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New Volunteer Platform: POINT

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Introducing Team Summit’s New Volunteer Platform: POINT Team Summit Colorado is excited to announce the transition to a new volunteer platform: POINT. This upgrade is designed to enhance and streamline how we engage with our volunteers. Through POINT, we will be able to more efficiently manage volunteer opportunities, track hours, and communicate with families regarding VSF and volunteer opportunities. What You Need to Know: Email Invitation: Soon, all registered members of Team Summit Colorado will receive an email from no-reply@pointapp.org  inviting you to claim your volunteer profile...

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TSC Health Tips – Cardiovascular Endurance

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Cardiovascular Endurance- Aerobic Capacity What is it? Cardiovascular endurance is the ability of the heart and lungs to fuel the body with oxygen-rich blood.  Why is it important? Having a higher aerobic capacity can increase the amount of blood and force the heart to pump each contraction, increase the overall volume of air you can take in each breath, lower your heart rate, and lower your breathing rate. All of these benefits will lead to a quicker recovery time during training, which will allow for more quality training runs throughout the day. A high aerobic capacity will...

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Ken Jones Family Fund

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Supporting the Whole Community  Team Summit Colorado's vision of whole athlete | whole team | whole community is what we live by. On December 6th, 2019 Ken Jones of Summit Fire & EMS passed away fighting a fire at Copper Mountain. As a community partner, the Firemen were scheduled to run our valet parking for Ski Ball the next day to help them raise money for their department but had to cancel after the accident. At Ski Ball, we held a 50/50 raffle where we raised $1,500 and the winner of the raffle was Tony and Kelly Pestello who own ifurnish. They donated the $750 back to...

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Volunteer

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It Takes a Village Your support for our events and operations are critical for Team Summit Colorado to keep program costs down.  TSC hosted events are especially important because they are an essential source of income, and they keep our athletes feeling at home and competing in a familiar environment. It takes a village to operate this team, and we need your help. Volunteer Service Fee(VSF) Hours Requirement All Intro/101 programs: 25 hours for $250 per family All other programs: 30 hours for $300 per family Volunteers are essential to our programs. Without our volunteers, we could...

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Letter from Alumni

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LETTER FROM ALUMNI & US SKI TEAM MEMBER, MIKAELA MATTHEWS My name is Mikaela Matthews and I am a current member of the US Freestyle Ski Team. I was also a member of Team Summit Freestyle for nearly ten years and I have no doubt that Team Summit and its staff has helped shape me into the individual and the athlete that I am today. I joined Team Summit Freestyle at the age of eight and was coached by Chris Carson. Chris taught me more than simply how to execute a technical turn he also taught me discipline, commitment, but most importantly, a love for the sport of skiing. These were the...

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