First Annual Western OuttaSight ClinicLake Berryessa, CaliforniaSeptember 18 – 22, 2019 by Chris Farris / photos by Carlisle LandelPicture this: a 70-foot luxury houseboat moored in a secluded cove on a warm lake as the base of operations for the First Western Outtasight Clinic, where 4 veterans with visual impairments would learn kayaking skills and nine vets or volunteers…
TRR Memphis Gets out on the water !
“Grab your paddle, hop in the kayak, and let’s take a few laps around Shelby Farms. It’s just what the doctor ordered for these veterans. We met up with them on a cool, windy Tuesday morning. “The main thing is just be out here and enjoy it. You’re not in…
Annual Veteran’s Family Camp
By: Tonya Butler This year’s camp served 76 veterans with 22 volunteers from the Marine Corp League, American Legion and Auxiliary, and the University of South Alabama Therapeutic Recreation Majors, as well as high school students fulfilling volunteer hours. Veterans’ families bonded over pies in the face, fear on the high…
Team River Runner Southeast Region Rendezvous – Trip Report Bill Finger
From August 23rd to August 26th, 2019, the rivers and mountains of western North Carolina were host to the ninth annual Team River Runner Southeast Region Rendezvous. Over 60 veterans, family members, and volunteers from nine Team River Runner chapters participated in a weekend of health and healing through paddle…
Terry Hunt Can’t Wait To Get Out On The Water!
“Terry Hunt, a blind Veteran who receives health care at the Kernersville VA Health Care Center (HCC), mentioned several years ago that he wished he could participate in water sports. Around the same time, Terri Everett, a Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialist at the HCC, became a chapter coordinator for the national…
TRR Palo Alto & American River at San Francisco Fleet Week
By: Carlisle Landel – Palo Alto Chapter Co- Coordinator Fall in San Francisco brings Fleet Week, the city’s largest annual civic event and a week-long celebration of the US Navy that culminates in an air show along the waterfront each day of the closing weekend. Fall also brings sparkling weather…
Fox 5 DC Stops by the 15th Annual DC Biathlon!
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TRR PDX Spotlight
Rafting guide Val Shaull has made it his mission to help veterans cope with PTSD in a unique way. He’s been a guide for the national non-profit Team River Runner for 10 years and has been rafting since 1976. Team River Runner creates paddling programs for service members and Schaull heads…
TRIP REPORT: 2nd Annual KAOS PA Statewide Adventure Weekend
By: Bill Butler – TRR Susquehanna Valley Chapter Coordinator I wanted to give you a quick trip report on the 2nd Annual KAOS PA Statewide Adventure Weekend held the weekend of August 23-25 in Lancaster, PA. I think that the entire weekend can be summed up in two words: Crocodile…
5th Annual Veteran’s Kayak Football Tournament is a success!
“Wearing a pair of dark glasses while sitting in a kayak watercraft, Chuck Miller certainly appeared to be a guy soaking up a leisurely afternoon at Willowdale Lake. “I am having a blast,” said Miller, 62, of Gainesville, Fla., an Army veteran who lost his vision while on active duty…