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Offers a variety of services, including child development centers, medical rehabilitation programs, job training, respite care, recreation and camping to help people with disabilities address life's challenges and achieve personal goals.
Helps Veterans with disabilities gain the therapeutic benefits of renewed joy, new friends and physical activity by learning to play golf. Register for the annual National Veterans Tee Tournament.
Hosts a week-long clinic sponsored by the VA that provides an introduction to the therapeutic value of recreational sports. Participants are get their first taste of sailing, surfing, kayaking, cycling and track and field events since being wounded or injured.
Provides programs and services to help Veterans who lost a limb or limbs in service to their country. Programs include peer counseling, medical equipment donation and recreational activities.
Promotes rehabilitation by instructing veterans with disabilities in adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing, and introducing them to a number of other adaptive recreational activities and sports.
Provides quality, outdoor mentorship to children who have lost a parent or have a parent who has become physically challenged as a result of public service while serving as a member of the Armed Forces, or firefighting and law enforcement communities.
Provides post-rehabilitation support and mentoring to injured American Service Members. Veterans are introduced to adaptive sport techniques and opportunities through clinics and camps and are also connected with ongoing Paralympic sports programs in their hometowns.
Information and links regarding the accessibility of federal recreation sites for people with disabilities.
The NVSSC gives disabled Veterans an opportunity for self development and challenge through education and recreational activities. It promotes rehabilitation by teaching summer sporting activities to veterans with significant physical or psychological impairments.
Provides comfort and hope to those who suffer in hospitals by providing artwork at no cost to hospitals.
Provides Active Duty, Reserve and retired Navy personnel and their families with sports and physical fitness activities, child development and youth programs and a variety of food and beverage services.
Provides equine assisted therapies and activities for people with disabilities. Offers nationwide education and training programs such as Horses for Heroes, including a program located in Oceanside, CA.
Operates as the official sports site for the Department of Defense and provides information and access to sports programs.
Organization that recognizes the athletic greatness of people with disabilities and supports these efforts by providing grants for training, competition and equipment needs.
Highlights the musical programs offered by Army Bands and provides access to upcoming auditions and performances.
Offers programs and provides modern bowling centers to military patrons interested in the sport of bowling.
Works with schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers and park and recreation departments to help children and adults with all types of cognitive or physical disabilities participate in physical activities including skiing and watersports.
Provides golf equipment, lessons and playing opportunities for combat-wounded American soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan to aid in rehabilitation.
Provides fun, innovative and effective therapeutic sports camps (skiing, watersports, fly fishing and more) for warriors with TBI, PTSD, visual impairments and other severe injuries. Cost to warriors and significant others is free.
Provides opportunities to thank and support Active Duty military personnel, their families and Veterans by connecting individuals with partnered service organizations at the Freedom Festival, Freedom Run and other events.
Program helps wounded warriors build life-long skills they can enjoy in their home communities through activities such as hunting, fishing, archery, hiking and camping.
Provides injured support services, housing assistance, family bereavement assistance, direct financial help, career counseling and recreation opportunities. Download the family assistance application form.
Gives people with disabilities opportunities to learn and enjoy fishing in 11 states with the use of adaptive angling equipment.
Organizes recreational and entertainment programs for service members recovering from injuries sustained in Afghanistan and Iraq.
State by state list of facilities that offer adaptive sports programs for people with disabilities.
Offers full-paid trips to take wounded soldiers back to Iraq to help them achieve psychological closure as well as wellness, quality of life and sports-based initiatives at no cost to military personnel and their families.
Provides morale, welfare and recreation-type services to Service Members and their families.
Offers equine activities and therapies to Active Duty or Reserve military members, Veterans and members of the Illinois National Guard with disabilities.
Operation CAMO provides recreational and cultural experiences for wounded warriors with cognitive or physical disabilities and encourages family and friends to share in these experiences.
Helps Veterans recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) find health, healing and new challenges through whitewater boating on the Potomac River.
Provides wounded Veterans with wheelchair tennis, hand cycling, wheelchair rugby, sledge hockey, sitting volleyball, basketball, dancing and alpine skiing other sports and recreational activities.
Works to increase the number and quality of competitive, world-class athletic opportunities for Americans who are blind or visually impaired by providing athlete and coach identification and support, program and event management and national and international representation.
Distributes free therapeutic arts and crafts kits to patients receiving care at VA medical centers, state nursing homes for Veterans and military hospitals.
Resources for athletes with disabilities who are interested in participating in sports competitions and activities.
Runs the American Freedom Festival. Raises money and awareness regarding welfare and educational issues facing those wounded in action or disabled and families of Veterans killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Faith-based organization that provides troops and families with practical, hands-on support and resources, including retreats.
Search the Army's MWR fifty-four golf courses located throughout the United States. Each of these golf courses provide a variety of products and services to meet your golfing needs on a daily basis.
Encourages skilled and enthusiastic people with physical disabilities to become certified instructors and then links them with facilities that are seeking motivated, qualified fitness instructors.
Dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled Active Duty military personnel and Veterans through fly fishing and fly tying education and outings.
Provides financial assistance for Veterans cycling programs and offers cycling equipment, clinics and outings for Veterans to improve their morale.
Army program for single soldiers. Offers programs and activities to enhance their well being, participate in community service activities, and assist in the planning and execution of their own recreation and leisure events.
Provides financial aid to wounded Veterans and the spouses and children of soldiers who have been killed in action.
Helps Service Members who are severely wounded in combat by providing specific items, services and programs to meet their needs, including recreational programs.
Provides programs for Veterans, including bowling activities, arts and crafts, music and sports activities, reading materials, board games and more. Learn more about their Portable Lane Campaign program.
Information on recreation resources available to Navy families.
Offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent physical disability. Activities include winter skiing, summer and winter competitions, fitness and special sports events.
Makes the Friday closest to September 11th a NATIONAL DAY OF GOLF saluting all those who have answered the call to duty.
Provides respite and recreation services for rehabilitating Service Members.
Offers a broad range of sports programs and outdoor activities for individuals with both physical and developmental disabilities through the use of adapted equipment, trained instructors, volunteers and specialized techniques.
Offers the 4th annual golf classic event to support programs for military families who have been affected by the war. Register online.
Military personnel discounts on golf, lodging, pro shop purchases and range privileges at over 3,600 affiliated golf courses in all 50 states, Canada and the Caribbean.
Directed and developed by wheelchair athletes and wheelchair sports enthusiasts themselves, individuals with a first-hand understanding of the values of participation.
Links to recreation resources for people with spinal cord injuries, paralysis and other disabilities.
Provides a single-rider golf cart that enables golfers to continue to enjoy the game of golf with new accessibility.
