NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES
PO Box 65265, Vancouver, WA 98665 www.nwaba.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To provide life-changing opportunities through sports and physical activity to individuals who are blind and visually impaired.

Sports Outreach/Camp Spark - This program provides opportunities for children, youth, adults and military veterans who are blind and visually impaired to become introduced to sport and physical activity. Participants participate in a variety of sports including goalball, judo, beep baseball, beep kickball, powerlifting, track and field, tandem cycling, swimming, skiing, dragon boating, kayaking, paddle boarding, hiking, and more. The organization operated 83 Sports Outreach Program experiences during the fiscal year and delivered more than 1,000 program and services interactions. Most of the nearly 56,000 school-age children who are blind have never experienced any type of physical activity, this program is critical because it helps participants build confidence, enhance self-esteem, develop long-lasting friendships, improve their physical and muscular strength, and empowers them to excel in all areas of life. NWABAs residential camp program, Camp Spark, provides opportunities for children and youth, 8-15, with visual impairments the opportunity to participate in camp on a university campus or campground. This program impacted 71 children and youth through four sessions and early 438 hours of direct program service.

Sports Teams Program/Sports Adaptations - The Sports Teams Program provides children, youth, adults and military veterans who are blind and visually impaired with the opportunity to participate in sports and physical activity on an on-going basis through one of our on-going sports teams. During the fiscal year, the program provided youth programming throughout the State of Oregon and adult programming in Clark County, WA/Portland, OR; Seattle, WA, and Boise, ID. In FY19-20, 53 individuals who are blind or visually impaired were served through the Sports Team Program and 1200 program service hours were delivered. This program helps to combat the 70% nationwide unemployment rate among adults with visual impairments by building confidence, enhancing self-esteem and instilling the tools they need to be successful in all areas of life including school and employment. The Sports Adaptation Program provides adaptations to blind and visually impaired students, adults, family members, teachers, and community organizations about how to adapt sports for individuals who are blind and visually impaired. This program impacted 174 individuals through 166 adaptations and 146 pieces of equipment lent in the year ending June 30th, 2020.

Increasing Visibility (Public Awareness Program) The Association's public awareness program provides community members the opportunity to learn more about the abilities of people who are blind and visually impaired. This program is delivered through public awareness campaigns, speaking engagements, and allowing community members to experience blindness and participate with athletes. In FY19-20, more than 25,000 contacts were made with community members across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

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