Adaptive Cycling Event Brings Veterans Together in Salt Lake City
More than 1,000 veterans, volunteers, caregivers and family members convened at Aspen Snowmass in Colorado for the annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.
Paralyzed Veterans of America Mountain States Chapter: Colorado, Montana, Utah, New Mexico & Wyoming
More than 1,000 veterans, volunteers, caregivers and family members convened at Aspen Snowmass in Colorado for the annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.
More than 1,000 veterans, volunteers, caregivers and family members convened at Aspen Snowmass in Colorado for the annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.
In the spinal cord injury and disorders (SCI/D) unit at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, recreation has become a visible source of energy and connection. That’s largely due to the efforts of Annalise Doyle.
I’ve taken nearly 30 cruises in my powerchair — and this year, my wife and I will board four more across two different cruise lines. Cruising has become my favorite way to travel.
I was 84 years old when a cycling accident left me with a C3 incomplete spinal cord injury. Up until that moment, I had spent the previous four decades competing in running races, climbing mountains and bicycling long distances.
For me, travel has always represented freedom. But after my spinal cord injury, when I became a T6-level paraplegic, that freedom felt out of reach.
Now in its 13th year, the bowlathon drew about 70 people, ages 2 to 86 and of all abilities, and raised $13,000.
Twelve women veterans gathered in September at Snow Mountain Ranch in Granby, Colo., for a three-day retreat hosted by the Mountain States Chapter.
More than 500 Veterans from across the country came together for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, held in Minneapolis over six days in July.
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