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Day 2: Challenged America and the 2011 Veterans National Summer Sports Clinic Team Apollo vs Team Olympus
You only have to look at the smiles to understand why we volunteer share: Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit … Continue reading
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Day 1: Challenged America and the 2011 Veterans National Summer Sports Clinic Team Poseidon vs Team Mercury
The NVSSC is back in San Diego for the fourth time. Today, at the Challenged America sailing venue, Team Poseidon and Team Mercury took to the water sailing on Stars and Stripes USA11 and the Martin 16s of Challenged America … Continue reading
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A Veteran’s Story of “Veterans Supporting Veterans @ Challenged America”
Once again, veterans from all over America are converging on San Diego for the annual National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic for recently injured veterans. In late September Challenged America (CA) will provide the sailing venue at the Marriott Marquis Hotel … Continue reading
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Recently injured veterans heal at Summer Sports Clinic
San Diego’s Challenged America therapeutic sailing program has a long history of healing veterans, both recently injured from combat and those acquiring a disability from other causes. And at this year’s 4th National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic, September 18 to … Continue reading
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TELLY AWARD
You can now add the prestigious “Telly Award” to the long list of honors and recognition bestowed upon the Challenged America program. With 11,000 entries from 50 states and five countries, the Port of San Diego entered their in-house produced … Continue reading
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DEDICATION to the Memory of a beautiful lady, Clare Crane.
Loch and Clare: An Incredible Pair! By Marshall Lubin Loch Crane was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 22, 1921. His parents with a dude ranch in mind, made a detour to Cody Wyoming before immigrating to San Diego in … Continue reading
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National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic Sept 23 to 28
Challenged America will host the sailing venue for the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic for the fourth time. Challenged America will welcome over 100 disabled and injured veterans for a week of sailing and competing on San Diego Bay The … Continue reading
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July 6 to 8, Challenged America welcomed blind children from the San Diego Braille Institute
It was a fantastic week for our volunteers, Challenged America welcomed blind children from the San Diego Braille Institute. the children learned to sail our specially designed Martin 16s under the supervision of our companion sailors. Great and sharp kids … Continue reading
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Companion & Volunteer Sailor Training.
To increase the skills of companion sailors on adaptive sailing techniques and practices, and to introduce volunteers interested in learning how to sail, special Companion & Volunteer Sailing Instruction will be held on designated Saturdays, with opportunity to free-sail afterwards … Continue reading
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REMEMBERING CLARE CRANE by Urban Miyares
Clare Crane is someone you may or may not know, but along with her husband Loch, have been instrumental in the growth of the Challenged America program. Clare Crane passed away on June 17, 2011. There are a number of … Continue reading
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