RB Brown at an Outdoors for All skiing event

As you may have heard, this week is National Volunteer Week. Here at United Way of King County we’ve taken this opportunity to collect stories from local organizations of exceptional volunteers. The story below was submitted by Outdoors for All Foundation , an organization that provides year round instruction in outdoor recreation for people with physical, developmental, and sensory disabilities. Ralph “RB” Brown has volunteered with Outdoors for All as a Volunteer Ski Instructor, Summer Program Volunteer and Board Tresurer. Read about RB’s impressive contributions below:

Just this year alone, RB Brown has dedicated over 225 hours in support of Outdoors for All’s mission. He has spent 117 hours of his time working directly with our year-round programs. As he has done for several years, he committed two days a week, for 7 consecutive weeks, to our skiing programs at The Summit at Snoqualmie (Wednesdays) and at Crystal Mountain (Saturdays.) He also dedicated tireless hours to our adaptive cycle rides and demo days held throughout the summer months in the Puget Sound area. Thanks in large part to RB, more than 40 participants with disabilities enjoyed the freedom of the slopes and the trails last year. RB Brown has served ten + years on the Outdoors for All Board of Directors, with multiple years of service on the Executive Committee. He is currently serving as Treasurer of the Board, in the past year alone, he gave over 104 hours of board service. And of equal importance is that RB did it all with a smile and enthusiasm!

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