us on June 27, 2020 to support the Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Wounded Warriors programs and for our 12th Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament, at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg. For our 2020 tournament, we will be playing the Kingsmill River Course.
The format is Captain’s Choice. Prizes will be awarded for longest drive and closest-to-the-pin on designated holes, including separate contests for Wounded Warriors, and there will be a door prize raffle, a special hole-in-one contest, and a delicious barbecue lunch for all participants.
Mulligans and up to four "gimme" putts per team (purchased at registration) are permitted at any time, but teams must maintain an appropriate pace of play. Teams must avoid falling behind by a full golf hole. The maximum score for any hole is a double bogey. Each team must use three drives from each team member during the 18-holes.
We will tee off promptly at 9 a.m. Kingsmill provides a shuttle service to and from the practice range. To use the range, register and be at the range by 7:45 or so to ensure your return for final instructions at 8:45. There is a practice green adjacent to the Registration area. Complimentary coffee and muffins will be available during the morning registration.
Registration: Registration will begin at 7:30am at the Plantation/River Course scoreboard. All participants, including those who pre-registered and paid, must check-in at registration. When registering, participants are asked to sign an insurance waiver and a Media Release, granting Wintergreen Adaptive Sports the option to use your image in any media release or promotion.
To register, use the button, below:
You may pay for your registration in advance or at the event. For payment in advance, mail a check to Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, P.O. Box 4334, Charlottesville, VA 22905 (made out to "Wintergreen Adaptive Sports"), or use a credit card with the PayPal button and menu below. At the event, you may pay with cash, check, or credit card.
Sponsor Wounded Warriors
This tournament is not only a critical fundraiser for our Wounded Warriors programs, but is also an event with wide participation by wounded warriors, including many of our snow sports and paddling students. For this tournament, we invite their participation at no cost. To sponsor one or more of our honored wounded veteran participants, please use online payment link, above.
Sponsorship Levels
Platinum $5,000
Entitled to guest participation (four people) in all WAS events, including dinner/luncheon activities (Come ski, golf, and kayak or canoe with WAS!)
Event recognition at all WAS events throughout the year
Table recognition
Recognition in post-event press releases
Recognition on WAS website
Recognition on WAS program advertisements
Gold $4,000
Entitled to guest participation (four people) in two WAS events, including dinner/luncheon activities
Event recognition at all WAS events throughout the year
Table recognition
Recognition in post-event press releases
Recognition on WAS website
Recognition on WAS program advertisements
Silver: $3,000
Entitled to guest participation (four people) in one event
Event recognition
Table recognition
Recognition in post-event press releases
Recognition on WAS website
Recognition on WAS program advertisements
Bronze: $2,500
Entitled to guest participation (two people) in one event
Event recognition
Recognition in post-event press releases
Recognition on WAS website
Golf Tournament Hole Sponsorships: $500
Event recognition (including tee box placard)
Recognition in post-event press releases
The Rufus Cook Memorial Scholarship
Awarded for determination in overcoming injuries to seek the joy and exhilaration of snow sports
To honor the memory of Staff Sergeant Rufus Cook, his family and friends have endowed The Rufus Cook Memorial Scholarship.
Presented each year beginning in 2016 to a Wounded Warrior student at the Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Wounded Warrior Weekend.
This scholarship underwrites the participation of the WAS Wounded Warrior whose determination to overcome injuries and to seek the joy and exhilaration of snow sports best exemplifies the dedication and life-affirming service of Rufus Cook.
For more information on supporting this scholarship, email info@skiwas.org.
RUFUS COOK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
2020–Tyrone Sartor
2019–Armand Bonseigneur & Duane Brown
2018–Kemmini Washington & Jeff Haugh
2017–Seyward McKinney & Jason Ehrhart
2016–Jonathan Rivenbark
Staff Sergeant Rufus Cook first enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1979 at age 18, served with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas, with the 7th Cavalry in Schweinfurt, Germany, and near the end of his distinguished military career, with the 630th Transportation Company in 2004-05 in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In March 2005, for his heroic service while stationed in Iraq, Staff Sergeant Cook was the recipient of the Bronze Star. Medically discharged in 2009 due to injuries sustained in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Staff Sergeant Cook contracted throat and lung cancer in 2012 and fought bravely until his death in June 2015.
