2025 Jan 02: Race Team Grocery Cards, Lantern Ski, Emergency Plan
Anyone interested in putting more money on their RELOADABLE Askew’s Foods Grocery Cards? Deadline to send e-transfer SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2025
Please send an email to gift.cards@larchhillsskiteam.com letting us know the amount you will be transferring and the number on the back of your card. (Double check the number?)
Send your e-transfer to the same address gift.cards@larchhillsskiteam.com by Sunday January 5th, 2025 – Midnight I will give the information to Askew’s on Monday and your cards should be loaded by Tuesday.
Need a Reloadable card? Follow the same instructions as above, but instead of providing us with your card number, state that you need a new card. Your new card should be ready by Wednesday for pickup/meetup with a Ski Team Representative.
Remember you can also purchase regular Askews and Save-On grocery cards from the Larch Hills Ski Team on Saturday mornings upstairs in the Chalet from 11-11:30am. Payment can be made by cash, cheque or etransfer. We can also collect your name and contact information if you’d like to be notified of when the next order to add money to reloadable Askew’s cards will be..
We have wrapped up another successful Lantern Ski. The lanterns are all snuggly nestled in their orange crates and stored away for 2025. Over $2500 and a few boxes of food was donated by all the participants for Second Harvest Food Bank. Once expenses are deducted, LHNS will have a nice donation to the food bank.
This year was not unlike any other year where we have needed to amend the event to accommodate an unforeseen circumstance. Who would have thought the bogs would not be frozen?? A new course was planned and we think it turned out to be a good alternative.
We can’t begin to show our appreciation to all the volunteers who contributed approx. 164 hours of time it takes to make the Lantern Ski happen.
Some deserve an extra special thank you: The Beckners for organizing the lantern lighting crews. Phil Wright for being the steadfast reception greeter. Antje Breugem for stepping in at the last moment to light the tree and keeping the candles going. Don and Ingrid Howieson for bringing their expertise to the food service in the chalet. The Heckrodts and Kristen Maddox for setting up the paper bag lights. Heather Nash and family for providing the welcoming firepit at the South Hub. George Jackson and Dave Millard and the grooming crews for keeping our trails in the best shape possible. Karen Tanchak who always had the answers to our numerous questions and who contributed in countless ways. Kari Wilkinson for sharing the organization of the event and organizing all the sleds, trailers and toboggans for set-up and take down.
And last but not least – Kerry Miller for keeping track of all the little things that need to happen to make Lantern Ski happen – ordering supplies, coordinating the lantern cleaning and filling, ensuring we have volunteers, and helping with all the setup and takedown. And doing this steadfastly for the past 5 years. Kerry has decided this will be her last year to help coordinate this much loved event – and we will miss her immensely.
NEW COORDINATOR NEEDED FOR 2025!
Kerry Miller has officially stepped down as a Lantern Coordinator. Kari Wilkinson will need a NEW coordinator(s) to help plan the 2025 Lantern Ski. Without this key position filled, pulling Lantern Ski off is not possible. If you love the lantern ski event – please consider stepping up. Please contact Kari Wilkinson at 250-833-9261 if you have questions.
Thank you for all the memories! Kari and Kerry
EMERGENCY ON LARCH HILLS TRAILS? Call 250 833-5467 What would you do if you or a fellow skier or snowshoer got injured out on the trails?
The emergency contact sheet below is available from the Stadium area Kiosk across from the Chalet. Volunteers listed below may be available to respond in case of an Emergency on the trails.
After reviewing this call sheet, if you have questions please chat with Karen or Jana in the Chalet Office. They could arrange for a Volunteer Safety Host to meet you for a half-hour ski to introduce you to the Team’s volunteer service, our Club’s safety equipment and our emergency response protocols.
