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RAA has worked with the Total Solar Eclipse Stakeholder Task Force for the past 5 years to ensure people with disabilities were intentionally included in this phenomenal experience. RAA created and distributed resources for event planners and worked behind the…
Sharon Holahan’s can-do attitude is why she rarely sits still. She doesn’t wait around for anything because of her disability. “The word ‘can’t’ has never been in my vocabulary,” said Holahan. Thanks to Rochester Accessible Adventures and its work around…
RAA continues to build and develop a strategic approach to adaptive and inclusive sports! We are excited to have kicked off the beginnings of Wheelchair Lacrosse in our area! Working with the lacrosse community, we will be supporting access to…
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,…