Ninth Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament-July 8, 2017
Please join us on July 8, 2017 to support the Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Wounded Warriors programs and for a day of fun and camaraderie on one of Virginia's finest golf courses at the Ninth Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament.
Please join us on July 8, 2017 to support the Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Wounded Warriors programs and for a day of fun and camaraderie on one of Virginia's finest golf courses at the Ninth Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament.
The format is Captain’s Choice. Each member of the team with the highest score will receive a voucher for a 30-minute golf lesson from the Kingsmill pros.
Prizes will be awarded for longest drive and closest-to-the-pin on designated holes, including separate contests for Wounded Warriors, and there will be a door prize raffle and delicious barbecue lunch for all participants.
Mulligans and up to four "gimme" putts per team (purchased at registration) are permitted at any time, but teams must maintain an appropriate pace of play. Teams must avoid falling behind by a full golf hole. The maximum score for any hole is a double bogey. Each team must use three drives from each team member during the 18-holes.
We will tee off promptly at 9 a.m. Kingsmill provides a shuttle service to and from the practice range. To use the range, register and be at the range by 7:45 or so to ensure your return for final instructions at 8:45. There is a practice green adjacent to the Registration area. Complimentary coffee and snacks will be available during the morning registration.
Registration: Registration will begin at 7:30am behind the pro shop and putting green. All participants, including those who pre-registered and paid, must check-in at registration. When registering, participants are asked to sign an insurance waiver and a Media Release, granting Wintergreen Adaptive Sports the option to use your image in any media release or promotion.
To register, use the button, below:
You may pay for your registration in advance or at the event. For payment in advance, mail a check to Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, P.O. Box 4334, Charlottesville, VA 22905 (made out to "Wintergreen Adaptive Sports"), or use a credit card with the PayPal button and menu below.
Sponsor Wounded Warriors
This tournament is not only a critical fundraiser for our Wounded Warriors programs, but is also an event with wide participation by wounded warriors, including many of our snow sports and paddling students. For this tournament, we invite their participation at no cost. To sponsor one or more of our honored wounded veteran participants, please use online payment link, above.
Sponsorship Levels
Platinum $5,000
Entitled to guest participation (four people) in all WAS events, including dinner/luncheon activities (Come ski, golf, and kayak or canoe with WAS!)
Event recognition at all WAS events throughout the year
Table recognition
Recognition in post-event press releases
Recognition on WAS website
Recognition on WAS program advertisements
Gold $4,000
Entitled to guest participation (four people) in two WAS events, including dinner/luncheon activities
Event recognition at all WAS events throughout the year
Table recognition
Recognition in post-event press releases
Recognition on WAS website
Recognition on WAS program advertisements
Silver: $3,000
Entitled to guest participation (four people) in one event
Event recognition
Table recognition
Recognition in post-event press releases
Recognition on WAS website
Recognition on WAS program advertisements
Bronze: $2,500
Entitled to guest participation (two people) in one event
Event recognition
Recognition in post-event press releases
Recognition on WAS website
Golf Tournament Hole Sponsorships: $500
Event recognition (including tee box placard)
Recognition in post-event press releases
12th annual Wounded Warriors Weekend–February 5-7, 2016
In the tradition of this always exciting weekend, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports will provide–at no cost to our honored guests–welcome bags, snacks, nourishing meals, all lift tickets and equipment, all housing accommodations, and ski or snowboard lessons for not only those being honored, but all spouses and children as well. Special children's activities are also planned. WAS is especially grateful for the housing accommodations provided by over thirty Wintergreen resort resident families.
Our 12th annual Wounded Warriors Weekend will be February 5–7.
Everyone at Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, and the entire Wintergreen community, eagerly anticipates this event as soon as the snow starts flying each winter. It is a weekend built around finding new possibilities, setting new limits, and providing lots of time for pure fun–and relaxation,–for our honored warrior guests and their families.
