Hancock, MA - For the second year, STRIDE Adaptive Sports in partnership with Disabled Sports USA, the Wounded Warrior Project will offer a ski program to United States servicemen and women who have been permanently injured in the Global War on Terrorism in Iraq or Afghanistan. This special event, scheduled for March 9-11 on the slopes of Jiminy Peak ski and snowboard resort in western Massachusetts, is a powerful reminder of not only the cost of our freedoms but the special bonds that can be forged through giving back.

Fourteen disabled American heroes will be brought to Albany, N.Y. as outpatients from Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital in Washington, D.C. and given the opportunity to participate in a rehabilitative program disguised as an all-expense paid vacation to learn to ski at Jiminy Peak through STRIDE's adaptive program.

STRIDE Adaptive Sports is inviting all to attend a Welcome Reception on Friday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Albany. "We want to ill the room to show these American heroes how much we care!" says Mary Ellen Whitney, CEO of STRIDE Adaptive Sports. The event will feature an opening ceremony by the Albany Pipe and Drum Band; Master of Ceremonies Phil Bayly, anchorman for WNYT Channel 13 News; welcoming words from Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings; performance from the Farrell School of Irish Dance; keynote address from General F. David Sheppard, NYS Director of Homeland Security; words from Katie Moshier, widow of Captain Timothy Moshier, deceased Apache helicopter pilot; Irish music, and more.

Advanced reservations are preferred. Tickets cost $25 - contact STRIDE at (518) 598-1279 to make a reservation.