Warrior ‘Boot Camp’

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Contact:        Mary Ellen Whitney                         

Tel:               (518) 598-1279                                     E-mail:     mwhitney@stride.org

WEB: www.stride.org

For Immediate Release                                   Photo and press opportunity   August 15-17                                            

Warrior ‘Boot Camp’ ~ Veterans Mentor Disabled Youth ‘military style’

 

(Chatham NY)  A dozen local youth with a variety of special needs and disabilities are expressly invited to spend a weekend in barracks-style canvas tents, sleep on cots and don military style uniforms, taking orders from veterans at the campsite named ‘Yellow Ribbon’ pavilion. If there is something that Soldiers and Marines are good at, it is leading from the front and working as a team to serve.

For Immediate Release: Local War Hero to Address Wounded Warriors March 7, 2014

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War Hero SSG Kevin Flike 

Green Beret Special Forces to Address

Wounded Warriors in Troy, NY on March 7 

Troy, NY - STRIDE Adaptive Sports welcomes 15 regional Wounded Warriors with their families to the Capital Region for a weekend of healing through sports. Arriving in Troy March 6, they will spend a day getting to know each other and a private tour at the New York State museum, and then join STRIDE’s team of instructors at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort learning how to ski and snowboard Saturday and Sunday.  Many of the participants are from New York State Transition units, having recently returned with medical trauma. Five are alumni Warriors, invited back in mentorship role to guide the new Warriors through the overwhelming experience. 

MHHS Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness to Benefit Wounded Warrior Project – Sunday, Nov. 10

The Maple Hill High School’s boys and girls basketball programs are hosting a Midnight Madness event to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. The event will take place on Sunday, Nov. 10 from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. The event is intended as a way to kick-off the upcoming basketball season and as a way to bring the community together to help raise some money for a worthy cause. The Wounded Warrior Project is celebrating 10 years of service to our

veterans.

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Beyond the Call of Duty, a Local Non-profit makes Miracles happen for Combat Injured Veterans

STRIDE, Inc.                                                 476 N. Greenbush Rd., Suite 9    Rensselaer NY 12144                

EMAIL:  mwhitney@stride.org     WEB: www.stride.org

Contact:  Mary Ellen Whitney (518) 598-1279

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Warrior Cpl. Roman Goddeau and family 

 (Rensselaer, NY) When Cpl. Jeremy Walton signed up for a Wounded Warrior skiing trip provided by a local non-profit STRIDE Adaptive Sports which offers sports programs for individuals with disabilities, he had no idea just how much his life would change. The March ski trip offered him and his family a chance to spend camaraderie with other veterans, and the opportunity to learn how to snowboard after combat injury left him with a Traumatic Brain Injury. But STRIDE ‘s  mission promotes that healing comes in giving not receiving, and they plant that seed for Warriors to continue their time volunteering for STRIDE after the sport weekend is over.

For Immediate Release

                                                        

 STRIDE, Inc.                                      476 North Greenbush Rd. Ste. 9 ,   Rensselaer NY 12144

               

EMAIL:  mwhitney@stride.org     WEB: www.stride.org

Contact:       Mary Ellen Whitney- (518) 598-1279

For Immediate Release

WellPoint Foundation Employees help Clean up the SCORE Center

 

(Chatham NY)  STRIDE Adaptive Sports has a year under it’s belt in developing the 85 acre facility formerly Girl Scout Camp Sha-Te-Muc located in Chatham, NY.  The facility, now called STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education (SCORE Center)  is used as a retreat for youth with special needs, and Wounded Warriors and their families to enjoy in educational programs including camping, hiking, archery, fishing, snowshoeing, cross country skiing. The 2500 square foot lodge offers a large space for trainings seminars and retreats.

On Saturday, April 27 employees from WellPoint Foundation, a division of Empire Blue Cross will assist STRIDE in spring clean up for the second year. Approximately 40 employee volunteers will be clearing trails throughout the 85 acres; building wheelchair ramps, and cleaning up the lodge and out buildings. “We are thrilled to have this kind of support;’ says Mary Ellen Whitney, CEO for STRIDE, “such a large group of committed professionals who give up a weekend to support this kind of endeavor shows the commitment of our community.”

Tenting pavilion areas have been named on the property; including ‘Yellow Ribbon Pavilion”; “Purple Heart Pavilion”; and the games and flagpole cabin is now called the “Gold Star Field”. STRIDE has been fortunate to have the support of many Scout troops in the region, who choose Eagle Scout projects at SCORE. Last year fire pits, new signs, a wheelchair accessible dock and a wheelchair accessible trail was created. Underway this year are more projects which include a 9 hole disk golf range; a competition level archery range, raised bed gardens and a professional horseshoe pit. Spring and summer enrichment programs are now being scheduled.

STRIDE’s mission is to educate and empower individuals with special needs in life-changing sport and recreation programs to sustain healthy, active and fun lifestyles. STRIDE is a volunteer organization with all sport lessons being taught by highly qualified volunteers, and STRIDE serves our Wounded Warrior community with rehabilitative sport and recreation programs to help them adjust to life and helping them adapt to their permanent injuries that they sustained during recent conflicts overseas.

For Immediate Release: March 16, 2013

Adaptive Snowsports Race for Athletes with Disabilities hosted at Jiminy Peak

(Hancock, Ma) Seventy-five disabled ski racers from across the Northeastern states will participate in STRIDE’s 18^th Annual “Great Race / Diana Golden Mills Cup Level I Adaptive Race” held on Saturday morning, March 16^th, 2013 at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock, MA. 

For Immediate Release

EMAIL:  mwhitney@stride.org     WEB: www.stride.org

Contact:  Mary Ellen Whitney (518) 598-1279

                                   Photo and press opportunity                                                

Eighteen Regional Wounded Warriors Participate in Adaptive Sports Weekend at Jiminy Peak

Welcome Ceremony for Warriors hosted by STRIDE

Troy, NY- On Friday, March 8^th, STRIDE Adaptive Sports will welcome 18 Wounded Warriors and families who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan having sustained serious permanent injuries. They will spend a three day weekend with the STRIDE team of instructors at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort learning how to adaptive ski and snowboard.  Most of the participants are from New York State Transition units, having recently returned with medical trauma; several from Fort Drum, NY, home of the 10^th Mountain Division. Five alumni Warriors will be invited back in mentorship role to the new Warriors to assist through the overwhelming experience.

For Immediate Release

Local Jeweler is Sharing the Love with STRIDE and local Wounded Warriors STRIDE and Glenn Peters Jewelers ‘Share Your Love’ 

Friday, Feb 8th, 5:30 pm- 8pm
Glennpeter Jewelers 1544 Central Ave, Albany New York

Albany, NY – On Friday, February 8th, from 5:30 - 8pm, Glennpeter Jewelers will open its doors and heart to STRIDE Adaptive Sports and local Wounded Warriors. Now in its eighth year the Wounded Warrior Snowfest, hosted by STRIDE

Stride Camping Weekend

                          
 STRIDE, Inc.

476 North Greenbush Rd. Ste. 9, Rensselaer NY 12144      
EMAIL:  mwhitney@stride.org WEB: www.stride.org
Contact:    Mary Ellen Whitney- (518) 598-1279

 
First Camping Weekend for kids with Disabilities at Chatham’s new SCORE Center
(STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation & Education)

(Chatham, NY)  STRIDE Adaptive Sports, an organization serving individuals with disabilities for 27 years, successfully hosted their first tent-camping trip this past weekend at our new facility – SCORE Center (STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education).