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Sep 13, 2024

NUBABILITY GETS LIMB-DIFFERENT KIDS INTO OUTDOORS AT BIG SKY CAMP

Limb-Different Outdoorsmen Promote Inclusion at Labor Day Weekend Event

DUQUOIN, IL (August 22, 2024) - NubAbility® Athletics Foundation announced today that its NubAbility Outdoors division will hold a four-day outdoor adventure camp for limb-different children in Bigfork, MT August 30th through September 2nd. Hosted by Adaptive Journeys on a private ranch, the camp will feature instruction from limb-different coaches  in archery, fishing, hiking, marksmanship and water sports. In addition, children will participate in a trail ride, eat a chuckwagon dinner, learn Native American traditions and set up a teepee, cook meals over a campfire and sleep in tents. NubAbility is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps limb-different children discover courage and confidence through participation in outdoor experiences as well as organized sports.

“We believe in the power of a mentor who looks like you,” said Sam Kuhnert, NubAbility founder and executive director. “Our NubAbility Outdoors programming matches limb-different children with highly experienced limb-different outdoorsmen for skill development and mentorship.” Children who attend a NubAbility Outdoors camp discover the techniques and tools needed to participate in mainstream outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing; at the same time, they develop long lasting friendships with other campers and coaches.

Major camp sponsors include Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation and Adaptive Journeys. 

NubAbility’s Big Sky Camp is open to limb-different children ages nine to seventeen with congenital or traumatic limb difference, frozen limb or cerebral palsy. One parent must attend with each child. The cost is $399/person and includes four days of camp programming, all meals, and lodging onsite in tents. Scholarship applications are available. For more information on this and other NubAbility camps and scholarships, visit www.nubability.org.

ABOUT NUBABILITY
NubAbility® Athletics Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit that operates a national series of camps designed to get children with congenital or traumatic limb loss out of the stands, off the bench and into organized and outdoors sports. The viral video Boy With No Arms Does Box Jump, which received national media attention in 2019, illustrates the power and pride our campers experience when they overcome obstacles to achieve their goals. NubAbility participants leave camp confident they can win at athletics and in life. 

Founded in 2011, NubAbility will offer ten camps and outdoor experiences across the United States in 2024. The organization’s volunteer coaching team is made up of 120 limb-different collegiate and professional athletes in 22 sports. For more information, visit www.nubability.org.

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