Community Benefit Day at Pajarito Mountain is Sunday. File photo
PAJARITO MOUNTAIN News:
- Ticket Proceeds to Benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters Santa Fe
Community Benefit Day at Pajarito Mountain is Sunday, Jan. 26. In its first year, Community Benefit Days is a way for Pajarito to give back to the community by donating a portion of lift ticket sales to a local nonprofit.
This year’s proceeds will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters in Santa Fe. The resort pledges to donate 20 percent of lift ticket sales.
“Providing support to a young person is very gratifying. This organization is very dear to my heart,” Pajarito General Manager Tom Long said. “I was once a Big Brother. Big Brothers and Big Sisters continue to work with children in our community that nurtures and supports them through sports, community, contact, homework and sometimes ‘just being there.’”
Big Brothers Big Sisters aims to change health, education, family and the community by matching at-risk children with “Bigs,” volunteer mentors who provide support to help their “Littles” develop the skills and self-confidence they need to reach their full potential.
“We are extremely grateful for investment in the lives of the children we serve. Pajarito’s support means the world to us,” said David Sherman, chief executive officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters. A representative of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Santa Fe will be at Pajarito Sunday giving out more information and accepting donations.
Pajarito Mountain serves the community by offering a FREE Power Kids Season Pass for children ages 10 and younger which provides unlimited, direct-to-lift access with no blackout dates to Pajarito Mountain, Purgatory Resort, Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort, Arizona Snowbowl, Nordic Valley, Spider Mountain, Brian Head Resort and Hesperus Ski Area. Plus, kids in fifth grade for the 19/20 school year also receive a FREE season pass, valid at Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, Pajarito Mountain Ski Area and Hesperus. Active duty military members ski FREE or 50 percent off at Pajarito, with certain blackout dates. Pajarito also works with local nonprofit Mountain Vibz to bring underprivileged kids to learn to ski and snowboard.
For more information Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Santa Fe or to make a donation, visit BBBSMountainRegion.org or call 505.983.8360.
About Pajarito Mountain Ski Area
Located in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and 30 minutes northwest of Santa Fe, Pajarito Mountain Ski Area offers 41 trails, 6 lifts and two terrain parks, all located on 751 acres on the eastern edge of the Jemez Mountains. Known for its spectacular views of the Rio Grande Valley and the Valles Caldera National Preserve, the ski area was founded and developed in the late 1950s by the Los Alamos Ski Club. The fall line and bump runs are heralded as some of the best in the state, and the mountain offers a ski school, restaurant, and ski rental facility. During the summer season, Pajarito Mountain is home to an extensive mountain biking trail system with lift served access and hosts several New Mexico Brewers Festivals throughout the summer. Pajarito is the closest resort to the Albuquerque metro area. For more information, visit www.Pajarito.ski.
About Big Brothers Big Sisters
For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (Bigs) and children (Littles), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. They develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people. Learn More at BBBSMountainRegion.org.
