Posts Tagged ‘North Texas’
RISE Quad Rugby Keeps Growing (New Video)
The RISE Adventures Quad Rugby program is getting bigger and better. There are new players showing up every week. This week we had 18 players. The competition is getting fierce! Five of our consistent players now have their own chairs and RISE Adventures provides 13 more chairs! So come on out and bash it up [...]
Hand Cycling Continues to Roll for the Month of October.
Kathi Eteaki was our newest rider Saturday. She came to the EOSB V and tried the hand cycles and got hooked. She rode for about an hour and even got to enjoy being part of the Ghandi Peace Walk which was being held at the same time. We ride every Saturday from 9am until NOON [...]
RISE Sailing by Rick Brauer
Fall is upon us and soon winters ill wind. Four more dates left for this year, if we can catch a break. Last Sunday was a wash out but hey, we tried! Hopefully we shall have a few good days, especially those days we want to go sailing. An eye on weather conditions is something [...]
RISE End of Summer Bash V Smashes Attendance Record!
This year’s attendance more than doubled last years with 918 total persons in attendance; Disabilities 237, Family Members 344, Volunteers 220, and Vendors/Sponsors 117. Thanks to everyone that attended and supported this year’s event. We would like to ask everyone to send us your stories, pictures, and comments about the event. We are also open to any constructive [...]
Wanted.. to get out of the house!
Been having health issues for the past 3 months. In and out of hospitals on a couple occasions. It feels like I missed the summer. For the first time I felt back to my usual self and went Sailing this past Sunday. It was great! The weather was great, the wind was fine, the day [...]
Tee it Up Anytime!
RISE golfers take advantage of “flex scheduling” and Tee it Up on Wednesday, August 5th at the North Texas Golf Center. If the regularly scheduled RISE golf event just doesn’t fit your schedule, get your buddies together and let’s go play when it’s convenient….for you! RISE provides everything: single rider cart, golf clubs, instruction, an [...]
Fishing with Andy
I want to thank Andy for all of his devotion to RISE programs! It’s amazing to see how the quad rugby Friday nights are the hot spot to be! Now I have to try and show up on time since everyone knows it’s a must! Thanks for taking a group of us night fishing the following [...]
RISE Photography outing at the Dallas Arboretum
RISE Photography sponsored a Photography outing at the Dallas Arboretum on Saturday June 20th.The event was free to participants and their companions thanks to Dallas Arboretum. People participating had fun taking pictures, enjoying the flora, making friends and grabbing a bite to eat at the end of the day. You may ask your self is [...]
RISE Adventures Sailing on Lake Lewisville
What a great way to begin your Sunday morning, with RISE Sailing. We all put our sunscreen on, got out the lifejackets, and set sail from Pier 121 at 8am! We were back by 10:30am, just in time before the heat kicked in! Captain Don brought his son who helped with the sailing and a [...]
Team RISE Quad Rugby Newest Player
RISE quad rugby has been growing leaps and bounds this past several months. One of our newest players is an 18 year old man from Benbrook, Texas. Justin Miller’s first experience with RISE was with this program. Here’s what Justin had to say: “I heard about quad rugby over the internet and I first started [...]
New Golfer Gives Thanks to RISE Golf Program
We would like to express our appreciation in getting Caleb involved with RISE. He really enjoyed his first adventure with you guys playing golf this past weekend. He had a lot of fun and said he wants to be able to do it again! He is excited to get involved and try some new things [...]
Singles Church Group vs. Team RISE Quad Rugby
Friday, April 24th, 7:00-9:00 pm. After an exciting evening versus the Dallas Harlequins, Lea Stewarts church group decided they wanted to take the same challenge. Please join us for an exciting evening of able bodied versus TEAM RISE Quads. No reservations required. »» More Quad Rugby Information
RISE Fishing with Andy & Addison Children’s Fish Derby
Contact Steve Carlson @ scarlson@riseadventures.org or 214.808.1065 to make reservations for the numerous pontoon fishing dates on Lake Ray Hubbard. The Addison Fish Derby for Children Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009 – 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM All youth welcome. Behany Lakes Park, Addison, Texas. Here fishy, fishy! The entire family will enjoy this event. [...]
RISE Golf/Hand Cycle Picnic Recap
Saturday afternoon, April 11th was the third attempt to hold this event due to bad weather. The day started off cold and cloudy but the afternoon turned out nice. Attendance was down to what folks thought was going to be a bad weather day again but those in attendance had a great time. This was [...]
RISE Handcycling Program News
We had another fine day of handcycling this afternoon. Michelle of course was there and I say of course because before the month was a week old I had an e-mail from her signing up for all the dates available this month. There also were a couple of first-timers Moise and Bill, it is special [...]
SBANT Bowl-A-Thon
SBANT Bowl-A-Thon Fundraiser is April 11th. Please join TEAM RISE and sponsor a bowling team for our good friends at the Spina-Bifida Association of North Texas. If you have any questions, please contact Jana Hardwick at (214) 395-1812 or janah214@yahoo.com.
RISE Thanks to Local Iron Workers #263
Julio – I just wanted to personally thank you for helping out RISE Adventures. The Rugby chairs where certainly needing some attention and you all did a great job. RISE would like to thank the Local Iron Workers #263 for donating their time, labor, equipment, and material to repair these very expensive adaptive sporting wheelchairs. [...]
Rugby
Rugby last night was awesome! We fielded a team of mixed players. We had quad’s and para’s playing full contact, neck-n-neck games! We had a lot of fun and it was nice to see so many of you out enjoying yourselves. Since Coach Andy wasn’t in town (he’s attending a rugby tournament) we skipped the [...]
