Posts Tagged ‘Dallas’
World Congress on Disabilities Dallas 2010
RISE did it big at this years World Congress on Disabilities. We setup all our equipment in a huge space at the back of the expo. We had hand cycles, kayaks, tents, water skis, jet skis, rugby chairs and our bus! Every hour or so we demo’d our different programs for small crowds of interested [...]
Star-Telegram Profiles “Texas Cup” Wheelchair Rugby Tournament
The Texas Cup wheelchair rugby tournament was held at UTA on June 26th and 27th. The TIRR Houston Texans won the tournament with a clean sweep. Check out some photos taken by the Star Telegram. Click here for VIDEO MONTAGE. We all would like to thank UTA for providing the gym, all of the volunteers that [...]
Main Street Days Grapevine, May 21-23rd, Fun in the Sun!
Special Thanks goes to Portable Events for providing the awesome stage presentation. Check out this awesome set up at www.portableevents.com and tell Michael RISE sent you. Thanks to our other sponsors for their participation all weekend long; City of Grapevine Parks and Recreation Department, C & R Medical Supplies, Lift-Aids, Pickles Custom Golf, and Adventure [...]
ON Magazine Meet and Greet, Thursday, April 30, 2010
ON Magazine Meet and Greet, Thursday, April 30, 2010, was held at Mi Piaci. Paul Riddle, owner of Innovative Direct Media, publisher of the magazine hosted the party along with associates Jana Kirkeby and Kristi Wipperfurth. ON Magazine is a new sponsor of RISE Adventures and our very important mission. Paul Gray/RISE CEO and business [...]
Southern Methodist University Track Team Raises Funds in their Change Drive!
The Women’s SMU track team held a change drive last fall and collected $722. They chose RISE Adventures to be their favorite no-profit organization and donated us the money. Two members, Lauren Kuhner and Kylie Spurgeon, of the Women’s SMU track team presented the check on Friday night at RISE Adventure’s quad rugby game. Kylie [...]
RISE Fishing has started for the summer
We took our first fishing trip of the year Saturday night 4-10. I am pleased to say it was a great success. Richard Queen and daughter Katie were fishing with us for the second time and on this trip Katie out fished her dad for the second time. We fished for just a few hours [...]
RISE Hand Cycling MOVES TO NEW TIME AND DATE.
Tons of you missed a great day of sunshine on the biking trail in Irving on Saturday, April 10th! We had a blast biking around the trail watching individuals and families biking as well as ultimate frisbee competitions on the sports fields you pass by. I love this trail since you can challenge yourself individually [...]
RISE announces Jacque Stauffer as the new Chairperson of the RISE Board of Directors
Jacque Stauffer, Board Chairperson, earned her bachelor’s degree in Special Education and master’s degree in Kinesiology from Texas Woman’s University. While in college, she worked in the Denton Autism Program and taught Adapted Physical Education at Ann Windle School. After graduation, Jacque taught Adapted Physical Education for Little Elm ISD. Adapted PE is a program [...]
RISE Announces Annette Brauer as our new Volunteer Program Administrator.
Annette is the wife of Rick Brauer, who has been with us for almost three years and an active board member. Her task is to take reservations and make assignments for most of our programs. Welcome to TEAM RISE Annette! Annette Brauer grew up in New Mexico eventually moving to Lewisville, TX in 1994. She [...]
Photography at the Dallas Arboretum April 3rd, 2010
Paul–we had a wonderful time with both Scott and the “Amy’s”! Had an amazing lunch with them, and we weren’t crowded at all! I know that when we arrived at the handicap lot, the parking staff were very helpful and said if there was no spot, which there was, that we could pull up and [...]
Team RISE vs. Church Group
Murderball, huh? No kidding! I heard the sound of those chairs slamming against each other, and I thought there was no way they could get me out there, but it turned out to be one of the coolest sports I have ever played. Took a while to get used to the chair and to be [...]
TEAM RISE participated in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade held in Dallas on Saturday, March 13, 2010.
Dressed in green and RISE apparel, RISE Adventures participants pushed, pedaled, walked, and road on the float pulled by the magic bus down the road of the St. Patrick’s parade in Dallas. The streets were packed with thousands of festive party goers and spectators on a beautiful Saturday morning. Everyone was draped with colorful beads [...]
RISE Board Member, Lea Stewart, featured in the February issue of ON Magazine.
RISE Board Member, Lea Stewart, featured in the February issue of ON Magazine.
The 2010 Texas Statewide Independent Living Conference was held at the Crowne Plaza Suites in Dallas, March 7-9th, 2010.
RISE received a special invitation from Paula Margeson/REACH to participate with a booth and hosting an adaptive recreational equipment workshop. Regina Blye/Executive Director/TXSILC hosted an excellent conference. We met new friends and recognized old faces. The RISE workshop was hosted by Paul Gray/CEO/RA. Spencer Larimore spoke about Quad Rugby and demonstrated the chairs used to [...]
Texas Thunder Quad Rugby Tournament, February 5-7th Great Results!
We would like to thank all of our volunteers and sponsors, The Texas Stampede, RISE, C & R Medical, Lift-Aids, the Hilton Garden Inn, and the City of Irving for helping put on an excellent tournament. Seven quad rugby teams from across the country came to the city of Irving to compete in this three [...]
Charity Fundraising Rugby Match is a Huge Success!
On Friday December 18, the Dallas Harlequins played Team RISE Adventures in a charity fund raising Quad rugby event. This year we gathered to help support two charities over the holidays. The event brought in tons of toys for Toys for Tots and some money for Triggers Toys. Both teams brought out numerous fans to [...]
Kayaying in the Cold 11/21/09
It was a cloudy morning on Saturday, November 21, 2009. A few of us were planning to go hand cycling and kayaking. Since it rained the night before the hand cycling trails were completely under water so we went kayaking that day. It was a good thing we decided to go kayaking it was over [...]
Hand Cycling continues to add new participants and equipment, Saturday, November 14th!
What a beautiful morning for a nice ride through a beautiful park. Ava brought her kitty cat for a nice ride on her exotic bike. We have added three new hand cycles to the program this month and are purchasing two more high level bikes to keep up with the ever growing demand. This program [...]
TEAM RISE participates in the Neuro Fitness Foundation Golf Fundraiser, November 9th.
To say the least none of us that played are avid golfers. I think you are supposed to play with a foursome but we didn’t know the rules so played, well, attempted to play with 6 golfers to support our great friends at NFF. Our group only attempted 7 holes and was finally requested to [...]
RISE Photography, “Autumn at the Arboretum” 10/24/09
Nobody can say that photography is boring! I had a great time exploring this program for the first time at the Dallas Arboretum this past weekend. What can I say…, it was beautiful weather in the 70’s, sunny, clear skies, free admission into a well known tourist attraction where plant life and sculptures have more [...]
