Hazel Harris, Moretown, is the recipient of a Flyin’ Ryan Hawks Foundation Adventure Scholarship. Harris 18 years old, was raised in the heart of the Mad River Valley. Since she was a little kid she loved skiing Sugarbush and Mad River Glen. She is now attending school at Montana State University and is driven to compete in the Freeride World Tour and is using her scholarship to do so. She also received an Adventure Scholarship award in 2015.
The Flyin’ Ryan Adventure Scholarship Program exists to provide monetary awards to assist adventurers of all kinds, from all around the world, in pursuing their passions. Applicants must come up with their own set of core values and demonstrate character, passion for their goal and financial need. To date the Flyin’ Ryan Hawks Foundation has given out over 120 awards.
Learn more and apply at www.FlyinRyanHawks.org/Adventure-Scholarship-Program/.
The Flyin’ Ryan Hawks Foundation was formed in 2011 to extend the impact of the life of Ryan Hawks who, at the age of 25, died while competing on the freeride world ski tour. The Flyin’ Ryan Hawks Foundation has focused its mission around the concept that “core values matter.” Over the last three years, the foundation has developed a five-step program called Flyin’ Ryan Decisions. The program was pioneered at South Burlington High School, Vermont, where over 1,200 students have deliberately taken ownership of their lives by composing and communicating the core values which reside from within, and using their core values as a basis for increased self-respect and future decision making. The Flyin’ Ryan Hawks Foundation is currently introducing this same program to other schools around the state.
