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5280 Challenge Games 5280 Challenge Games is a one-day Track and Field competition for USATF Masters and individuals with physical or visual disabilities. | |
Achilles-Boulder Chapter Our mission is to empower people of all abilities to participate in mainstream athletics in order to promote personal achievement, enhance self-esteem and eliminate barriers to living a fulfilling life. Achilles Boulder is a recreational and social group that supports people with disabilities to participate in running and walking for fitness and for preparation for competition. | |
 | Adaptive Action Sports, Inc. The first adaptive snowboard and skateboard specific non-profit organization. Adaptive Action Sports creates snowboard, skateboard and other action sport camps, events and programs for youth, young adults and wounded Veterans living with permanent physical disabilities, TBI and PTSD. |
 | Adaptive Adventures Adaptive Adventures's mission is to identify, promote and provide progressive sports & recreation opportunities for people with physical disabilities. |
 | Adaptive Sports Association To provide outdoor sport and recreational experiences for people with disabilities. These activities are provied regardless of individual financial limitations and creat a safe, fun atmosphere for learning and enhancing self esteem. |
 | Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte, Inc. The Adaptive Sports Center improves the quality of life of people with disabilities through outdoor adventure activities. The programs we offer are inclusive to family and friends, empower our participants in their daily lives and have an enduring impact on their health, self-confidence, and well-being. |
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 | Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center The BOEC expands the potential of people with disabilities and special needs through meaningful, educational and inspiring outdoor experiences. |
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 | Challenge Aspen Challenge Aspen is dedicated to impacting lives by presenting meaningful recreational, educational and cultural experiences to individuals faced with cognitive or physical challenges. |
 | City of Boulder Parks & Rec EXPAND EXPAND (Exciting Programs, Adventures & New Dimensions) helps people with disabilities improve and gain new recreation and leisure skills that will enhance participant's overall well-being and quality of life. |
 | City of Colorado Springs Therapeutic Recreation Program The mission of the Therapeutic Recreation Program is to provide opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities to acquire skills that enable them to participate in leisure experiences of their choice and enhance their abilities to function within a community setting. The TR staff also provides advocacy and support for individuals with disabilities to participate in general recreation activities, as well as specialized therapeutic activities that include opportunities in health/wellness, outdoor adventure, arts, social stimulation and use of community resources. |
 | City of Fort Collins Adaptive Recreation The Adaptive Recreation Opportunities (ARO) program provides community members with disabilities opportunities to participate in quality community recreation programs. ARO strives to ensure that people with disabilities have the necessary support, adaptive equipment and experienced staff to participate in recreation and leisure activities of their choice through three basic service areas; adaptive programs, inclusion support and transition services. A wide variety of opportunities for all ages are available to get active and stay healthy. Our diverse offerings, dedicated staff and excellent content make ARO a valuable community resource. |
 | Colorado Adaptive Sports Foundation The mission of the Colorado Adaptive Sports Foundation is to bolster independence, improve self-confidence, elevate social interaction and heighten ones quality of life by providing financial and organizational support, so that people of all ages with physical disabilities have the opportunity to participate in organized sports programs. |
 | Colorado Discover Ability The mission of Colorado Discover Ability is to increase the independence, self-confidence, self worth and education of people with disabilities, their family and friends, through outdoor recreation. |
 | Community Sailing of Colorado Mission: "Make sailing in Colorado accessible to all. Teach skills, build confidence & have fun!" CSC believes in offering a combination of theory and hands-on experience; that learning and developing sailing knowledge translates to developing important life skills like independence, self-confidence , communication, planning, decision-making, teamwork and environmental stewardship. |
 | Craig Hospital Craig Hospital's mission is to promote optimal health and quality of life for people affected by spinal cord injury and tramatic brain injury. The Craig Hospital Paralympic Sport Club program introduces a wide variety of sports and recreation to our inpatients, outpatients and community members in conjunction with other Paralympic Sport Clubs in the state of Colorado. We also play a supportive role in wheelchair sports tournaments and clinics in the Denver area. |
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Denver Curling The Denver Curling is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization committed to teaching, to developing, to promoting and encouraging the spirit of curling; to develop youth and adult programs that lead to local, national, and international competitions. We host several open leagues, learn-to-curl clinics, corporate team building events and recreational drop-in-play. | |
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 | Denver Rolling Nuggets Wheelchair Basketball The Rolling Nuggets* program was formed in 1985 – one of the first wheelchair basketball programs in the country to be directly affiliated with an NBA team – and currently fields elite-level adult teams in the Men’s Championship Division and Women’s Division of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA), as well as the Junior Rolling Nuggets of the NWBA’s Junior 10’ Division. Colorado’s youngest aspiring athletes, aged 6-12, learn the game as part of the Prep Rolling Nuggets. |
 | Foresight Ski Guides, Inc. Foresight guides complete an intensive training program that focuses on safety, camaraderie and the pleasures of skiing with a friend. We take full advantage of today’s “smooth-as-silk” snow grooming and offer the world-class amenities and service provided by Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin. You will be assured of skillful, compassionate service, with the overriding goal of insuring your personal safety and comfort. |
 | Ignite Adaptive Sports Our mission is to provide intergrated recreational opportunities for people with disabilities that will foster independence through the acquisition of lifetime skills. Ignite Adaptive Sports teaches winter sports activities for physically and mentally challenged individuals. In 2011 Ignite served over 224 students with 1,042 lessons. This included 39 students in our Disabled Veterans Program. |
Jimi Flowers Classic Swim Meet The Jimi Flowers Classic is a Long Course competition hosted by U.S. Paralympics Swimming. This meet is open to swimmers with a physical, visual or intellectual impairment from all nations. | |
