Disabled Sports USA

Chapter Listing by State

AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NH, NJ, NM,
NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

New York

Adaptive Sports Foundation

PO Box 266, 100 Silverman Way
Windham, NY 12496
Contact Person: Cherisse Young, Executive Director
Phone: 518-734-5070
Fax: 518-734-6740

Email: asfwindham@mhcable.com
Web Site: www.adaptivesportsfoundation.com
Year Founded: 1984

Major Events Conducted:

Event	Month
Auction/Celebration	February
Snow A Thon	February
Doctors Race	January
Disabled Ski Festival	March

Equipment available for use:

- Bi-skis, mono-skis, outriggers, and bikes

Programs Offered:

- Ski and snowboard lessons, race training
Summer Programs: golf, tennis, biking, camping, fishing, swimming, horseback riding

A.S.P.I.R.E. [New York/Long Island]

10 Hammertown Rd.
Salisbury, CT 06068
(860) 435-2892
Contact: Paddy Rossbach

Email: pgraspire@aol.com
Year Founded: 1986

Major Events Conducted:

- Summer camp for juniors; participation in youth games

Equipment available for use:

- Shot Put, Discus, Javelin

Programs Offered:

- Self-help support groups, track training, sport-specific training, and junior competition training.

Cape Ability Outrigger Ohana, Inc.

560 Shore Drive, West Henrietta, New York 14586
Contact Person: Jan Whitaker
Phone: (585) 292-6107
Fax: Sue Beck, Secretary (585) 638-7331

Email: janwhitaker@hotmail.com
Web site: www.adaptivecanoeing.org
Year Founded: 2005

Major Events Conducted:

- 2005 Coordinator of the Wounded Warrior Project for the Rochester River Challenge Outrigger Canoe Sprint races on September 17, 2005

Equipment available for use:

- OC-4 (outrigger canoe for four persons) and DC-8 (double-hulled outrigger canoes for eight persons) available for activities conducted by Chapter approved instructors/steerspersons

Programs Offered:

- OC-4 (outrigger canoe for four persons) and DC-8 (double-hulled outrigger canoes for eight persons) available for activities conducted by Chapter approved instructors/steerspersons

Greek Peak Sports for the Disabled

208 Meeker Rd.
Vestal, NY 13850
(607) 785-6960
Contact: James Cappellett

Email: jcappellett@stny.rr.com
Website: www.skigpsd.org/
Year Founded: 1974

Programs Offered:

- Alpine skiing, mono-ski, adaptive skiing, 3 track, 4 track snowboarding

Lounsbury Adaptive Ski Program

Holiday Valley
PO Box 370
Ellicottville, NY 14731
(440)729-7048
Contact: Mary Ellen Racich

Email: Yummakid@aol.com
Year Founded: 1988

Major Events Conducted:

- Penguin Paddle fund-raiser, BBQ, races

Equipment available for use:

- Mon-skis, bi-skis, sit-skis, outriggers

Programs Offered:

- WINTER PROGRAM ONLY: Ski lessons by appointment, offered daily

North Country Access Cycling

441 Paddock Street
Watertown, NY 23601
Contact Person: Susan Zabriskie
Phone: 315-788-2730 x237 / 315-782-2838
Fax: 315-782-6612

Email: northcountryaccess@yahoo.com
Web Site: www.nccsa.com/accessingcycling.htm
Year Founded: 2002

Major Events Conducted:

- Clinics and bike/run events

Equipment available for use:

- 4 lightning hand cycles

Programs Offered:

- Handcycling, kayaking, and paddling-by request at this time

S.T.R.I.D.E., Inc.

P.O. Box 778
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Contact Person: Mary Ellen Whitney, CEO
Phone: 518-598-1279/518-283-2114
Fax: 518-286-3201

Email: mwhitney@stride.org
Web Site: www.stride.org
Year Founded: 1986

Major Events Conducted:

- Annual Adaptive Ski Race, Fall Gala, Bowl-a-thon, Golf Tournament, Parent Meeting, Annual Meeting; Volunteer Appreciation Party

Equipment available for use:

- Full service ski equipment at all three mountain resorts located at Jiminy Peak, Catamount Mountain and Ski Sundown; 4 hand-cycles; various other equipment

Programs Offered:

- Skiing, sailing, tent and adventure camping, baseball, bowling, swimming, snowboarding, snowshoeing/hiking, white water rafting, dancing, bicycling, golf

Western New York Adaptive Water Sports

3621 Stony Point Rd.
Grand Island, NY 14072
Contact: Anthony Anderson
Phone: 716-553-7670

Email: AndrsTon@aol.com

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