6th Annual Ski-A-Thon in Memory of Teddy Bedrossian

The 6th Annual Ski-A-Thon in Memory of Teddy Bedrossian is scheduled for Sunday, Mar. 13 at the Blue Mountain Resort in Palmerton, Pa. Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH)recently committed as a “slope sponsor” to continue their annual support of the event that raises funds for children with special needs at Elwyn.

The Ski-A-Thon was founded in memory of Teddy Bedrossian, a former student at Elwyn, and the late son of Edward Bedrossian Jr., M.D., chief of Ophthalmology Surgery at DCMH. Teddy was an adorable, medically fragile boy with special needs. Even though doctors predicted he would only live to be three months old when he was born, Teddy thrived for 18 years while attending Elwyn’s Davidson School. Unable to talk or hear, he brought an indescribable richness to everyone he met through his acts of kindness and his contagious smile! Teddy passed away in 2007 of kidney failure but he touched the lives of so many at Elwyn.

On Mar. 13, event check in at Blue Mountain Resort starts at 8 a.m. with the Ski-A-Thon scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m followed by a lunch reception and awards ceremony that will conclude at 3 p.m. The reception and awards ceremony will include live entertainment, a silent auction, raffle and fun awards. These awards include most creative team name, most sponsorship dollars for an individual and team, funkiest snow hat, and most runs skiing/snowboarding/snow tubing for individuals and teams.

Advanced registration is recommended by going towww.crowdrise.com/ski2016 or by sending a check made payable to The Elwyn Foundation Ski-A-Thon and mailed to The Elwyn Foundation, Attn: Shirley Kester, 111 Elwyn Road, Elwyn, PA 19063. Fees are $150 per person and teams of four are $500, and students receive a discounted rate of $125 per person or a team rate of $400. A registration package includes a VIP lift ticket, event t-shirt, continental breakfast, luncheon, beginner ski lessons (if necessary), awards ceremony and potential prizes.

If you are unable to attend the event, the planning committee encourages you to participate through a FUNdraising page. To participate, go towww.crowdrise.com/ski2016 and then click “crowd rise” to set up your own page before encouraging family, friends and colleagues to support this event.

Sponsorships are available and current supporters at the slope sponsor level and above, in addition to DCMH, include the following: Bedrock Earthscapes, Erik Melling, Temple University and WillsEye Hospital.

Questions concerning the event should be directed to Ellen Hunt at Elwyn. She can be reached via email at Ellen_Hunt@elwyn.org or by calling (610) 573-2506.

For more information on Elwyn, please visit www.elwyn.org. For more information on Delaware County Memorial Hospital, please visitwww.crozerkeystone.org.