Our Veteran Athletes attend National Summer Sports Clinic in San Diego! The National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic promotes rehabilitation of body and spirit by teaching summer sporting activities to Veterans with significant physical or psychological impairments. The clinic features adaptive surfing, sailing, cycling (hand and tandem), adaptive fitness and kayaking. There is no cost for qualified Veterans to attend. This year, Team St. Louis was comprised of Nine Veteran Athletes and five Recreation Therapists. Many of these Veterans also participate in other national atheletic activities like the National Veteran Golden Age Games and National Veteran Wheelchair Games. Interested in participating? Veterans who are receiving care at VA St. Louis Health Care System can contact their primary care provider and ask for a RT Leisure Education Consult JB. During Veteran assessment, your Rec Therapist can discuss the variety of outpatient options available!
"At Summer Sports Clinic, I went surfing for the first time in my life. I couldn't stand up on the board but I got up of my hands and knees. And I was surfing! And we went sailing...first time I'd ever sailed in my life. That was great, you know, to pull on those rings and control those sails was wonderful. We all come from different parts of the world. We meet up in these games and clinics and we all had to be as one team, as one family to make it work. That's the best thing about it. Veterans as family and friends. - Charles Hampton, U.S. Navy Veteran
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