{"id":21904,"date":"2018-04-10T06:54:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T06:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/?p=21904"},"modified":"2018-04-10T06:54:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T06:54:40","slug":"vail-resorts-celebrates-10th-anniversary-of-the-epic-pass-by-honoring-service-members-with-special-military-epic-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/2018\/04\/vail-resorts-celebrates-10th-anniversary-of-the-epic-pass-by-honoring-service-members-with-special-military-epic-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Vail Resorts Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Epic Pass by Honoring Service Members with Special Military Epic Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vail Resorts Celebrates 10<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the Epic Pass by Honoring the Army\u2019s 10<sup>th<\/sup> Mountain Division and Men and Women of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as Service Members of Canada and Australia, with a Special Military Epic Pass and USD$1.5 Million in Contributions to Veteran Organizations<u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>New 2018-19 Military Epic Pass available at USD$99 for active and retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces, the Canadian Armed Forces, and the Australian Defence Force, and their dependents, and at USD$499 for all other veterans and their dependents (USD$269 for children of veterans), available beginning Tuesday, March 6. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Vail Resorts will donate USD$1 for every 2018-19 season pass sale to Wounded Warrior Project<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> to benefit wounded veterans and their families, which would exceed USD$750,000 based on last year\u2019s sales. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Rob Katz, chief executive officer of Vail Resorts, will personally donate USD$750,000 to Operation Homefront to benefit military families.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BROOMFIELD, Colo. \u2013 March 1, 2018 \u2013 <\/strong>In celebration of the 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Epic Pass on March 18, 2018, Vail Resorts is honoring the epic service of the Company\u2019s founders from the 10<sup>th<\/sup> Mountain Division, and men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces and Australian Defence Force, with the introduction of a special new USD$99 Military Epic Pass, available beginning Tuesday, March 6. Additionally, for every 2018-19 Vail Resorts season pass sold, the Company will donate USD$1 to Wounded Warrior Project<em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> (WWP), a nonprofit organization that offers a variety of programs, services and events for wounded veterans of the military. Based on 2017-18 pass sales, the donation would exceed USD$750,000.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the company\u2019s efforts, Rob Katz, chief executive officer of Vail Resorts, and his wife, Elana Amsterdam, will also honor the 10<sup>th<\/sup> Mountain Division by making a personal donation of USD$750,000 to Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families so they can thrive in the communities they have worked so hard to protect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVail Resorts\u2019 pioneering spirit and our core value of <em>serving others<\/em> can be traced back to our founders, including Pete Seibert, who served in the U.S. Army\u2019s famed 10<sup>th<\/sup> Mountain Division during World War II, and Earl Eaton, who served as an army engineer during the war,\u201d said Katz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vail Resorts Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Epic Pass by Honoring the Army\u2019s 10th Mountain Division and 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