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Moab Volunteer Whitewater Guide Training

Posted by on Mar 7, 2014 in Backcountry, Colorado River, Giving, guides and outfitters, Guiding, moab, Outdoor, outdoor adventures, Outdoor Industry, Outdoor recreation, outdoors, Outside, participation, Program, rafting, Rapids, recreation, river rafting, river trips, summer, Teach, training, Utah, volunteer, Volunteering, Water, Whitewater, whitewater rafting, wilderness | Comments Off on Moab Volunteer Whitewater Guide Training

Whitewater Guide Training CANCELED! Splore specializes in getting people outside, and allowing them experience the dignity of risk. This year we have decided to add to this philosophy and give our volunteers the opportunity to partake in a full, intensive guide training so that they too can experience the elation of guiding people with disabilities [...]

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Tuesday’s Spotlight: Autism

Posted by on Sep 17, 2013 in autism, Bouldering, climbing, donate, encouragement, Engage, family, Fitness, Indoor Climbing, mentor, Obstacle, opportunities, Overcoming, participation | Comments Off on Tuesday’s Spotlight: Autism

Today's Spotlight: Autism Today's spotlight is on a group of people very close to our hearts: people with Autism. We started the Rock On! Program in 2007, which is a mentor-based, indoor climbing program for kids with Autism and their siblings. We could not have predicted the positive response that came as a result of [...]

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Sharing a Love of the Outdoors

Posted by on Feb 15, 2012 in abilities, accessibility, experience, moab, outdoors, participation, recreation, summer, training, volunteer, whitewater rafting | Comments Off on Sharing a Love of the Outdoors

I first started hearing about SPLORE when I was very young. Martha Ham was one of my mentors on a women's river trip that I take with about 20 women per year. She has taught me so much about myself, what I would like to do, and how I began volunteering with SPLORE when I [...]

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Increased Friendships

Posted by on Apr 28, 2008 in inclusion, participation, school, social situations, students | Comments Off on Increased Friendships

Jenny, a teacher from a local elementary school was invited to participate in SPLORE’s ‘Experience Your Abilities Program’ (EYAP). EYAP is a program that emphasizes inclusion by inviting a special education class with mainstream students to recreate together. Jenny wrote a letter to SPLORE about the school’s experience with SPLORE and the magnificent results that [...]

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