Our club provided leadership and our members gave significant donations … to save the Mt. Ashland Ski Area. The private sector owner, Stevens Pass Ski Corporation of Washington, decided to sell the ski area. After over a year on the market … the corporation made the decision to close the ski area. The Friends of Mt. Ashland group started a fundraising campaign to … purchase the $1.7 million ski area before a mid-1993 deadline.
The Friends of Mt. Ashland appealed to area Rotary clubs. Two larger Medford clubs stepped up to help, with an anonymous Rotarian pledging to match up to $150,000. Thanks to many Rotarians, including Marc Bayliss, Will Chinn, Fitz Brewer, Art Ekerson and April Sevick, the two Medford clubs raised $300,000.