 | Keystone Adaptive Center (a program of the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center) Headquartered at The Mountain House at Keystone Resort at the base of Discovery Lift, the Keystone Adaptive Center provides alpine, skiing and snowboarding lessons to people with disabilities and other special needs. Lessons are conducted on a personalized, one-on-one basis, and include all instruction, on-hill guiding and support, specialized equipment and lift ticket. |
 | Lending Sight Lending Sight is devoted to developing the sport of running to visually impaired athletes. |
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 | National Sports Center for the Disabled - Denver The mission of the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) is to provide quality outdoor sports and therapeutic recreation programs that positively impact the lives of people with physical, cognitive, emotional or behavioral challenges. The NSCD accommodates any physical or mental disability, serving 3,500 people and providing nearly 25,000 lessons annually. |
| National Sports Center for the Disabled - Winter Park The mission of the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) is to provide quality outdoor sports and therapeutic recreation programs that positively impact the lives of people with physical, cognitive, emotional or behavioral challenges. The NSCD accommodates any physical or mental disability, serving 3,500 people and providing nearly 25,000 lessons annually. |
| National Wheelchair Basketball Association The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) is comprised over 200 basketball teams acros twenty-two conferences and seven divisions. THe NWBA was founded in 1948, and today consists of men's, women's, intercollegiate, and youth teams throughout the United States of America and Canada. In our pursuit of excellence, the National Wheelchair Basketball Association provides qualified individuals with physical disabilities the opportunity to play, learn and compete in the sport of wheelchair basketball. The NWBA is the model sport governing body- we lead, we inspire, we win. |
 | Paradox Sports Paradox Sports improves people's lives by creating a physically adaptive sports community built to inspire. We currently have programs and events in rock climbing, mountaineering, ice climbing, camping, stand up paddleboarding (SUP), and events specifically for veterans. |
 | Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports 'STARS' STARS mission is to provide recreational opportunities for people with disabilities. STARS runs the adaptive ski program for Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation. We do private ski lessons, group programs, and specialized camps. STARS owns our own equipment which is available for use in our program and for rent. STARS also does summer programming with road and mountain biking, kayaking, fly fishing, and specialized camps. |
 | Team River Runner Fort Carson/Colorado Springs Team River Runner (TRR), established in August 2004 by kayakers in the Washington, DC area, is a primarily volunteer non-profit organization run by a council of kayakers and overseen by a board of directors. TRR was initially established to help active duty military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan who were recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. With the success there obvious and the opportunity elsewhere apparent, TRR expanded to other Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) chapter sites in 2007. TRR envisions a national network which creates innovative paddling programs designed to assist with the recovery of those injured while serving our country. Through paddle sports, TRR volunteers and partners provide local communities unique opportunities for the active, safe and positive support of healing service members and their families. |
 | Telluride Adaptive Sports Program Telluride Adaptive Sports Program's (TASP) main activities include the adaptive ski program operating daily during the winter at the Telluride Ski Area and a mix of focused summer sport programs such as rock climbing, rafting and cycling. Our mission is to provide therapeutic recreational opportunities to people with disabilities that encourage personal growth and promote independence. |
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 | United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) The United States Association of Blind Athletes is a Colorado-based non-profit organization that provides life-enriching sport opportunities for children, youth and adults who are blind and visually impaired. |
 | USA Archery USA Archery is the national governing body for Paralympic archery. It does not provide any direct programming, but does provide information on community programs. Community programs are available for beginning to elite archers. There are Archery Centers of Excellence in St. Louis, MO, Yankton, SD, and Newberry, FL. Information on local clubs and programs can be found at www.usarchery.org |
 | USA Cycling USA Cycling is the national governing body for cycling in the United States. While USA Cycling does not manage the Paralympic program, it can be a resource for finding a local cycling club in your community. For specific information on Para-cycling and the U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Team, please contact craig.griffin@usoc.org. |
 | USA Fencing USA Fencing is the national governing body for wheelchair fencing in the United States. |
 | USA Hockey USA Hockey is the national governing body for sled hockey in the United States. |
 | USA Judo To administer the international based program. To prepare athletes for Olympic and Paralympic Games and other international competitions. To build and grow the grassroots base program for potential judo players across the United States. |
 | USA Paratriathlon Founded in 1982, USA Triathlon is proud to serve as the National Governing Body for triathlon – the fastest growing sport in the U.S. Olympic Movement – as well as duathlon, aquathlon, aquabike, winter triathlon, off-road triathlon and paratriathlon in the United States. USA Triathlon sanctions more than 4,300 races and connects with more than 455,000 members each year, making it the largest multisport organization in the world. In addition to its work with athletes, coaches, and race directors on the grassroots level, USA Triathlon provides leadership and support to elite athletes competing at international events, including International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championships, Pan American Games and the Summer Olympic Games. USA Triathlon is a proud member of the ITU and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). |
 | USA Shooting Prepare American athletes to win Olympic and Paralympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S., and govern the international conduct of shooting in the country. |
 | USA Table Tennis To serve the needs of the U.S. Paralympic Table Tennis national athletes and hopefuls. |
Visually Impaired and Blind Skiers of the Colorado Springs Community VIBeS is a community based non-profit organization dedicated to enabling the blind and Visually Impaired to experience recreational activity through a shared vision. The goal is to provide physical fitmess, outdoor and recreational activities for the participants, thereby increasing self-esteem, independence and personal growth. |