Providing mountain kids with the opportunity to be their best in athletic arenas is crucial to self-confidence, team awareness and the joy of sport. This starts with access to the activities, and Mountain Recreation has been there for so many of us, providing local kids the opportunities they might not get from higher-priced sport clubs. A publicly funded organization like this brings together our priorities for keeping kids outdoors and allows parents the opportunity to watch and enjoy their children as they run around local sport fields.
In 2014, we signed up our 9-year-old son Owen for his first lacrosse team through Mountain Rec, then called WECMRD. As parents, we had no idea how to play the sport, hold the stick, or even what to cheer for from the sidelines. We also didn’t know if this would be a one season experience or maybe something longer. We were glad that our modest registration fee included all the gear. Sheryl met us in the back of the Eagle Ice Rink and helped us f
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Grants Pass Police host Dunk a Cop fundraiser for Special Olympics Oregon
On Saturday, the Grants Pass Police Department hosted a fundraiser event, dubbed Dunk a Cop for Special Olympics Oregon.
Posted: Feb 27, 2021 9:41 PM
Updated: Feb 27, 2021 9:42 PM
Posted By: Brett Taylor
GRANTS PASS, Ore On Saturday, the Grants Pass Police Department hosted a fundraiser event, dubbed Dunk a Cop for Special Olympics Oregon. The event was in the parking lot next to the Dutch Bros coffee stand located near 6th and G Streets in downtown Grants Pass.
Because of current state of emergency, the in-person Polar Plunge for 2021 had to be held, as the police department called it, Brrr-tually . According to Grants Pass Police, the team had to get creative this year to try to raise funds. To do this the department says that it decided to put their volunteer dunkers, hovering over a freezing tank of water.
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