Mission:
To provide progressive outdoor sports opportunities to improve quality of life for children, adults and veterans with physical disabilities and their families.
History:
Adaptive Adventures was founded in 1999 by two individuals with physical disabilities. They saw a need for adventure and sport opportunities outside of competitive adaptive sports for people with physical disabilities. Adaptive Adventures has served over 100,000 participants and their families from all 50 states.
Overview:
Adaptive Adventures main office is located in Lakewood, Colorado with a satellite office in Franklin Park, Illinois. Adaptive Adventures provides ongoing programs, camps and clinics in cycling, climbing, kayaking, paddleboarding, skiing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, scuba, rafting and dragon boat racing.
Adaptive Adventures offers a unique mobile program. Unlike site based adaptive sports programs, Adaptive Adventures travels the country with 15 trailers filled with adaptive equipment providing programs to underserved areas of the country. Adaptive Adventures provides programs in 30 states, collaborating with over 150 community partners across the country including; rehab hospitals, park districts, VA medical centers, military hospitals, veteran service organizations, and other adaptive sport programs. We believe in FREEDOM through Mobility for our participants and in our program structure.
Adaptive Adventures programming is offered to participants and their families free of charge or significantly subsidized. Adaptive Adventures believes cost should never be a barrier to someone's participation in quality outdoor adaptive sport opportunities.
Vision:
That all individuals with physical disabilities have access to participation in outdoor sports regardless of their location, equipment needs, or economic status.
Goals:
- To improve quality of life for children, adults and veterans with physical disabilities through year-round participation in adaptive sports
- To offer engaging programs that encourage socialization, family participation and inclusive community integration
- To provide cutting edge adaptive equipment and sport specific skill development to promote independence
- To engage and train, committed and diverse volunteers, staff and board members to increase the capacity and quality of programs
- To serve underserved areas through the Adaptive Adventures mobile program throughout the country
Contact Information
Field Site Location
Franklin Park, Illinois United States
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Phone: 720-665-3118
Fax: No fax number available
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