Park City Mountain welcomed more than 75 leaders from more than 20 local nonprofit organizations on Valentine’s Day to enjoy an afternoon on the slopes and a reception at the National Ability Center’s McGrath Mountain Center, celebrating their community contributions including accessible child care, affordable housing, food security and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Highlights of the work include:
- Expansion of early childhood education through the Park City Education Foundation’s Preschool Endowment and the Park City Community Foundation’s Early Childhood Alliance.
- Opening of the National Ability Center’s new McGrath Mountain center at Mountain Village to support NAC programs and participants
- Introduction of over 1,000 underrepresented youth to snowsports through SOS Outreach, Youth Sports Alliance and the National Ability Center
During the event it was announced that Park City Mountain through Vail Resorts EpicPromise is partnering with The Park Record and the Haloti Ngata Family Foundation to support the replacement of the Dozier Field scoreboard at Park City High School. Park City Mountain has had a long-time partnership with the Park City public school district through supporting youth access programs and the annual graduation day “last ride” for Park City High School graduates on Town Lift.
Park City Mountain Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Deirdra Walsh spoke to grantees and nonprofit partners highlighting their work and looking toward what the community can accomplish together in the future.
“We are here today to celebrate all of you and the important work that you do,” she said to the group gathered in the newly opened, state-of-the-art McGrath Mountain Center at the base of Park City Mountain. “Our EpicPromise grants enable the vital work that you do. Not only do you work to ensure that our community is whole, but you think about the people who don’t have a voice in the room. You represent the needs of our population today and in the future — and it’s your vision, it is your hard work, it is your dedication that make me so incredibly proud to be a member of this community.”
In the past year, Park City Mountain, through the EpicPromise program, awarded $5.75 million through cash grants, in-kind and inclusive access to 32 local nonprofit partners who to are working to support youth and family need, access, community vitality and the environment.
This season, Park City Mountain is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Park City Mountain opened on Dec. 21, 1963, as Treasure Mountains. Throughout the past six decades, Park City Mountain has helped transform Park City from a mining t