In 2006 Manuel Osborne-Paradis (Manny) started the Get Up and Go Award, offering one boy and one girl $500 each to help in their efforts to become a better ski racer. The following year Mike Janyk joined in, which created the ability to support four athletes. In the summer 2007 Mike and Manny were discussing the future and realized that they had access to a lot of resources to even offer more. The level of support they received from families, coaches and sponsors was incredible and they have been able to offer more each year since.

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