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The Snowshoe Foundation

Supporting the Communities of Pocahontas, Webster, & Randolph County WV

The Snowshoe Foundation is dedicated to providing financial support to local community-based organizations whose activities provide benefits to the communities in Central West Virginia.

The Foundation began as an initiative to enhance the quality of life within our local communities. We are a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to serving the children and families of Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, and surrounding counties. Our board of directors is comprised of committed individuals from these areas who actively seek to provide help and hope to area residents. The Snowshoe Foundation is a distinct entity from Snowshoe Mountain Resort.

News & Udates

Making This Holiday Season Special🎄

November 14, 2024

Let’s work together to bring the holiday spirit to life for local families through the Annual Dave Dekema Holiday Toy Drive! Each year, the Snowshoe

2024 Treasure on the Mountain Winners

August 3, 2024

Time Winning # Prize first_name last_name city state 2:00 9126 2024 Ford Bronco 4×4 Patricia Fernandez Virginia Beach VA 2:05 9980 Cash $1,000 Brian Butler

Over $4 Million Distributed to Our Local Community

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TOY DRIVE

Get Involved: Participate in Our Four Main Fundraisers

The Snowshoe Foundation organizes four major fundraising events each year to support our grant and scholarship programs, as well as numerous charitable organizations and worthwhile community endeavors that strengthen our communities. Along with several other initiatives during the year, we proudly host the Ice Dinner, Foundation Golf Tournament, Treasure on the Mountain Raffle, and Dave Dekema Toy Drive. When you combine these fundraising events with the regular donations given by our generous contributors and the efforts of our dedicated volunteers, the Snowshoe Foundation has become a distinguished and integral element enabling local residents to achieve an enhanced quality of life. We invite all who are able to get involved. Join us and experience the enduring satisfaction of making a difference.

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Holidays 2024

Dave Dekema
Holiday Toy Drive

Many local families can use a helping hand, especially during the holidays. A toy can bring joy and hope to the life of a child. The snowshoe foundation invites individuals and businesses to donate to our annual holiday toy drive, which honors the life of a great leader and our dear friend, David Dekema.

Saturday, August 2nd 2025

Treasure On the Mountain

Come be a part of Summer’s coolest event! Buy a raffle ticket for the Snowshoe Foundation’s ‘Treasure on the Mountain’ raffle and be a part of the most exciting raffle contest in West Virginia. Located on the top of beautiful Snowshoe Mountain, this day includes incredible food and drink vendors, side raffles, awesome live entertainment and over $350,000 in cash and prize giveaways!

Friday, June 6th, 2025

Annual Golf Tournament

When golf great Gary Player finished designing the Raven Golf Course at Snowshoe, he was left in awe by its scenery: “I have yet to see a course that compares with this one for mountain beauty.” So, it’s only appropriate that such an incredible golf course should host the summer’s best golf tournament! The Snowshoe Foundation Golf Tournament is a four-person best ball tournament that includes team and individual prizes, outstanding food and all your favorite beverages. This event sells our quickly each year, so don’t hesitate once registration opens May 1st.

Fall 2025, Date TBA

Benefit Dinner
Autumn in the Alleghenies

Each Fall our Autumn in the Alleghenies Benefit Dinner provides guests with and unforgettable evening of fun and friendship on top of beautiful Snowshoe Mountain. This event showcases the very best of WV with live local entertainment, a silent auction of local artists and exquisite Appalachian cuisine. Not to mention our incredible fall foliage. Support the Snowshoe Foundation by securing your tickets to this exclusive event and enjoy the very best of Fall in the WV mountains!

Danielle Gooding Tribute Fund

Danielle Caroline Gooding of Snowshoe Mountain in Pocahontas County, W.Va. enjoyed a brilliant and radiant life, and passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 10, 2022, at the age of 30. Danielle worked as the HR Manager at Snowshoe Mountain and was a tireless volunteer and an ardent supporter of the Snowshoe Foundation. She made the world a warmer and more interesting place to live, and her absence will be felt by our entire community.

Danielle’s family has kindly requested that those who wish to honor Danielle may do so by donating in support of the West Virginia communities which Danielle loved so much.

Being a Good Neighbor:
Addressing Challenges to Help Local Families

“The Snowshoe Foundation strives to be the good neighbor to families in the local communities that surround us. It is a privilege to live in this area of the state, yet some unique challenges exist that highly populated areas do not deal with. There are multiple needs that our smaller communities face, and the Foundation prides itself on helping these communities and the families within overcome these challenges. Stronger communities are better for everyone. Whether rebuilding a fence around a local baseball field, helping provide funding for local food banks, supporting healthier lifestyle events, or supplementing higher education scholarships, the Snowshoe Foundation is dedicated to being a good neighbor during good times, as well as difficult moments.”