In the tradition of this always exciting weekend, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports will provide–at no cost to our honored guests–welcome bags, snacks, nourishing meals, all lift tickets and equipment, all housing accommodations, and ski or snowboard lessons for not only those being honored, but all spouses and children as well. Special children's activities are also planned. WAS is especially grateful for the housing accommodations provided by over thirty Wintergreen resort resident families.
Following a full day of snow sports on Saturday, February 6th, we'll convene in the evening for our annual Wounded Warriors banquet to salute the warriors and their families, the WAS and Wintergreen Resort staff, and for the many community volunteers who assist us on this weekend. Without the generosity of and collaboration among these groups and individuals, it would be impossible to hold this special event.
We welcome both donations and helping hands. If you'd like to contribute to this year’s weekend of appreciation for the brave men and women, injured in the line of duty, or would like information on the event, please send us an email to info@skiwas.org.
For our Wounded Warrior weekend, and for our "Everyday is Warrior Day" program, all wounded warriors are welcome to this event.
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports defines a Wounded Warrior as a service member (veteran or active duty) who has a disability that either resulted from wounds, injury, or disease received in the line of duty as a direct result of armed conflict; or was caused by an instrumentality of war and was incurred in the line of duty.
If there is limited space due to instructor availability, priority will be given to those injured after 2001 in overseas combat, those injured while directly engaged in armed conflict, and those who are attending their first event or are "never-ever" skiers and riders.
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports encourages our wounded warrior students to include their families in the Wounded Warrior Weekend. All spouses, partners, children, and caregivers will receive the same complimentary accommodations as our wounded warrior students.
For additional information on our Wounded Warrior program, contact us at info@skiwas.org.
11th Annual Wounded Warriors Weekend Reports
On Friday, February 6, 2015, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports welcomed 34 wounded warrior athletes and additional 60 family members and caregivers for an exciting weekend of adaptive snow sports instruction, rest and relaxation, and camaraderie.
On Friday, February 6, 2015, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports welcomed 34 wounded warrior athletes and additional 60 family members and caregivers for an exciting weekend of adaptive snow sports instruction, rest and relaxation, and camaraderie.
To see some of the media coverage of the event, see the links below:
Wounded Warriors hit the slopes at Wintergreen
..."January 29th in 2004, I was wounded near Balad, Iraq,"said Matthew Staton, a wounded warrior and ski instructor. "I had gunshot wounds directly to the left hip, major damage to my left thigh and femoral bone, and bruising across the chest where the plates stopped the other bullets."
Many of the wounded warriors said the adaptive sports is a way to turn a new leaf on their life, some of them like Matthew Staton, even mastering the sport enough to teach fellow wounded warriors.
"It's kind of almost relaxing to them in a way, because they are not having to in a short sense, explain themselves of what they're been through, they know I've seen it and been there so we get right to the skiing," Staton said.
"Being in the military, there is an instant trust there, when they're going down the hill and we're going behind them, making sure they're doing the right thing and that nobody is going to run into them or anything like that, they know we have their sticks so it's always comforting," said Tim Payne, a wounded warrior and ski instructor.... READ THE ARTICLE HERE
Tenth Annual WAS Warriors Weekend
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports held its 10th annual Warriors Weekend of exciting snow sports, camaraderie, and rest and relaxation for our honored wounded warrior guests and their families. WAS hosted 32 warriors and an additional 40 family members for three days.
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports held its 10th annual Warriors Weekend on January 24-26, 2014. For three days of exciting snow sports, camaraderie, and rest and relaxation for our honored wounded warrior guests and their families, WAS hosted 32 warriors and an additional 40 family members.
With memory loss and permanent nerve damage to his shoulder and arm, Chadd Jackson visited a similar event with his family after being discharged from the hospital five years ago.
He had skied as a kid, having been born in Colorado, where he still has family, but his injuries had undermined his balance.
“With all the nerve damage to the shoulder, the arm, I couldn’t see myself doing it,” he said. READ THE ARTICLE IN THE NEWS & ADVANCE HERE
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