By The North Face
To learn more about the Explore Fund visit www.ExploreFund.org, applications for Fall and Winter grants are open until October 8th.
The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) celebrates its 42nd anniversary of providing therapeutic recreational services to individuals with disabilities. Our mission is to enable the human spirit through therapeutic sport and recreation. We provide quality outdoor sports and therapeutic recreation programs that positively impact the lives of people with physical, cognitive, emotional or behavioral challenges. The NSCD was founded in 1970 when a ski instructor at Winter Park Resort volunteered to teach a group of children from the Children?s Hospital of Denver how to ski. Over the past 42 years, the NSCD continues to lead the way as a nationally-recognized therapeutic recreation agency serving children and adults with disabilities throughout Colorado and the country. Last year, we served more than 3,000 participants from 40 different states. Over 1,000 volunteers helped us to provide nearly 20,000 lessons last year. We continue to keep our program costs low, increase the number of individuals we serve, and improve the quality of our programs.
The NSCD Outdoor Backpacking Program is a fun and educational program that combines hiking and camping in backcountry Colorado. The program is offered to individuals with disabilities. The program teaches backcountry navigation, camping, "leave no trace", cooking, orienteering, and other eco-friendly outdoor practices. The program is offered yearly in June and July. Backpacking trips include a variety of locations in Colorado State Parks and Arapahoe National Forest. Therapeutic recreation benefits people with disabilities in profound ways, helping them gain confidence, self-esteem and self-determination; it helps people overcome obstacles, achieve goals and reach their full potential; and it provides an incredible boost to the morale and psyche of our participants as well. By teaching people with disabilities how to hike a mountain or camp overnight, we help them realize they are capable of amazing things. We are so grateful for the support of the Explore Fund and helping us get youth with disabilities outdoors to experience nature and our environment!
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Attached are a couple pictures from the program. One is at the top of Mount Evans after a long hike and the other is a lesson on reading a map and using a compass. Let me know if I can help in any other way. We are so thankful for the support.
?We think of all of our Explore Fund grantees as Role Models. ?Take the pledge and?to share your passion for the outdoors with others and you could be entered to win a?Travelocity?Trip to the Bay Area to meet athletes from The North Face team!?apps.facebook.com/tnfrolemodels
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