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AccesSportAmerica, a national non-profit organization, inspires higher function and fitness for children and adults of all disabilities through high-challenge sports.
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COMING EVENTS
Nantucket Fun Run and Races
August 2 - Jetties' Beach
Row for AccesSport/Head of the Charles ™
October 18-19 - Charles River
RECENT UPDATES
AccesSportAmerica Mayor's Cup Regatta
Sunday, June 22 Charles River
Corporate and Philanthropic Teams of Eight Competed in Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Races
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> Pictures from the Regatta
Run for AccesSport/Boston Marathon
Monday, April 21, 2008
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Support Michele Sedler
Auction for AccesSportAmerica
Friday, March 28, 2008. Seasons, Millennium Bostonian Hotel
Evening Supper/Comedy Show with Lenny Clarke
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TRAVEL CAMPS
Guatemala High-Challenge Sports Camp, Lake Atitlan, second annual in January.
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California High-Challenge Sports Camp, Venice Beach, third annual in October.
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Florida High-Challenge Sports Camp, Jensen Beach, third annual in November.
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Thanks, Coach!
See the video from WCVB-TV in Boston on AccesSportAmerica and Coach Belichick's donation to our work.
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Patriot's Coach Bill Belichick is donating a portion of each book sold to benefit AccesSportAmerica. From the Boston Globe: "In his book, "The Education of a Coach," [David] Halberstam describes the organization as "an extraordinary group to which the Belichick family is committed, which brings formidable athletic challenges . . . to children and adults with serious physical or developmental disabilities."
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Letter from the Executive Director Spring/Summer 2008
We often talk about "Community" here at AccesSportAmerica. This is our most powerful tool to succeed in reaching for more function and fullness in our lives. Community is established in every session and as we move forward together in our challenges. But we all experience this sense of being together differently. Our approach to each athlete and instructor is unique but still we need to find something in common. With all the differing personalities and styles, disabilities and gifts, I often wonder how we manage to connect. But, we do connect.
We find commonality and connection when, for example, some athletes and instructors work well with physical touch and guidance that is literally hand over hand. Others in the same group live with sensory issues and need a "touch" that is far from physical and more emotional. Still, they may thrive in the same outrigger team on the water, or be equally involved in a soccer drill. We may be more or less verbal, powerfully attentive for hours or intensely engaged for moments, fully of stamina or participating in short bursts - but mysteriously we can all be a part of the same AccesSport community.
Our community is based on a trust and unspoken understanding that we will accomplish something great in our sessions together. Especially as we come to the summer I can feel the excitement building in this community. Those working out through the winter months are ready to transfer their conditioning and strength onto water sports or a new cycle or outdoor tennis. Programs are year-round in Florida and New England; new programs are starting. Athletes and instructors can't wait to try out new boards, boats, adaptations, and skills. The excitement that transcends any new piece of equipment however, is how community is found and grows each day. I hope you'll take time to learn more about us and in your own way, become a part of us.
Ross Lilley
Executive Director/Founder
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