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Young Artists Showcase, as was Fort Dupont’s new beginner synchronized skating team. Watch- ing the new skaters have such fun during their performance was fantastic. Team Ashburn hopes that its efforts have helped to expand synchro- nized skating and other ice sports to kids who may have not otherwise been given the chance.
TEAM LIBERTY
Liberty FSC of Philadelphia, Colmar, Pennsylvania HUGS AND SMILES CARDS
Team Liberty participates in annual com- Precisely Right is in great spirits for the Promise Walk for Preeclampsia.
munity when it comes to giving back. Every year, Precisely Right skaters participate in the Amer- ican Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Te team also participates in the Cranford,
New Jersey-area Promise Walk for Preeclampsia, to support its teammate Marissa Steiner’s efforts as the event’s junior coordinator. Te Promise Walk benefits the Preeclampsia Foundation, which works to save the lives of moms and ba- bies affected by hypertension during pregnancy through education, support and research. As the junior coordinator of the New Jersey walk and a preeclampsia survivor herself, Steiner joins her mother to manage the $30,000-plus event to pro- mote education about the condition throughout the state of New Jersey, including talking with public officials and cultivating corporate spon- sors. She is strongly supported by her Precisely Right teammates, who help to collect in-kind donations, make walk-day signs and share infor- mation about the condition. Steiner met New Jersey Governor Chris Christie through her work last year and thanked him for declaring May Pre- eclampsia Awareness Month for the state of New Jersey. Together, these Precisely Right skaters are saving lives.
TEAM ASHBURN
Washington FSC, Ashburn, Virginia KIDS ON ICE
Skating is integral to the lives of everyone
on Team Ashburn, and the idea of not having the proper equipment to do what they love is unac- ceptable. Te concern that other children may face this real challenge is behind its collections for Friends of Fort Dupont’s Kids on Ice program. Kids on Ice (KOI) is a community ice skating program for children ages 5 to 18 years old, offer- ing free lessons with all equipment provided. Team Ashburn’s first collection drive for
KOI was in 2011, resulting in several boxes of gently used costumes, skates and practice wear. Tis fall, donations were expanded to include
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hockey and speedskating equipment, and Team Ashburn members gathered items from around the Mid-Atlantic. On Nov. 15, 2014, members of Team Ashburn loaded up four vans full of equip- ment and delivered it all to the Fort DuPont staff. Later that month, Team Ashburn’s nov- ice line was performing at the finale of the MK
munity service events sponsored by Te Giving Tree. Te Giving Tree’s service projects center around charitable education for children. Te proj- ects that Team Liberty has participated in include Baskets of Sunshine (nonperishable food baskets for those in need), Peace and Smiles Boxes (boxes of fun gifts and toys for pediatric patients and those in need), Hugs and Smiles Cards (for senior citi- zens), Children’s Book Drive and thank-you cards to veterans. Team Liberty and Liberty FSC of Phil- adelphia encourage all of their skaters and families to give back to the community. Leslie Graham is the manager of synchronized skat- ing at U.S. Figure Skating.
Team Ashburn packs skating equipment for the Friends of Fort Dupont’s Kids on Ice program.
Team Liberty creates Hugs and Smiles cards for senior citizens.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TEAM ASHBURN
PHOTO BY KATI LINK
PHOTO COURTESY OF PRECISLEY RIGHT
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