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Provides scholarships to access sports and recreation programs offered through its partner organizations. Funds activities such as skiing and snowboarding lessons, race participation fees, season/day passes at Stowe Mountain Resort, Nordic skiing at Craftsbury Outdoor Center, as well as swimming lessons, indoor rock climbing, movement classes, kayaking, and paddleboard lessons. Also provides grants to support advanced training for adaptive coaches affiliated with partner organizations. Program fees vary.

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Park/Recreational Area Entrance Fee Expense Assistance
Disability Related Sports
Professional Skills Development Support
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Offers daily, year-round sports and recreational activities at locations throughout Vermont. Recreational opportunities include alpine skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports; and kayaking, canoeing, sailing, cycling, mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, and special activities and events. Also offers Veteran Ventures programs, CORE Connections wellness retreats and Eco-Able Environmental programs. Volunteers who are advanced intermediate level skier/riders, experienced cyclists, rock climbers, or paddlers are welcome to apply for the volunteer program. Access website about programs, locations, and registration. Winter programming bases in Vermont: Pico Mountain at Killington, Mt. Ellen at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Bolton Valley Resort in Bolton, plus scheduled programming at other locations including Killington, Saskadena 6 and Cochran's; Summer programs are provided in locations throughout Vermont. Participants are welcome from across the country and around the world.

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Disability Related Sports
Sports Equipment Donation Programs
Recreational Activities/Sports Volunteer Opportunities
Provides instruction in skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, kayaking, cycling, and golfing. Also provides summer camp for children, and a volunteer training program for instructors. Lessons take place at Bromley Mountain Ski Resort and Stratton Mountain and can be half day or full day. Includes lift ticket and any adaptive equipment needed.

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Disability Related Sports
Camps
Recreational Activities/Sports Volunteer Opportunities
Provides people with developmental disabilities of all ages with opportunities to express themselves through art, music, dance, literacy, athletics, and fitness while developing bonds of friendship and providing respite for families and caregivers. Offers job skills activities with vocational, social, and business skills training. Provides a wide range of volunteer opportunities. Through these programs ZP Participants contribute and benefit from the community.

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Prevocational Training
Youth Enrichment Programs
Home/Community Based Developmental Disabilities Programs
Recreational Activities/Sports Volunteer Opportunities
Disability Related Sports
Provides year-round training and competition in soccer, bowling, floorball, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, basketball, track and field, swimming, softball, bocce, and golf. Participants may choose between “traditional” Special Olympics events, which include only athletes with intellectual disabilities, or Unified Sports, where athletes with and without disabilities participate together either as pairs or on teams.

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Disability Related Sports
Recreational Activities/Sports Volunteer Opportunities