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Annie's House receives $2,000 donation
Scott Wagar
04/30/2013
The Bottineau Winter Park received a kind donation from the Flaxton American Legion Post 161 this past week which will assist veterans who want to utilize the adaptive ski program through Annie’s House.
On April 25, Melvin Christiansen, a member of Flaxton’s American Legion Post 161, traveled to Bottineau and donated $2,000 on behalf of Post 161 to the Bottineau Winter Park to assist veterans who want to participate in Annie’s House adaptive ski program.
The members of American Legion Post 161 have made the decision to close their American Legion Post and to donate their remaining money to Annie’s House.
Christiansen stated that the veterans in Flaxton wanted its money to go toward assisting veterans and felt Annie’s House was the best place to donate their funds.
Annie’s House is a fully adaptive ski lodge which assists the mentally and physically handicapped and veterans who were wounded in war zones.
The adaptive ski lodge is the creation of Ann Nicole Nelson, who lost her life in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. In a journal, Nelson had placed a list of wishes she wanted to come true, one of which was to own a house in North Dakota.
Brad Knudson, general manager of the Bottineau Winter Park, stated that the funding granted by Flaxton’s American Legion Post 161 will be used to assist veterans in the adaptive ski program in a number of ways to make certain that the veterans who come to the Bottineau Winter Park will have a fun and fulfilling time at the park.
Construction on Annie’s House continues and it is expected to be completed this fall and in use next winter.
Although Annie’s House isn’t completely finished, a number of skiers this past winter have participated in the ski adaptive program.
The money donated by the Flaxton veterans will certainly add to the program for the veterans in a progressive manner.