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We are proud to announce that Rochester Accessible Adventures (RAA) will receive two-year funding from REI Cooperative Action Fund to support our work to bring more people with disabilities to the outdoors! This much-welcomed financial support comes at a very…
“Every single person, from the director to the teenagers who put the books back on the shelves to the person who might only work eight hours a month, we wanted everyone to be aware that there’s quite a bit that…
Youth athletes from Rochester and Buffalo faced in a regional inclusive wheelchair basketball game as the season closed on this first-ever Thruway Classic! This four-game series sent The Rochester Rockets and the Buffalo Rims back and forth across I-90, with…
October 2022 WXXI’s Beth Adams spent time on the road in the Greater Rochester region to explore efforts to make recreation more accessible throughout Greater Rochester. RAA’s impact is highlighted in several of the series. Listen in to the five-part…
October 2022 RAA’s Executive Director recently spent time with an In Good Health Magazine reporter to talk about how our mission is creating more accessible and inclusive recreation, sports and tourism opportunities for people across the Greater Rochester, the Finger…
February 25, 2022 Spectrum News spent an evening on the basketball court with Rochester Accessible Adventure’s newest inclusive sports program, the Rochester Rockets. Highlighting a sports program that is inclusive of youth with and without disabilities, the video and article…
June 24, 2021 Catch this Spectrum News segment with Wendy Mills highlighting the new adaptive kayak launch installed in the Village of Brockport at their nearby Welcome Center. RAA’s Executive Director demonstrates how the adaptive launch, custom-made by BoardSafe Docks,…
December 17, 2020 Rochester Accessible Adventures will use $51,000 in supportive funding from the Golisano Foundation to continue its mission of providing inclusive recreational opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Greater Roc and Finger Lakes region.…
October 2, 2020 Rochester Accessible Adventures joins Good Day Rochester’s Michael Schwartz to highlight a community effort to train 2,020 Inclusion Ambassadors! Watch this very fun morning, starting before dawn, as local youth inclusion ambassadors demonstrate inclusive kayaking and cycling…
July 22, 2020 “A Rochester organization is hoping that people who are spending more time at home during the coronavirus pandemic will use some of that time to become ‘inclusion ambassadors’.” Read more about this movement Rochester Accessible Adventures has…