Arn Menconi and SOS Participants

According to an article in the Vail Daily, SOS, the non-profit that teaches youth core values through snowboarding and skiing, has merged with Meet the Wilderness, a like minded non-profit that focuses on summer mountain activities.

According to the article:

SOS Outreach and Meet the Wilderness will become the same group, SOS Executive Director Arn Menconi announced Friday.

“It just makes sense for nonprofits to consolidate, and it gives us an opportunity to have yearround programming,” said Menconi, who is also an Eagle County commissioner.

The groups will be able to save about $100,000 a year in administrative costs, Menconi said.

While SOS focuses on winter programs and Meet the Wilderness focuses on summer programs, both groups seek to build character, Menconi said.

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