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Founded by a group of physically challenged individuals in 1999, Adaptive Adventures saw a need to increase awareness and participation in disabled sports and recreation for people of all ages. We have a steadfast vision to one day meet the needs of the entire family. Adaptive Adventures is driven by our belief in "freedom through mobility" and our core values include affordability, independence and leadership. Adaptive Adventures plays an active role in the community as a contributor and as a benefactor and current events have allowed us to focus on paving the way for recently injured soldiers with disabilities to realize a better quality of life.
| Aug 1999 | Adaptive Adventures Incorporated as Colorado Nonprofit |
| Nov 1999 | Joined DSUSA as Chapter |
| Dec 1999 | 501c3 approved |
| Received $20,000 start up grant (Francis Finlay Foundation) | |
| July 2000 | Hired first employee - ED Joel Berman |
| Sep 2000 | First Annual Greg Reilly Memorial Golf Gathering |
| Adaptive Adventures gives 1000th participant lesson | |
| Adaptive Adventures Experience Newsletter is published | |
| Dec 2000 | Instructors teach skiing to Columbine victims - Breckenridge |
| Annual revenues exceed $100,000 | |
| June 2001 | Broad Reach Adaptive Sailing Program formed in CO |
| Presented First Handcycle National Championship | |
| Dec 2001 | Named "Distinguished Sponsor" at Hartford Ski Spectacular |
| March 2002 | Purchased share of accessible houseboat on Lake Powell |
| Partnered with INT League to form first adaptive wakeboard opportunities in Colorado | |
| Oct 2002 | AA becomes PSIA Certified Ski School |
| Nov 2002 | Hired two additional staff - Matt and Ian |
| Dec 2002 | Annual lesson days exceed 2000 |
| Volunteer corps exceed 100 individuals | |
| Feb 2003 | First Annual Vail All Mountain Camp |
| Received $35,000 for kids programs from Peter Forsberg Charity - A.S.K. (Adaptive Sports For Kids) program formed | |
| March 2003 | AA becomes official nonprofit business partner of US Handcycle Federation |
| June 2003 | Created adaptive cycling component for CO Jr. Wheelchair sports camp |
| Aug 2003 | First Annual Stars of Tomorrow youth sports camp - CO |
| Oct 2003 | AA opens Chicago area branch office in Wilmette, IL |
| Dec 2003 | Annual revenues exceed $200,000 |
| AA starts working with recently injured soldiers - from DSRP | |
| 2004 | |
| Late 2004 | Hired Becky Archibald as Office Manager |
| Feb 2004 | AA receives all assets of Disabled Sports USA - Rocky Mountain - Rafting Program |
| March 2004 | First Annual Discover Ability Youth ski camp |
| Received Permanent IRS 501c3 status | |
| June 2004 | First annual Camp Trek Youth sports camp - IL |
| Feb 2005 | AA web site linked to over 300 other sites |
| April 2005 | AA named Invacare / Top End national Test Center partner |
| June 2005 | Program Director Matt Feeney named CO Ski Country USA - Disabled Athlete of the Year |
| Rocky Mountain Omnium TV show airs on Altitude Network | |
| Volunteer corps exceeds 200 individuals | |
| Dec 2005 | AA awarded ACA Sr. State Championships for RMO in CO |
| Annual revenues exceed $300,000 | |
| 2006 | |
| May 2006 | Artie Guerrero joins the Adaptive Adventures Team to promote Education and Outreach programs |
| Annual Vectra Bank Adaptive Adventures Steamboat All Mountain Camp - biggest winter event to date created and coordinated by Adaptive Adventures. It featured 14 wounded warriors, more than 32 disabled athletes, and nearly 80 people, including instructors, family members and volunteers | |
| Adaptive Adventures leads wakeboard clinics and competition in Inaugural Extremity Games - Orlando, FL | |
| 2007 | |
| Adaptive Adventures Team members Matt Schallmoser and Matt Feeney finish 1st and 3rd respectively in Extremity Games wakeboarding national competition. ED Joel Berman placed 2nd in the kayak races | |
| Adaptive Adventures Water-ski and Wakeboard Team travels to NY to work with Wounded Warrior group and the Adaptive Sports Foundation | |
| Adaptive Adventures partners with the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois to create Beyond Boundaries. This multi-day multi-sport camping experience birngs in teams of new spinal cord injury patients from the top five rehabilitation hospitals in the Chicago area as well as Hines, VA | |
| Adaptive Adventures in partnership with Telluride Adaptive Sports offers first veterans and wounded warriors trip to Lake Powell, UT | |
| Nov 2007 | Mau Thompson is hired full-time as ASK program coordinator and Head Alpine Ski Coach. Mau has a decade of experience as the head development race coach at the National Sports Center for the Disabled, and founded our sister organization in Japan, Adaptive World, in 2002 |
| Annual Revenues exceed $400,000 | |
| Mau Thompson joins Adaptive Adventures | |
| Adaptive Adventures integrates Wounded Military personnel into annual SnoFest Military Ski weekend in Keystone, CO | |
| 2008 | |
| New partnership and fundraiser with Brunswick in Denver, CO | |
| Partnership with Wounded Warrior Project in brining a group of wounded warriors for sports and recreation in Chicago and to be VIP's at the 50th Anniversary of the Chicago Air and Water Show | |
| Annual Revenues exceed $500,000 | |
| Adaptive Adventures Staff, Joel Berman and Matt Feeney, finish 1st and 2nd respectively in kayaking and wakeboarding at Extremity Games III | |
| Matt Feeney wins Hal O'Leary award (see winter 08-09) newsletter for details | |
| Team Mau is added to ASK program | |
| 2009 | |
| Adaptive Adventures partners with Challenge Aspen in whitewater rafting program | |
| Adaptive Adventures merges Chicago cycling program with Great Lakes Adaptive Sports (GLASA) | |
| AA and GLASA form Great Lakes Adaptive Cycling Club | |
| Stars of Tomorrow Youth Ski camps expand to Steamboat Springs CO and Camelback, PA |
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