BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation
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Mission Statement
The Mission of Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP) is to improve the health, independence and social integration of children, youth and adults with physical disabilities and visual impairments through sports, fitness, and recreation programs. BORP was founded in 1976 by people with disabilities and remains a leader in the field of adaptive sports, fitness and recreation.
About This Cause
BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation was founded in 1976 and is a leader in the field of sports and recreation programs for people with disabilities. Created and led by people with disabilities, we develop and sustain sports, fitness, and recreation programs for children, youth, and adults with mobility disabilities and vision impairments. People travel to BORP from across the Bay Area region and as far away as Sacramento and Grass Valley to the North, Santa Cruz and Gilroy to the South, and Stockton and Merced in the Central Valley, to access our extensive adaptive programming. We offer youth and adult team sports (wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, goalball, power soccer, and sled hockey), nine weekly virtual and in-person fitness classes, and weekly rock-climbing sessions. Our adaptive cycling center houses one of the world's largest collections of adaptive bikes and our newly launched kayaking program offers a wide range of accessible boats and paddles We also facilitate nature outings (e.g. hiking, birding), and cultural outings (e.g., performances, accessible museum tours), providing transportation in our two wheelchair accessible busses. Our Access California website (https://accessnca.org) provides updated accessibility information about trails, campsites, and other outdoor features in the region. People come for the programs and stay for the community in which they find joy, empowerment, and connection with others who also understand what it is like to live with a disability. Sixty-five percent of BORP staff have disabilities and forty-five percent of our board do. Beyond the direct impact on the lives of people who participate in our programs, we have an indirect impact on society at large by modeling accessible programs and space-making. BORP was one of the first adaptive sports and rec programs in the country and remains one of the largest with the most adaptive program offerings (22 programs each week) available anywhere in the region.