Hope. Joyful. Fun. Dignity. Belonging. Proud. Accomplished. Becoming. To matter. Enriched. Glorious. Fulfilled. Loved. What do these words mean to you? To me, they’re words that express feelings we hear expressed at Outdoors for All and feedback we receive in emails and thank you notes from delivering our year-round adaptive and…
Lucky seven, Sweet sixteen, Baker’s dozen, 5 senses, 12 days of Christmas, 3 stooges – numbers can sure tell a story, can’t they? Well, here are some important numbers that help tell the story of Outdoors for All’s operations in 2014: 326,124…the amount of dollars raised (with more donations still coming in) from our annual gala auction, held on October 25, 2014 28,300 …is the…
Outdoors for All recently hosted a couple’s yoga retreat for wounded warriors and their partners. From feedback that we received afterwards, it sounds like it was a real hit. We only want to provide the best for the people who attend our yoga retreats, even if it means sending our instructors to somewhere similar to this yoga teacher training rishikesh so they have all of…
On any given Saturday during the Outdoors for All winter ski program you can ask Grace which runs she has skied down and her answer will likely be, “all of them!” Watching the smile on Grace’s face as she independently skis down the mountain makes it easy to forget she has Down syndrome. During her first year in the program, at the age of 6,…
Like a lot of people in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve been a lifelong shopper at REI. I think I got my own membership card when I was in high school (more than 30 years ago). REI has also been a supporter of Outdoors for All for many years. Recently I received a call from some folks at REI saying that they were doing a “people…
Jahzeel Sequeira was smiling and giggling with joy because as an adult, he had just successfully independently ridden a bike for the first time in his life. This all came about because of Jahzeel’s connections with Outdoors for All thanks to a grant from the Wounded Warrior Project. Jahzeel Sequeira is a US Navy Veteran and Wounded Warrior. He first got involved with Outdoors for…
What’s the first thing you see in these photos? Is the first thing you see here blindness? traumatic brain injury? cancer? post-traumatic stress? spinal cord injury? hemiparesis? intellectual disability? Really, is disability the first thing you see in ANY of these photos? Me neither! We captured these photos of Outdoors for All Participants, Volunteers, Interns and Staff exercising their abilities together in our summer kayaking…
Outdoors for All volunteers are simply put, AWESOME! Our mission wouldn’t be possible without the efforts of hundreds upon hundreds of these volunteers…
Skiing and snow sports will always be the cornerstone of Outdoors for All adaptive recreation programs. Yet we’re seeing tremendous growth…
One key referral resource for Outdoors for All comes from various medical professionals in the region – and especially our friends and medical professionals at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
