About Us
Changing lives through snowboarding
Chill provides unique and positive experiences to underserved youth through snowboarding. We give thousands of youth in local communities the opportunity to make turns that forever change lives.
Every year, we take over 100 youth from each of our sites to the slopes. We provide them with everything they need to learn to ride: lift tickets, lessons, transportation, and head-to-toe gear. We use snowboarding to motivate youth to accomplish goals they never thought they could, while teaching them some of the most important lessons in life about patience, persistence, responsibility, courage, respect, and pride.
Chill gives underserved youth the chance to break boundaries and find their opportunities to be successful in life. More than that, Chill helps these youth look forward, to see beyond the circumstances of today; encouraging them to focus on positive alternatives for the future.
Chill serves youth facing a multitude of challenges: youth in group homes and foster care; with addictions; from the juvenile justice system; those struggling with drugs, violence, excessive anger, or depression. Many of the youth have never left their cities, and most have never been to the mountains.
Jake and Donna, the founders of Burton Snowboards, started Chill in 1995 in Burlington, Vermont to bring snowboarding to youth who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity. The program had such an immediate and profound impact that we have continued to expand into new cities, new boardsports and new countries over the past 14 seasons. Since our inception, Chill has positively impacted over 14,000 underserved youth.
With positive adult role models, engaging activities, and incredible mountain environments we build self confidence and raise self esteem. As many of us know, the impact of snowboarding can be profound and inspiring.
