Between the winter gear, sport equipment and lift tickets, skiing can be a financial challenge that prevents kids from learning the sport. Parks aims to ease that burden.
Blizzard of North Dakota begins fundraising efforts to get local youth on the slopes this winter
By Hilary Nowatzki When Stephen Parkes isn’t on the slopes skiing, he says he is probably thinking about skiing, and when he is sleeping, he’s likely dreaming about skiing. Parkes loves skiing so much that in April of 2022, he began a 501(c)3 titled Blizzard of North Dakota. Fundraising began, and he ha…