Gifts of time
There are several different ways to help the club with a bit of your time.  Contact us and we'll happily match you up with a way to help!
  • In the winter, helping shovel the track clear (many hands, lighter work!) before public sliding on Friday or Saturday is a great smile-maker. 
  • You can help maintain the warming bonfire, or check in guests and match them up with helmets, or fill a safety-oriented "traffic management" role at a station by the track.
  • If you are a night person, helping to ice the track for a couple of hours on a December or January evening is a remarkably magical winter experience, with a satisfying service outcome.
  • In other seasons, there are projects with woodwork, digging, painting, weed trimming, etc. to be done (more of the many hands, lighter work!).
  • If you are willing to invest a several hours into training, becoming a luge official is fun, educational, and helpful - it also frees up local parents to focus on enjoying their youth's participation.  (If you enjoy traveling, being an official also gives you the option to help at artificial luge tracks, and even the 2034 Olympics in Utah...). 

    Luge official roles are much simpler than refereeing sports like basketball, baseball, or soccer. And you are part of a team of officials whose combined work ensures each race is fairly run.
Gifts of money
Please click the "Support Luge" link to give a gift, helping the club maintain the opportunity for the public to try out this distinctive winter sport.  Also consider becoming a member... we are a friendly club with a great mission.

The UPLC does not want money to be a barrier to participation. We have never turned a child or a family away because they couldn't afford a membership. At one point in our after school program 15 of the 25 kids were participating under sponsored memberships. In addition, every year there are always a few kids who need to be outfitted with proper winter coats and snow pants. We take care of each other more like a family than a club.

Donations

Support Luge in the U.P.
We enjoy hosting the many people we meet at the luge track... and thank you for supporting this family-friendly, and internationally competitive, winter sport.
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The Upper Peninsula Luge Club

Did you know?
Youth and their families from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota have been traveling to Negaunee throughout the winter to practice luge.  Along with other club volunteers, they also keep the track clear, and help visitors try out the sport.  In the other seasons, the club members meet to maintain the track walls, track grade, and buildings, and to encourage the competition team's ongoing physical fitness testing.