Disabled Sports USA

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Maryland

Baltimore Adapted Recreation and Sports [BARS]

P.O. Box 878
Sparks, MD 21152
Contact Person: Pamela Harris-Lehnert
Phone: 443-491-3227
Fax: 410-329-6897

Email: Pam4bars@aol.com
Web Site: www.barsinfo.org
Year Founded: 1990

Major Events Conducted:

- Ski Bash at Wisp Ski Resort Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Equipment available for use:

- Bi-skis, mono-skis, water-skis, sports wheelchairs, hand cycles

Programs Offered:

- Water skiing, alpine skiing, canoeing, sailing, SCUBA, skeet shooting, wheelchair tennis, racquetball, hand cycling, kayaking, nature walks, rafting, and camping

Blue Ridge Adaptive Snow Sports, Inc.

P.O. Box 1414
Severna Park, MD 21146-8414
(717) 642-8282 x3479
Contact: Leslie White

Email: Info@brasski.org
Year Founded: 1997

Programs Offered:

- Adaptive ski and snowboard instruction at Liberty Mountain Resort, Carroll Valley, PA

Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating

P.O. Box 6564
Annapolis, MD 21401-0564
Contact Person: Don Backe
Phone: 410-626-0273 / 410-974-2628

Email: crabsailin@aol.com
Website: http://crab-sailing.org/

Major Events Conducted:

- Crab Cup Regatta - Qualifier Races for Independence Cup Nationals

Equipment available for use:

- Fleet of four specially fitted 20-foot sail boats. No personal watercraft used.

Programs Offered:

- Adapted Sailing. "Sail Free" clinics, the last Sunday of each month, May-September. Private lessons available. Races scheduled weekday evenings. Vessels available to qualified persons for private use. Call for details.

Team River Runner, Inc.

12 Froude Circle
Cabin John, MD 20818
Contact: Joe Mornini
Phone: 301-233-8882

Email: kayakingjoe@comcast.net

Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba Diving, Inc. - SUDS

10701 Meadowhill Road,
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Contact Person: John W. Thompson
Phone: 301-996-5516

Email: rockwaterx@gmail.com
Web Site: www.sudsdiving.org
Year Founded:

Major Events Conducted:

- (Jan 31 - Feb 5, 2008) Scuba Certification for Wounded Warriors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
- (May 24 – 31, 2008) Scuba Certification Wounded Warriors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Key Largo, FL

Equipment/Materials available:

- SUDS provides all equipment necessary for pool training (i.e. masks, fins, snorkels, BCD's, regulators, tanks, underwater scooters, etc.) and all classroom materials (i.e. books, DVD's, online "virtual classroom”)

Programs Offered:

- Classroom & pool training for scuba certification at WRAMC for wounded soldiers returning from Iraq & Afghanistan; International Training SDI / TDI

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