Helena, MT- Big Hearts Under the Big Sky (Big Hearts), a program of the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association (MOGA), has completed the first of its “family adventure” trips scheduled for the year. Alli Duncan, 16, of Billings, MT was the first trip recipient of 2023.

Big Hearts covers all the hard costs for qualifying families to participate in outfitter-supported trips. Since 2008, the organization has served hundreds of individuals and their families and donated over half a million dollars in outfitted services.

Alli was nominated for Big Hearts through the Billings Clinic. She has been dealing with Spina Bifida and other medical conditions since birth, which have placed her in a wheelchair. Alli was accompanied on the adventure with her parents, Amber and Tony, and sister Addy.

Alli’s “Montana Adventure,” provided by MOGA Outfitter Matt Klumpp, owner of Walker Outfitting, included: lodging at Lion's Ledge Mountain Escape; white water rafting with Flying Pig Raft Company owned by MOGA member Patrick Sipp, fly fishing with; MOGA Outfitters Guy Flynn of Montana Elk and Trout) and Vern Strader of Greater Yellowstone Outfitters; and a helicopter tour of Yellowstone National Park with Golden Eagle Helicopter Tours.

“Since returning home, we can’t stop talking about what an amazing week we had and what it meant to be able to take a trip together,” said Tony Duncan, Alli’s father. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our family.”

“At Big Hearts, our focus is on the family experience,” said Mac Minard, MOGA Executive Director and trip Ambassador, “We know these conditions can become overwhelming fo