Volunteer with CADS Red Deer, one of the most active adaptive skiing and snowboarding programs in Canada!
By donating your time, you’ll be enabling persons with disabilities to experience the joy and freedom of adaptive snow sports! Our supportive community of volunteers welcomes volunteers for both on-hill and non-skiing positions, from registration help to teaching lessons on the snow, meaning there’s a role for everybody, including those who prefer shoes and flat ground.
Our vision is to develop a community of life-long, passionate adaptive skiers and snowboarders at ski areas everywhere. Whether or not you can ski, we’d be grateful for your help! All that we ask for is a positive attitude and a nominal time commitment between December and February. New friends, free training, volunteer appreciation events, and special offers and discounts are just some of the benefits enjoyed by CADS volunteers.
The number of students who can participate in the program is directly tied to the size of our volunteer team, so register to volunteer with this great program today!
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Enable Persons with Disabilities to Experience the Joy and Freedom of Adaptive Snow Sports!
Volunteer Opportunities
Here are just some of the volunteer opportunities that you can get involved with:
Ski and snowboard instructor
Ski and snowboard instructor aides
On hill (non-skiing) helpers
Indoor helpers
Board committee members (fundraising, special events, marketing, etc.)
Missing a Lesson as a Volunteer
As much as we would love for you to attend every training session and lesson that is offered, we understand that situations arise and you can’t always attend.
If the absence is on a training session, no worries! We will see you at the next one.
If the absence will be on a student lesson night, please contact your group supervisor or email info@cadsRedDeer.ca. The earlier the notice, the more time we have to reassign instructors to your student and ensure that everyone has a great lesson. It is important for us to know if you will not be attending so that we can make alternate arrangements and so that they are not sitting around waiting for you.
CADS Red Deer is a volunteer based non-profit charity that provides opportunities for people with disabilities to experience the joy of learning, participating and competing in alpine Snowsports. Our aim is to create a safe, inclusive and fun learning environment. More than just sliding, our participants learn tangible life skills, gain confidence, and develop life long friendships!
Participants receive one on one, needs-based instruction from trained volunteers. In order to facilitate a great experience for all of our participants and volunteers, CADS invests in instructor training, as well as the research and development of adaptive equipment and teaching methodology.