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Excerpt from New Era Progress : (click for entire article)
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, a nonprofit organization based at Wintergreen Resort that provides ski and snowboard and kayak and canoe lessons for people with disabilities, has received a $4,000 grant from the Greater Lynchburg Community Trust to continue its third year of its Adaptive Sports Partners Program in the Lynchburg area.
This program will bring clients from the DePaul Family Services’ Options Day Support Program of Madison Heights to Wintergreen Resort for a minimum of 24 ski lessons over the course of this snow sport season.
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports also received a grant from the Nelson County Community Fund, which is used for skiing participants from the Horizon Clubhouse in Lovingston.
According to Michael Zuckerman, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports executive director, outdoor sports have powerful therapeutic benefits for people with disabilities. Not only can they maintain or increase their physical fitness, but also they enjoy tremendous boosts in self-confidence and self esteem.
For the past two seasons, up to six Options participants have been skiing weekly with the adaptive sports volunteer staff and the effects, both physical and emotional, have been tremendous.
“Watching these individuals, many of whom have serious disabilities, enjoy the freedom of sliding down a beautiful mountainside is very gratifying,” Zuckerman said. “Most of these folks have limited access to recreational opportunities in the winter months and we are thrilled to be able to provide the healthy exercise and the camaraderie that they experience.”
Excerpt from New Era Progress : (click for entire article)
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, a nonprofit organization based at Wintergreen Resort that provides ski and snowboard and kayak and canoe lessons for people with disabilities, has received a $4,000 grant from the Greater Lynchburg Community Trust to continue its third year of its Adaptive Sports Partners Program in the Lynchburg area.
This program will bring clients from the DePaul Family Services’ Options Day Support Program of Madison Heights to Wintergreen Resort for a minimum of 24 ski lessons over the course of this snow sport season.
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports also received a grant from the Nelson County Community Fund, which is used for skiing participants from the Horizon Clubhouse in Lovingston.
According to Michael Zuckerman, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports executive director, outdoor sports have powerful therapeutic benefits for people with disabilities. Not only can they maintain or increase their physical fitness, but also they enjoy tremendous boosts in self-confidence and self esteem.
For the past two seasons, up to six Options participants have been skiing weekly with the adaptive sports volunteer staff and the effects, both physical and emotional, have been tremendous.
“Watching these individuals, many of whom have serious disabilities, enjoy the freedom of sliding down a beautiful mountainside is very gratifying,” Zuckerman said. “Most of these folks have limited access to recreational opportunities in the winter months and we are thrilled to be able to provide the healthy exercise and the camaraderie that they experience.”
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