Company:Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program

Provides athletic and outdoor recreational activities for people with visual disabilities and physical challenges. Features board of directors, mission statement, profiles of participants, contacts, and articles. Located in Berkely, CA.

BORP was founded in 1976 by people with disabilities to create access to the outdoors, to fitness, to sports, and to recreation for a population who'd been left out. In the 1970s, there were simply no recreation programs in this state specifically for people with disabilities. BORP initiated a wide variety of sports, outdoor adventure, and family outings programs that were the first of their kind in California. BORP's programs are flourishing. In 1996, our twentieth anniversary, we served 196 people. In 2002 that number grew to nearly 1,000. Demand for our programs is soaring, and our job is to keep up. Our fundraising efforts have doubled, and redoubled again. BORP's budget in 1996 was approximately $70,000. Our 2003 budget is $450,000. BORP offers a number of competitive sports programs, as well as outdoor adventures, family outings, and integrated cycling. The programs are described fully elsewhere in this

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• http://www.borp.org/