Free Skiing for Deployed Soldier's Families

As you might remember, I learned to ski this past winter. In the post "Learning to Ski ~ Try Something New" I told about how I learned to 'pizza' and 'french fry' down the easy slopes. By the end of winter, I was swooshing down some black diamonds. It was easier than it looks. The hardest part is getting over your fears of falling. Once you don't care if you fall, you fly! Well until you do fall, then you have to get over it again.

What i didn't say is that I got to learn to ski and got to ski all winter, for free. Why? In September of 2010, my husband was deployed to Kuwait and Afghanistan.
Deployed families have a coordinator that passes on information about discounts and events relating to the military. I was emailed about a free skiing day in Vermont for military families. Vermont was a little far for me, so I decided to google closer to come and found that a nearby monutain gave away free passes to the families of deployed soldiers.

Shawnee Peak in Bridgeton, Maine is continuing the practice this year. I just called and it was so easy. They will send me an email in November inviting me to upload a picture. Then when the season starts, I just pick up my pass. They are giving my husband, me, and 5 of our children free passes for skiing for the 2011-2012 season. If you have ever skied anywhere, you know that this represents a lot of money.

If you know a deployed soldier, please pass this info on.