Caitlin Sarubbi rings The Opening Bell

Via NYSE.com
Brooklyn, NY’s Caitlin Sarubbi is a rising star in the adaptive ski-racing world with a goal of medaling in the 2010 Paralympics Winter Games in Vancouver. Caitie is 19 years old, and was born with Ablepharon Macrostomia that left her without eyelids and visually-impaired. Caitlin, for the past three years, has maintained excellent grades while training and competing at the national level to qualify for the U.S. Adaptive Ski Team (USAST). Caitie achieved both her scholastic and skiing goals. She is currently attending Harvard University as a pre med undergraduate, in addition to being named to the United States Adaptive Team. (Source www.CaitlinSarubbi.com)
About the Adaptive Sports Foundation (ASF)
The Adaptive Sports Foundation is a non profit organization located at Windham Mountain in Windham, New York. The ASF provides over 2800 lessons annually to individuals with cognitive or physical challenges. The ASF has 205 volunteer instructors and six full time staff members, eight of whom serve as Adaptive and Alpine educational staff members for the Professional Ski Instructors of America. The Adaptive Sports Foundation is a member ski school of the Professional Ski Instructors of America and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors, an official Red Cross Provider, a chapter of Disabled Sports USA and is recognized as the largest adaptive sport program on the east coast. The ASF is among the leading adaptive sport programs in the country. (Source: Adaptive Sports Foundation)
To learn more about the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, please visit www.usparalympics.org
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