Waypoint Adventure

We are so excited to announce KÜHL as a new Waypoint Adventure corporate partner 📣⛰️

KÜHL believes in challenging the status quo and that everyone deserves the opportunity to discover what they are capable of through adventure. Sound familiar? We thought so too! This partnership makes a lot of sense, and we are stoked about it!

What better way to celebrate than at the grand opening of their FIRST East Coast retail store on Newbury Street this Saturday, June 13th from 10am to 6pm.

Swing on by, learn about accessible adventure in the Boston area, and find out how to get involved with us. See you then!

And hey welcome to Boston, KÜHL! We are so glad you are here now!

KÜHL Boston Grand Opening Weekend Join us opening weekend for giveaways, local bites, and a first look at our first East Coast store.

“Every single moment is making a life memory that we will never forget.” 🛶😊

Those are the words of a first-time Waypoint Adventure participant’s loved one after our Annual Kayaking Day with Boston Public Schools William E. Carter School at Hale Education. Honestly, it says everything we could ever want to come out of this day.

We welcomed over 80 people to Hale Education’s South Beach this past Saturday with Carter students, their families, and support systems all out enjoying the water together, breaking up their routines and soaking up the warmer days as a community. Some of these young people have been adventuring with us for years, while others paddled with us for the very first time this weekend. Either way, that look of pure joy and ease on their faces when they were kayaking is something we will never get tired of seeing!

The mom of a young man who keeps coming back said, “It was amazing. Every year, when we go it is inspirational. The staff is wonderful. We feel safe and super relaxed. I am gonna go every year.”

This is our biggest program day of the year, and it ran beautifully because of the most incredible crew of 24 volunteers and Carter staff who show up and give everything they have, every single time. And to Hale Education, thank you for being the kind of partner that makes days like this possible. Days like this happen because our community believes that people with disabilities deserve to have life memories made on the water and everywhere else outdoors. We are so grateful for every single person who makes that possible 💙💚

Summer is almost here and we are so ready ☀️

Through our partnership with the DCR Universal Access Program, we are offering open enrollment adaptive programming all summer long. Kayaking, canoeing, hiking, tandem cycling, and more for people with disabilities.

Our registration links drop this week! Follow along here and subscribe to our email newsletter at the link below, so you are first to know when they go live.

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The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is offering free and low-cost adaptive programming at 29 DCR properties this summer, providing accessible recreation opportunities for in…

The Town of Arlington, MA is offering free recumbent tricycle rentals every Wednesday from 11am-3pm. Rentals are available out of the Arlington Trike Shed, in the Ed Burns Arena parking lot. You must register at least one day in advance through the Arlington, MA Recreation website.

Questions? Reach Arlington Health & Human Services at (781) 316-3170 or [email protected].

👉 Learn More:
https://arlingtonma.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=29730

the Adult Recumbent Tricycle Rental program is live and makes the Minuteman Bikeway more accessible to adult residents with disabilities, balance challenges, or other issues that make it difficult to use a conventional bike. The pilot program offers free one-hour rentals on Wednesdays, 11AM-3PM. Advanced registration required. Learn more and make a reservation. https://www.arlingtonma.gov/Home/Components/News/News/15979/16

This is the power of adventure. It creates the conditions for people to discover what they are capable of and find their own way of showing up for the people around them.

So grateful to The Guild for Human Services staff for being part of making experiences like this possible 🙌

Every week, we witness what happens when people decide to show up for themselves and for each other. Here is how our community showed up recently in this 👇

🥾 Friendship Home’s Leadership for All Abilities cohort hiked World's End Reservation and explored what it means to lead, learning that good leaders show up for their whole team and not just themselves. They put their teamwork skills to the challenge by setting up a tent together to prep for their upcoming backpacking trip. Great things are absolutely ahead for this group!

🛶 Students from Somerville Public Schools took to the water at Paddle Boston Blessing of the Bay for our very first kayaking program of the year, with perseverance as their goal of the day. The stoke was high!

🤜 Mario Umana Academy brought their teamwork energy to Greenwood Park. Every fist bump showed us that we always go further together!

🧗 Merrimac Heights Academy students explored their comfort, stretch, and challenge zones while climbing at Greenbelt - Essex County's Land Trust's Den Rock. They learned that being brave may not look like what you initially expect it to. Sometimes it is deciding to try, and that is a win!

👋 Our Executive Director Dan headed to Lancaster to represent Waypoint Adventure at the AdaptX's Unified 5K, where people with and without disabilities came together to walk, run, roll, and row in an inclusive road race. There may have been 20+ mph winds and rain, but several hundred people showed up anyway, and that says everything about what AdaptX has created. We are so proud to be part of it!

🌳 Boston Public Schools Carter School wrapped up the last hike of their school year at Blue Hills Reservation with the goal of discovery, tuning into every sound, texture, smell, and sight the trail had to offer. Hiking may be over for the school year, but kayaking is just around the corner for this crew and we cannot wait!

June volunteer spots are open 👐

Kayaking, canoeing, hiking, climbing, and tandem cycling! Programs running all month from Somerville to Hingham to Randolph, and we need your support.

Join us for one program or several programs throughout the month. New volunteers are very welcome!

👉 Full volunteer calendar:
https://waypoint-adventure.jumbula.com/volunteers

It's been quite a month 📣

Board member Chris Smith is gearing up for the Tour Divide and fundraising to support our accessible adventure programs along the way. Meanwhile, Waypoint Adventure's first Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America wrapped in the best way possible! Our four racers all finished in under 4.5 hours, and our incredible community raised over $66,000. June open enrollment programs and volunteer opportunities are open. And we made our national television debut on The Kelly Clarkson Show!

All of it (and more) is in our May newsletter. Links below to read the full thing and subscribe to stay in the loop 📬

May Newsletter:
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