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Media Contact:
April Darrow, NSP Communications Director
720.963.2625
adarrow@nsp.org
RELEASES
2008
- Opedix Wellness Gear Announced as an Official Supplier to the NSP (8.13.08)
- NSP National Office Staff Restructured; Two New Staff Members Hired (8.11.08)
- NSP Anniversary Campaign Fundraiser Announced (7.3.08)
- 70th Anniversary Celebrated by NSP Members and Friends (6.25.08)
- Abbadessa Named National Young Adult Program Coordinator (3.31.08)
- NSP, PSIA, AASI to Dissolve Joint Statement of Understanding (3.11.08)
- NSP Leadership Revives Historic Safety Team; Seven Members Announced (1.18.08) Read Team Bios here.
2007
- Randy McNeil named NSP National Transportation Program Director (12.27.07)
- NSP Partners with Adventure Advocates to Offer Low-Cost Accident Insurance to Members (11.29.07)
- NSP and Canadian Ski Patrol Leaders Sign MOU (10.30.07)
- NSP Board Approves Creation of Two New Committees (9.17.07)
- Ed Humphrey Named Director of NSP Instructor Development Program (8.23.07)
- NSP Reauthorizes National Telecommunications Program; Woolf Appointed Advisor (8.22.07)
- NSP Makes Management Changes; Hires New Executive Director
- NSP and ASEA Agree to Senior Management Changes
2006
- Hestra, Level, and Reusch Join Swany in Glove Sponsorship with NSP (10.27.06)
- Smith Returns as NSP Sponsor for Eyewear and New Helmet Line (10.27.06)
- Thule Comes Onboard as an Official Supplier to NSP (10.27.06)
- Subaru Extends Sponsorship with NSP for Five More Years (8.15.06)
PRESS: 2008
- "Blade Runners"; Occupational Health & Safety Magazine, April 2008
OF INTEREST
- 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF NSP NORDIC PROGRAM CELEBRATED (3.28.08)
- On March 28, the 40th Anniversary of the NSP Nordic Program was celebrated with a banquet at the Blue Hill Adventure & Quarry Museum in Quincy, Mass. Museum Founder and Senior Nordic Patroller David Hodgdon (shown in photo at right with fellow Lake Placid patroller Michael Purcell) was heavily involved in the 1968 formation of the Nordic Program and planned the celebration that included the swapping of photos and stories, incorporating tales from Nordic patrollers' participation in the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. For more information on the origins of the NSP Nordic Program, check out the winter 2008 issue of Ski Patrol Magazine.
- NEW HAMPSHIRE STUDENT PATROL FEATURED ON THE NEWS (AND YOU TUBE)
A video clip from the New Hampshire Chronicle profiling a recent New Hampshire Region Student Patrol Training Seminar has hit You Tube. The seven-minute video shows members of the state's student patrol participating in clinics, training and seminars at Pat's Peak Ski Area. NSP members Chris Rousseau, Orest Ohar and Jenn Murdough were interviewed, along with a few students. View the clip here.
- FINAL TENTH MOUNTAIN REUNION DRAWS NEARLY 1,000; NSP EXHIBIT AT NEW ENGLAND SKI MUSEUM
The National Association of the Tenth Mountain Division held its last official reunion Aug. 2-5, 2007 in Denver, with a post-reunion tour of Cooper Hill and Camp Hale on Aug. 6. More than 950 people attended the events, including 312 World War II vets, 273 spouses and 331 descendents. Click here to view photos. In related news, the New England Ski Museum in Franconia, N.H., is running an exhibit on the NSP and its role in the creation of the Tenth Mountain Division. The exhibit opened June 1 and runs through March 2008. Details here.
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