What We Do
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports provides outdoor sports and recreational opportunities for persons with disabilities, of all ages and with all types of disabilities.
3,000+
ATHLETES SERVED
100+
VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS
30 YEARS
CHANGING LIVES
PROGRAMS
EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMS
Winter Sports
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports has decades of experience with both adults and children. We enjoy sharing in the adventure of learning how to safely adapt to develop the unique skills it takes to enjoy skiing and snowboarding.
Summer Sports
People of all ages with disabilities such as amputations, autism, developmental disabilities, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, or visual impairment have enjoyed the adventure and relaxation of paddling canoes and kayaks on Virginia's beautiful lakes and rivers with the dedicated and talented Wintergreen Adaptive Sports' instructional teams.
Wounded Warriors
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports invites all military personnel injured during their military service to register for free adaptive snow sports lessons, including ski or snowboard rentals, any day of the week. Advance reservations are required.
Learn about this program that combines Physical Therapy and Adaptive Skiing. WAS and Shenandoah University welcomes individuals with spinal cord injuries, amputations, degenerative diseases of the nervous system, MS, muscular dystrophy, CP, spina bifida, or other ambulatory disabilities to participate in a program with Wintergreen Adaptive Sports that combines Physical Therapy and Adaptive Skiing.
OUR IMPACT
“The key for successful adaptive programs is how you use the equipment and how you tailor your instruction to help your students achieve success. Our students, who are children and adults with all manner of disabilities, find they can participate and learn. Many become more independent. Our program gives them more confidence. They are reminded–as we all need to be–that there’s a big exciting world out there with a lot of things to try and do.”
“There’s that point of time... you’re trying to figure, ‘What is my life going to be like?’ You get out there, you’re doing something new and you attack it.”
HOW WE
CHANGE LIVES
STAFF & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEET THE TEAM
KATHLEEN BOOTH
Executive Director
BART LAWSON
Program Director
HALEY BATES
Operations Manager
PHILIP TEEL
Supervisor
LARRY ENDSLEY
Supervisor
ANDREW CRANE
Training Coordinator