USVetConnect.com
National Veterans Outdoors Resource HUB
Find Adventure For Veterans Across The USA.



2200 S Kipling St Lakewood, CO 80227 United States
CALL: 720-273-3433
EMAIL: info@teamriverrunner.org
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What makes Team River Runner unique?
To provide all veterans and their families an opportunity to find health, healing, community purpose, and new challenges through adventure and adaptive paddle sports!
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Who Can Sign Up to Participate?:
All veterans, active duty and family members
Team River Runner (TRR) is more than an adaptive sports program; it is an opportunity for veterans, their family members, and everyone in the community to participate It’s an opportunity to enjoy nature and realize its social, physical, and emotional benefits, whether it’s tackling whitewater rapids or paddling on peaceful flat-water. It’s an environment that facilitates connection, allowing veterans to reunite with their families and forge relationships with those who have endured similar pain. TRR creates purpose and community service. Our veterans are on the river to recovery.
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How much does it cost to participate:
Free. TRR provides all boats, outfitting, safety gear, instruction, transportation, food, and lodging for the participants and the volunteers through the generosity of their donors and the subsidies from their providers.
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What kind of activities are offered by the organization?:
all paddle sports: kayaking, Stand Up Paddleboards, rafting, canoeing...any other paddle sports
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How long do the activities last?:
Holds regular pool or open water sessions of approximately 2-3 hours each. Some sites offer multiple sessions per week; Has a quarterly local trip and twice a year family days; Encourages qualified paddlers from any site to participate in the national trips offered to Colorado, Idaho and the Caribbean.
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Where do the veterans sign up to participate?:
Go to the Chapters section on their website;
contacts are in following link:
Does the organization have a calendar of events?:
Each Chapter has it's own calendar of paddling sessions or events.
TRR is not event based, but lifestyle programming
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Location & Contact info
Prescott, Arizona= prescott.az@teamriverrunner.org
Central Arkansas, Arkansas= centralarkansas@teamriverrunner.org
North Arkansas= loni.fagan@teamriverrunner.org
South Alabama, Alabama= Mobile.Al@teamriverrunner.org
American River, CA= american.river@teamriverrunner.org
Palo Alto, CA= reese@teamriverrunner.org
San Diego, California= dosborn@thinkgroupinc.com
Denver, Colorado= mcpheetx@gmail.com
Colorado Springs, Colorado= michaeladervaes@me.com
Fort Collins, Colorado= mark.mcwilliams@teamriverrunner.org
Grand Junction, Colorado= TeamRiverRunnerGJC@gmail.com
Lakewood, Colorado= info@teamriverrunner.org
Buena Vista /Salida. Colorado= celiann.gonzalez@teamriverrunner.org
Washington, DC= lisa.weed@teamriverrunner.org
St. Augustine Florida= alexandre.maitre!@va.gov
Atlanta, GA= trratlanta@teamriverrunner.org
Fort Benning, GA= melissa.hargrove@teamriverrunner.org
Perry Georgia= trrperry@teamriverrunner.org
Boise, Idaho= tracyhouse@gmail.com
Chicago, IL= michael.koppenhoefer@teamriverrunner.org
SOIL Illinois= ethan.blumhorst@teamriverrunner.org
Des Moines, Iowa= nickd32@gmail.com
Lexington, KY= waltkayak53@gmail.com
Louisville, KY= chris.roble@teamriverrunner.org
Pike County, Kentucky= doezer02@gmail.com
Walter Reed Medical Center, MA= walter.reed@teamriverrunner.org
Perry Point VA, MA= john@tannockphotography.com
Maryland = joe@teamriverrunner.org
Southern Maryland= tim.wiener@teamriverrunner.org
University of Maryland, Maryland= aprep@umd.edu
Battle Creek Michigan= david.ford@teamriverrunner.org
Duluth, MN= phil.kramer@teamriverrunner.org
Minneapolis, Minnesota= trr.minn@gmail.com
St. Louis, Missouri= pfeiltimothy@gmail.com
Bozeman, Montana= Bozemanpaddlers@teamriverrunner.org
Asheville, NC= trr.asheville@gmail.com
Charlotte, NC= Jason.Miller@teamriverrunner.org
Pineland (Ft.Bragg), NC= cheryl.johnson@teamriverrunner.org
Smoky Mountains, NC= nanette.holland@teamriverrunner.org
Wilmington, NC= Wilmington.nc@teamriverrunner.org
NEHSA, NH= carly.bascom@nehsa.org
Four Corners, NM= newmexico@teamriverrunner.org
Northeast Ohio= northeastohio@teamriverrunner.org
Oklahoma City, OK= debbie.dean@teamriverrunner.org
Bend, OR= nate.halpin@teamriverrunner.org
Portland, Oregon= kay.sutherland@teamriverrunner.org
Lehigh Valley, PA= george.white@teamriverrunner.org
Ohiopyle, PA= bonehead@teamriverrunner.org
Southeast, PA= Jim.Riley@TeamRiverRunner.org
Susquehanna Valley, PA= Bill.Butler@TeamRiverRunner.org
Columbia, SC= linda.johnson@teamriverrunner.org
Clemson, SC= tkhobbs@g.clemson.edu
Greenville, SC= chad.jones@teamriverrunner.org
APSU, TN= sheehanc@apsu.edu
Clarksville, TN= jimheisinger.76@gmail.com
Ft. Campbell, TN= rebecca.s.richardson4@gmail.com
Chattanooga, TN= jerry.huggins@teamriverrunner.org
Johnson City, TN= jeffvannoy@charter.net
Memphis, Tennessee= jg54513@yahoo.com
San Marcos, Texas= Ben.Kvanli@olympian.org
Salt Lake City, Utah= brineshrimpdirect@gmail.com
Fort Belvoir, Virginia= ftbelvoir@teamriverrunner.org
Fredericksburg, Virginia= TRRfredericksburg@teamriverrunner.org
Seattle, Washington= nleblanc6429@gmail.com
Spokane, Washington= stan.mrz@teamriverrunner.org
New River Gorge, WV= nelson.mclaughlin@teamriverrunner.org
Shepherd, West Virginia= shepherd@teamriverrunner.org
Green Bay, Wisconsin= kayakkengb@gmail.com
Milwaukee, Wisconsin= craig_esposito@yahoo.com
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