Ben Hall's Page

This past Saturday, May 8th, saw the culmination of months of work from the Year 3 Eagle County University Students. SOS partnered with Eagle River Watershed Council (ERWC) to work on one of the largest river restoration projects in the country. With over 50 volunteers, SOS and ERWC set to work harvesting and planting willows, cleaning up trash, and planting indigenous flowers and plants. Hats off to the Year 3 University students for putting together such a well planned out and successful… Continue

Hey All,
Check out this sweet slide show that one of the Eagle County Sherpas put together from the X-Mas Baskets on December 19th. We had 130 kids in two location...we rocked it!

http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d544d324e7a55354d7a4e384d6a6b7a4e4445304d6a513d0d0a&sb=1

Greetings Friends,



Well it's another beautiful day in the valley and as I'm sure we have all noticed the temperatures are starting to drop. Fall is upon us! This will be my first fall spent outside of NH, which will be interesting and a bit sad at the same time. New England falls for me have always been a welcome friend . A break from the heat and humidity of the summer and the signaling of sweater season. Everyone loves a good sweater day! Most of all though I think I will miss the… Continue

Greetings friends of SOS,



SOS is proud to announce that it will be starting winter programs at Ski Cooper in Leadville, CO. SOS plans to roll out its multi-year “University” curriculum at Cooper. And we are looking for local outdoor enthusiasts interested in serving as a youth mentor (Sherpa) for area youth involved in the program.This is a great opportunity to share your love of the outdoors with youth who would otherwise not have such opportunities.



A bit more about… Continue

I came to this mountainous region just two months ago with nothing more than a freshly minted college degree in hand and a job. I wasn't sure what to expect but I had all the anticipation and expectations in the world.

As I soon learned, SOS Outreach recently merged with Meet The Wilderness (MTW), at the time this meant nothing to me but would soon mark a summer of new friends, great experiences, and some very long days. I was told I was going to be the Base Camp Manager for Meet The… Continue