December 4, 2024 - The National Nordic Foundation’s annual Drive for 25 raised nearly $109,000.  Each year, the Drive for 25 starts with a simple, but profound idea that a community crossing a continent can pull together to support its best ideals and the brightest version of its own future.

At the end of this year’s Drive for 25, we’re taken over by gratitude by the commitment to that idea. With $92,577 raised online as of Wednesday morning and $11,370 from mail-in donations, we’ve gone beyond the finish line.  Although we did not reach the 1000 individual donation mark, the push over the last 2 days has also allowed us to unlock a matching grant of $5,000 which will add to that total to put nearly $109,000 towards funding our work at the National Nordic Foundation this season and beyond.

When this total is combined with a Board of Directors Drive that raised an additional $105,000 this year, we’re grateful that the ski community has powered us towards fully funding our Pillar Projects, fielding the most talented developing American athletes no matter their background under the banner of Team USA at the World Cup, Junior World Ski Championships, U18 Nordic Nation’s Cup, OPA Cup, and beyond. The D25 success also allows us to continue to expand our development programming elsewhere, funding the Trail to Gold Coaching Grant for female coaches from across the country to join the US Ski Team on the World Cup, and growing the number of athletes that our off-season training camps and trips can serve.

At the core of NNF is a collective belief that US Skiing is capable of creating an athlete development system capable of competing against any nation on Earth. The Drive for 25 continues to offer the best distillation of what is behind that belief – thousands of skiers and supporters, working in concert for a sport and a community that they love. Thank you for being part of it.

As of Wednesday morning, the top Ambassadors and Regions are:

TOP 3 AMBASSADORS
1. Trail to Gold Coaching Grant Group, $6,290 raised.
2. Green Mountain Valley School, $3,470 raised.
3. Dashe McCabe, $2,500 raised

TOP 3 DIVISIONS:
1. New England
2. Midwest
3. Inter Mountain

The Drive for 25 remains open! You can help us continue to bolster our support for US Skiing by heading to the link below and donating!
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