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Teaching Individual Lifetime Sport Skills

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Breaking Barriers to Set Goals, Achieve Successes, and Build Dreams

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Providing Integrated Experiences for Youth and Veterans with Disabilities

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Inspiring Courage, Strength, and Healthy Determination

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Creating Unforgettable Experiences

STRIDE Adaptive Sports

OUR MISSION is to educate and empower individuals with disabilities in life-changing sport and recreation programs to sustain healthy, active and fun lifestyles.


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Founder’s Gala: Celebrating the Retirement of Mary Ellen Whitney

Join us for an evening of celebration and community as we honor Mary Ellen.  

REGISTER HERE

Looking for Gala Committee members!  Contact Chris, cgolden@stride.org if interested.

October 2024

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  • Mary Ellen Retirement Gala
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October 2024

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  • Mary Ellen Retirement Gala
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STRIDE’s  Warrior Program

Provides integrated adaptive sports and recreation activities to men and women of the armed forces who have been injured in deployment, including programs in snow sports, marksmanship, sled hockey, watersports, cycling, social activities, and camping.

Leveling the playing field for ALL!

Mary Ellen Whitney at Bocce

“STRIDE not only makes the highest possible impact on Capital Region youth with disabilities at just a fraction of larger organizations’ budgets, but we are also a national leader recognized as an industry expert in knowledge and best practices.”

– From the Desk of Mary Ellen Whitney, CEO, Why We Do What We Do
Mary Ellen Whitney at Bocce