Disability Pride Month: Up2Us VISTA Amelia Volunteers with Adaptive Sports Foundation

Up2Us VISTA Amelia Smollens has served as a Program Marketing VISTA with Up2Us Sports since January 2023. For the past 5 years she has also served as a volunteer coach at Adaptive Sports Foundation.

This past January , she was named their Coach of the Month and was featured in their newsletter. See below for the feature on Amelia and what keeps drawing her back to working specifically with adaptive sports.

“Helping my students become confident in themselves, and seeing their improvement skiing, every weekend [is what motivates me]. My students are amazing, and I want them to know it!”
— Amelia Smollens

Newsletter courtesy of Adaptive Sports Foundation.