{"id":47,"date":"2013-06-27T17:11:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T17:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2015-04-26T01:17:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T01:17:03","slug":"about-tasc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/?page_id=47","title":{"rendered":"About TASC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>TASC for Teens, Inc.<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-88\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/background4-e1372432789491.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\">TASC<\/span> <em>(Travel Adventures, Skiing &amp; Camping)<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> for Teens<\/span> specializes in providing exciting year-round outdoor recreational activities for kids &amp; teens ages 10-18.\u00a0 During the winter months, we organize and lead one-day, weekend and vacation ski and snowboard trips to well-known east coast resorts.\u00a0 Young sportsmen from many parts of the US and many different countries have attended our unique <a title=\"TASC Canadian Wilderness Fishing Camps\" href=\"http:\/\/tascforteens.com\/fishing-wp\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Wilderness Fishing Camps<\/a> in Northern Ontario that are held during the summer months.\u00a0 Our fishing camp is one of the few summer youth camps in North America that specializes in fishing.\u00a0 In the spring and fall months, we organize and lead adventure trips for groups such as whitewater rafting, canoeing and camping trips.<\/p>\n<h2>Outdoor Activities for Students Since 1976<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23 alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Paul_and_Joanie_Ski_Lodge.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TASC for Teens was founded in 1976 by Paul Oesterreicher.\u00a0 Many thousands of young people have participated in TASC outdoor activities.\u00a0 Paul still directs all activities as owner of TASC for Teens, Inc. from his office in rural Jeffersonton, VA.\u00a0 Paul\u2019s wife Joanie is the administrative assistant in the office and also serves as a staff member on some of the trips.\u00a0 We enjoy a high percentage of repeat clients and would be pleased to provide a list of references upon request.\u00a0\u00a0 Please let us know how we can accommodate the needs of your group.<\/p>\n<h2>Ski School<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15 alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dave_-Art.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/>TASC for Teens is a traveling ski school and is proud to be a member school of\u00a0 P.S.I.A. (Professional Ski Instructors of America).\u00a0 Our P.S.I.A. staff who are certified ski instructors offer ski pointers and tips at no extra cost.<\/p>\n<h2>We Specialize in Groups<\/h2>\n<p>We do all we can to accommodate the needs of your school, church, synagogue, scout or other youth group.\u00a0 Why not save much time and work and have TASC organize and lead your trip?\u00a0 We give you one FREE leader \u201cComp\u201d for every 20 full paying skiers on the trip.\u00a0 Individuals are welcome on our ski and snowboard trips on a space available basis.<\/p>\n<h2>TASC Policies<\/h2>\n<p>TASC welcomes only well-behaved skiers and snowboarders who respect and follow the directions of the staff and any other authority during the trip.\u00a0 Videos \/ DVDs shown on the bus will be at the discretion of TASC for Teens.\u00a0 Skiers and snowboarders are expected to be respectful of one another.\u00a0 Alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs or related items, tobacco usage and gambling are prohibited.\u00a0 Shoplifting, theft, uncontrolled anger, profane or suggestive language\/actions and disrespect for authority and\/or TASC rules are unacceptable behaviors.\u00a0 Trip participants will not engage in any activities that are judged by the staff to be dangerous to themselves or anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>If a trip participant does not follow these policies, TASC reserves the right to dismiss the trip participant from the trip without refund and demand that the parents or legal guardian immediately provide for his or her transportation home.\u00a0 Prior to leaving the trip, any property damage must be paid for in full by the parent or legal guardian of the student who caused the damage.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For more info<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Email\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<strong><\/strong><a title=\"tascskiandsnowboardtrips@gmail.com\" href=\"mailto:tascskiandsnowboardtrips@gmail.com\">tascskiandsnowboardtrips@gmail.com<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em style=\"font-size: 1.17em; line-height: 1.4em;\">or Call<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em; line-height: 1.4em;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">540-937-8272<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TASC for Teens, Inc. TASC (Travel Adventures, Skiing &amp; Camping) for Teens specializes in providing exciting year-round outdoor recreational activities for kids &amp; teens ages 10-18.\u00a0 During the winter months, we organize and lead one-day, weekend and vacation ski and &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/?page_id=47\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tascforteens.com\/skiing-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}