Access to Adventure for People with Disabilities

Dear Friends, 

2019 has already been a year full of adventure. Thank you for helping to make adventure education accessible to youth and adults with disabilities. 

This past weekend a team of adults with and without disabilities traveled to NH for our annual Winter Weekend. They summited Mt. Willard and took in an amazing view. Here is what a participants reported by phone to one of our staff on Monday. 

• "Dan stayed in the back with me and gave me some tips to straighten my leg and then take some steps. That got me up the mountain. I kept saying, 'I can't do it. I can't do it,' and then after that trick I didn't have to stop and made it to the top."
• When she got to the top she told me she thought, "Wow! What a beautiful earth this is!"
• And of course my favorite quote from our call about her reaching the top: "I cried because of the view. It has not been since my brain injury that I was able to climb a mountain like that with a view. It reminded me of my old self before brain injury."

Your investment made these opportunities possible! We couldn't do it without you.

Tonight a group of young adults with disabilties will be gather for a Leaders In Training alumni reunion. These young adults participated in the LIT program in 2018-2018. Next week the 2018-2019 cohort will be graduating with a reception in Boston. A link to pictures and details about this most recent cohort is attached below. 

Thank you for joining us to make these opportunities accessible. Not just because they’re part of living a full life, but because these experiences are helping to make our world fully accessible!

Sincerely, 

Dan Minnich, Co-Founder

Links:

• Leaders In Training '18-'19 cohort