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ACA Adaptive Paddling Workshop Discipline Expansion Project |
Grant Beneficiary Application - ACA Adaptive Paddling Workshops
ACA: Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft - Rescue (ACA), Adaptive Expeditions, and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation invite you to apply to be a beneficiary of Adaptive Expeditions' 2018 Craig H. Neilsen Grant. Five organizations actively engaged with the ACA will be selected as project beneficiaries. One ACA Adaptive Paddling Workshop (APWs) will be scheduled for each beneficiary organization. Each 3-day APW will focus on one paddlecraft type never before outfitted to optimize comfort, safety, inclusion, performance, and independence for individuals with disabilities resulting from Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). One APW will be delivered for each of the following paddlesports disciplines: rafting, surf ski, sit-on-top fishing kayaks, stand up paddleboard (SUP surfing, SUP touring, or fishing SUP), and wave ski (associating ACA adaptive paddling and ISA adaptive surfing).
The grant will cover costs of running each APW, but the five selected organizations will need to provide APW Host responsibilities, which includes locating appropriate facilities as well as recruitment and enrollment of 10 ACA Instructor Endorsement Candidates and 5 paddlesport students with disabilities resulting from SCI. Other APW hosting information can be found HERE.
Successful clubs will demonstrate that they regularly work with at least 4 individuals with disabilities resulting from SCI who either are paddlers or may want to become paddlers.
It is not a requirement, but please let us know if your club would be willing to host and cover expenses for an ACA Instructor Certification Workshop (ICW) in the related discipline to be held immediately prior to the grant funded APW. The two courses can be marketed together and the intent is for the same instructor candidates to take both courses back to back (or one day apart).
Please apply for only the one paddlesport discipline for which your organization is best suited.
To apply, please submit answers to the questions below before January 31, 2018.
To apply, please submit answers to the questions below before January 31, 2018.