Announcements

As everyone knows, all Senior Testing has been cancelled for the 2020/2021 season. However, the Ohio Region would like to see all interested Senior Alpine Candidates to continue training for the Senior Ski/Board/Toboggan test that will be held next season.  Having said this, I have approval from the Ohio Region Director (Dave McKinley) and the Ohio Region Assistant Director of Programs (Amy Arnold) to accept all ski/board and/or toboggan Senior sign-offs forms that have signatures obtained this season. The only caveat is that there must be at least one ski/snowboard signature and/or one toboggan signature dated December 2021 or later, [...]

Attached is the current PNS COVID policies.

At the various fall meetings, both the Central Division and Ohio Region leaderships voted to not hold any Division or Region sponsored training/certification events this year due to concerns with COVID. This includes testing for the Senior OEC/Aid Room/Ski/Ride/Toboggan events.  Although Senior testing events are not being held this season, PNS Ski Patrol is still planning to host local training events.  We are in the process of planning local TES and SES events. These events will be announced at a later date.  As always, our trainers will be very willing to work with any individual desiring to advance to the [...]

Hello PNS Patrol Family! I am humbly asking for your support to donate a few canned food items at the upcoming OEC Refresher to support CARFAX’s national food drive. The Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank will receive all canned food donations. Facts: 50 million Americans live in food insecure households. That is 1 in 6 of the U.S. population – including more than 1 in 5 children. The term “food insecurity” means that a person does not know where or when they’ll find their next meal. With your help, our food drive can easily feed many families supported by the Cincinnati Freestore [...]

Our PNS Board recently held it's monthly meeting for September on 9/8/20. Below is a hyperlink to the notes from the meeting. Please feel free to reach out to any member of the board if you have any questions, comments or concerns you would like addressed. Always happy to hear feedback and inputs from everyone on the Patrol! PNS_BoardMeeting_Notes_090820