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Help Vasaloppet USA Promote Healthy Lifestyles

As a 501(c)3 Nonprofit organization, Vasaloppet USA is committed to promoting a healthy and active outdoor lifestyle, fostering economic and social benefits through cross-country skiing, and providing opportunities for youth, families, and serious competitors. You can contribute to our mission in two meaningful ways: by supporting the Nordic Center or donating to the Tom Giese Skier Development Fund. Your generosity helps us create memorable experiences and nurture a love for outdoor activities in our community. Join us in making a positive impact on the lives of individuals of all ages and abilities through the joy of skiing and related activities.

The Nordic Center

The Vasaloppet Nordic Ski Center and its trail system are a labor of love, 100% managed by volunteers and financed through donations. This community facility offers open access to the public, allowing everyone to enjoy cross-country skiing throughout the ski season and participate in the race. Your tax-deductible donations play a crucial role in offsetting the costs and maintaining this beautiful skiing haven. Our volunteer snow farmers invest countless hours creating and spreading snow on the trails, an intensive and expensive operation. Meanwhile, our dedicated trail team works tirelessly to groom and maintain the trails during the ski season, and they continue their efforts during the summer, widening, trimming, mowing, and smoothing the trails. We deeply appreciate the unwavering commitment of our volunteers, whose hard work ensures that the Vasaloppet Nordic Center remains one of the best ski destinations in Minnesota. Your generous contributions help preserve this valuable resource for all to enjoy, both during the ski season and throughout the year.

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Tom Giese Skier Development Fund

Honoring the late Tom Giese, ski coach, community leader, and father of seven-time Vasaloppet USA champion Chad Giese. The mission of the Tom Giese Skier Development Fund is to continue helping the development of youth skiers through a wide range of activities such as providing funding for equipment, training programs, camps and national competitions, and coaching.
Here is a letter from the Giese family explaining how the Tom Giese Skier Development Fund has been put to action in the youth skier community.

December 2024

Tom loved seeing progress and reminded us that we "could see it too if we would just pick our head up long enough." So three years after starting this fund and supporting young skiers in the community, we thought we would take a moment to assess our progress.

During these first three years, we have supported:

-Ski packages for first time skiers

-classic ski, skate, boots, and poles for the high school ski team

-entry fees to athletes attending Junior National Qualifying races

-expenses related to athletes attending Junior Nationals

-athlete summer training camp fees

-high school graduation scholarship for skiers going on to compete in college

In all, we have given over $12,000 back to the local ski community! While we are extremely proud to carry on Tom's legacy, we can't do it without your support. There is still a lot of work to do to ensure that anyone that wants to try the sport of cross-country skiing can afford to do so and those that are trying to reach a high level can access the opportunities they need to. Together, along with gracious support of the Mora Vasaloppet organization, we can continue to make progress.

And anyone that donates $100 or more will get one of these sweet navy hats (see below) to wear proudly and spread the word. This is the first edition of the TGSDF commemorative hat and they are going fast. If you don't want your head to get cold this winter while skiing, you better hurry.

Help us continue his legacy to get more kids on skis and keep the local athletes progressing.

See you on the trails this winter!

The Giese Family

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