OAS in the Media
Athlete Spotlight: Jack Hogan
December 29, 2023 – 1:41 pm
Written by: Dave Nichols Introduction I was having dinner at a family friend’s house and I was asked, “Do you know Jack Hogan?” I did not know the name at the time. They said he was an engineer, a fellow Oregon State graduate, and he had also gone to Craig Hospital in Colorado. When I went […]
“The Incredible Dave Nichols”
November 28, 2023 – 3:00 am
About Dave Nichols OAS met Dave in the fall of 2019 during our inaugural partnership with Craig Hospital, the nation’s leading Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) rehabilitation facility. A resident of Portland, OR, Dave had recently returned home to Oregon after his initial rehabilitation from a TBI while climbing in the North Cascades. […]
A Wheelchair Accessible Bend, Oregon Travel Guide
April 26, 2023 – 12:16 pm
Cory Lee a a prominent blogger/influencer was flown out from Georgia to be a keynote speaker for the Oregon Governor’s Conference. Cory is an avid world traveler who has been to all seven continents and 40 countries in a wheelchair. One thing that remained on his bucket list was skiing and this is where OAS […]
Ski For Life
February 27, 2023 – 12:02 pm
Challenges that life brings us daily and skiing often have parallels. We invite you to ascend with us to the Ski For Life program to see the similarities: The Ski for Life program offers four-week lesson blocks throughout the winter season to Bend, LaPine and Sisters Life Skills classrooms. Students with long term disability benefit […]
Take Care Out There – featuring OAS Board Member Bruce Creager
July 13, 2021 – 12:40 pm
As part of ongoing partnerships with local, regional, and statewide destination marketing organizations like Travel Oregon, we were incredibly excited when Visit Central Oregon and Discover Your Forest reached out to OAS to contribute to the “Take Care Out There” educational video series that helps to inform visitors to public lands in Central Oregon responsibility […]
