Team River Runners Team River Runner (TRR), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, gives active duty servicemembers and veterans an opportunity to find health, healing, and new challenges through whitewater boating and other paddling sports. The benefits of TRR have as much to do with creating a social network and support system as they do with learning water sports skills that provide an exciting adventure lifestyle that suddenly seemed lost due to injury. The program also encourages family members to participate whenever possible.

Team River Runners TRR accomplishes its goals through a step-by- step approach in which paddlers learn to control a kayak in a pool, and then move to open water: rivers, lakes and oceans, where they gain additional experience and skills. Once they have mastered the basics, local chapters take participants on paddling trips to challenge and improve skills. TRR also organizes trips to more progressively challenging venues in Colorado, Montana, Florida, USVI and Mexico. Leadership training is provided so that wounded warriors can take their growing adventure skills home to share with veterans in their community.organizes trips

Team River Runners DBIA-MAR Support in 2011 $5000 Sponsorship of a Boat for the 2011 Biathlon

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TRR Boat Shed Today

TRR Boat Shed of the Future

How Can you Help ◦ Volunteer to help bring this vision to reality ◦ Donate Materials ◦ Come work with the Vet’s as we build the new shed ◦ Contact Phil Sheridan or Mary Anderson  

TRR Boat Shed of the Future Time line ◦ Building Permit in Early December ◦ Project start up Mid December weather permitting ◦ Watch for blasts and updates on DBIA- MAR web site:  dbia-mar.org

Team River Runners & DBIA Future possible tasks: ◦ Design and build a dock type system that will make getting double amputee vets safely set up in Kayak that is transportable to the various launch sites. ◦ Enhance ADA accessibility access for home at DC Chapter headquarters in order for overnight guests with wheelchairs to use facility

Team River Runners &DBIA Goals: A key goal at all times will be to maximize the participation of Veterans in the tasks in order to give them an opportunity to give back to TRR and be exposed to skills training that they can take forward as they transition back to civilian life.