![]() ![]() The district has deservedly received awards for its facilities, from the nine-hole Ponderosa Golf Course and an ice rink in winter to super-kid-friendly West End Beach and the public piers on Donner Lake. The crown jewel is the 40,000-square-foot Community Recreation Center with, among other things, a two-court gymnasium, state-of-the-art indoor aquatics center, an indoor running track, exercise equipment, two climbing walls (one is 29 feet tall) and a state-of-the-art aquatics center. Some of the amenities and facilities managed by the district are accessible for free, others for a fee. Those gems are kept shining by the Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District for the enjoyment of locals and visitors. But there are many hidden gems known mostly to locals. Josh Dueck from Vernon, British Columbia.Take a look around and it’s clear that Truckee is a special town: history, mountains, lakes, river and forests. Jamie Crane-Mauzy from Salt Lake City, Utah. In the month of June the High Fives Foundation disbursed $30,194 in board-approved grants to nine athletes. Since January 2015, 26 High Fives Athletes and two organizations have been awarded 40 board-approved grants totaling $211,393. In 2015, the High Fives Foundation set a budget of disbursing $266,000 via board-approved grants through the Empowerment Fund. Since the High Fives Foundation’s January 2009 inception, the Empowerment program service has assisted 85 athletes from 20 states in nine respective funding categories which include: living expenses, insurance, travel, health, healing network, adaptive equipment, winter equipment, programs and “stoke” (positive energy, outlook and attitude). He will also receive acupuncture from Vitality Primary Care, Active Release Techniques from Shawn Griser of Active Motion Therapy, massage from renowned Truckee-based massage therapist Karen Stubbs and physical therapy with Synergy Therapeutics. This June Board-approved Empowerment Grant for Jim Harris will provide him one-on-one personal training with local trainers Chris Cloyd of the JM Performance Gym and Jack Powell (known as #JackTheTrainer). “Jim has dedicated his summer to three months of intensive therapy at the facility.” Paddle board yoga on Donner Lake w/ the High Fives Foundation | Photo Courtesy High Fives “It is incredible to have Jim utilizing all of the components of the CR,” said Roy Tuscany, High Fives Foundation Executive Director. #HighFivesAthlete Jim Harris | Photo Courtesy Mary Pat Harris It shares a space with the office of the High Fives Foundation and is home to various healers practicing a spectrum of wellness and strength-building techniques - all which will benefit Jim Harris’ recovery. The Healing Center is CR is a 2,400 sq/ft training facility providing resources for athletes in recovery from life-altering and sport related injuries. where he is able to continue his rigorous recovery schedule at the CR Johnson Healing Center. This June, Harris walked on his own through the doors of Craig Hospital and has relocated to Lake Tahoe, Calif. Harris working out at Craig Hospital | Photo Courtesy Mary Pat Harris The High Fives Foundation has provided support for those therapies since his injury in November. His walking gate, though slightly slower than prior to the injury, is improving by the day, thanks especially to a culmination of rehabilitative therapies. #HighFivesAthlete Jim Harris going the distance | Photo Courtesy Mary Pat Harrisħ-months later and his recovery has exceeded the expectations of doctors, friends and family, but not his own. His hard work and focused determination have brought him from wheelchair to standing-walker, and now he ambulates using only the minimal support of hiking poles. Harris had fractured four vertebrae and was partially paralyzed from the chest down. He remained there for a month before transferring to the world renown spinal center at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colo. ![]() Harris took a 19-hour flight to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he underwent a surgery to stabilize the fractures in his back. The crash found him with a back injury in an unfamiliar hospital in the South American country. In November 2014, Jim Harris’ life changed dramatically following a ski accident in Punta Arenas, Chile. High Fives Athlete Jim Harris receives $6,600 Empowerment Grant to continue rehabilitation at CR Johnson Healing Center in Truckee, Calif.Įmpowerment Grant will provide Harris sessions of personal training, physical therapy, acupuncture, massage, Active Release Techniques and Neuro Kinetic Pilates #HighFivesAthlete Jim Harris & #HighFivesAthlete Bond Camp | Photo Courtesy Erica Segerberg ![]()
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