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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:

Chapters – Team River Runner

 

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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