Ski event seeks to raise money for children with diabetes

I t’s not often a ski mountain offers half-price or free tickets, but Pico Mountain Resort is doing just that for the third year in a row.

The third annual Downhill for Diabetes event will take place on Sunday, Feb. 24 at Pico, which is located in Mendon, Vt. The event aims to find a cure for diabetes through donating all proceeds to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF.)

Lynn Pratt, who started the event when her now seven-year-old daughter was diagnosed [...]

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