"Miracles on a Mountainside" are waiting for you.

Miracles on a Mountainside and lots of fun and excitement are waiting for you at the 19th Annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colo., April 3-8, 2005.

"Don't put off signing up for the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic," National Director of Voluntary Services Edward E. Hartman said. "It's a wonderful opportunity for disabled veterans to accomplish more than they ever dreamed possible while experiencing challenging and exciting recreation activities designed to enhance rehabilitation."

"The 2005 winter sports clinic will be a life-changing event for every severely disabled veteran who attends. It's where you push to your limits and beyond to experience victory over challenge after challenge, making your miracles on a mountainside come true. And you do it all on a snow-covered mountain alongside other disabled veterans who quickly become your friends and fans. The winter sports clinic is a week on the snow-covered slopes of the Rocky Mountains that you will be smiling about for a lifetime to come."

The National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic is sponsored each year by the DAV and the Department of Veterans Affairs. It is open to all U.S. military veterans with severe disabilities, including spinal cord injuries, visual impairments, traumatic head injuries, and orthopedic amputations. Veterans in an inpatient or outpatient status at a VA medical center (VAMC) receive first priority to attend the clinic.

Registration packets to attend the clinic may be obtained through the Recreation Therapy Service at any VAMC. They may also be obtained by contacting: Sandy Trombetta, National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic Director, VA Medical Center, 2121 North Ave., Grand Junction, CO 81501, or telephone [phone], or e-mail santo.trombettagmed.va.gov.

But remember, applications to attend must be postmarked no later than Dec. 15, 2004.

Anyone interested in becoming a sponsor of the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic may obtain information from the DAV Voluntary Services Department, 807 Maine Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20024, by telephoning 202-554-3501, or e-mail [e-mail]. A growing number of DAV and Auxiliary Chapters, Units, and Departments have joined with corporate and individual sponsors to make the clinic more successful than ever before.

After nearly two decades, thousands of severely disabled veterans have participated in the winter sports clinic. It remains the best opportunity for profoundly disabled veterans to learn adaptive downhill and cross-country skiing, and other activities, such as sled hockey, scuba diving, rock climbing, horseback riding and attend informative seminars.

"Past participants agree the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic is second to none when it comes to fun, excitement and challenge," Hartman said. "Make this your year for 'Miracles on a Mountainside' at the 19th Annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.' Sign up today?"