Resources / Sports & Fitness
Operation Beachhead
Jersey Shore nonprofit founded in 2011 by wounded Vietnam veteran Michael Ricci, offering year-round adaptive sports — surfing, paddleboarding, and kayaking in summer, sled hockey, skiing, and ice skating in winter — for veterans, active-duty troops, and people with disabilities.
- Cost
- Free — provides free services and opportunities to participants
- Coverage
- Jersey Shore / statewide (New Jersey)
- Last Verified
- August 27, 2026
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Adaptive Adventures — Adaptive Skiing & Snowboarding (Military Outreach)
Adaptive ski and snowboard program — day lessons, clinics, and multi-day camps at partner resorts across the country — with dedicated military outreach for veterans and service members with physical disabilities. Stand-up skiing, sit-skiing, snowboarding, and ski biking; equipment and instruction included.
Adaptive ski and snowboard program — day lessons, clinics, and multi-day camps at partner resorts across the country — with dedicated military outreach for veterans and service members with physical disabilities. Stand-up skiing, sit-skiing, snowboarding, and ski biking; equipment and instruction included.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Availability: Seasonal winter day lessons, clinics, and multi-day camps; dates posted in the org's events list
Eligibility: People with physical disabilities (and their family, friends, or caretakers), including veterans and service members through the org's military outreach
Adaptive Sports Foundation
Windham, NY-based adaptive-sports nonprofit whose Warriors in Motion program serves injured service members with adaptive skiing, cycling, paddling, and wellness instruction, and partners with regional veteran adaptive-sports events including Heroes on the Hudson.
Windham, NY-based adaptive-sports nonprofit whose Warriors in Motion program serves injured service members with adaptive skiing, cycling, paddling, and wellness instruction, and partners with regional veteran adaptive-sports events including Heroes on the Hudson.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Adaptive Sports Program New Mexico
Statewide adaptive recreation nonprofit offering skiing, snowboarding, paddling, rafting, climbing, archery and other activities for people with disabilities; veteran-specific programs run periodically, including a Disabled Veterans' Winter Sports Camp offered free to participating veterans.
Statewide adaptive recreation nonprofit offering skiing, snowboarding, paddling, rafting, climbing, archery and other activities for people with disabilities; veteran-specific programs run periodically, including a Disabled Veterans' Winter Sports Camp offered free to participating veterans.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Eligibility: Veteran-specific events open to veterans with disabilities; some sessions reserved for disabled veterans only.
Adventures in Training with a Purpose (Aurelius)
Wexford, PA nonprofit offering a free, 12-week integrated 'Mind, Body and Soul' program — including TMS, one-on-one counseling, exercise-physiology coaching, bloodwork, and nature adventure trips — to active military, veterans, and first responders suffering from PTSD and depression. The org reports a 24-participant pilot program.
Wexford, PA nonprofit offering a free, 12-week integrated 'Mind, Body and Soul' program — including TMS, one-on-one counseling, exercise-physiology coaching, bloodwork, and nature adventure trips — to active military, veterans, and first responders suffering from PTSD and depression. The org reports a 24-participant pilot program.
Category: Mental Health
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