12th Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament-June 27, 2020

Please join us on June 27, 2020 to support the Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Wounded Warriors programs and for our 12th Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament, at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg. For our 2020 tournament, we will be playing the Kingsmill River Course.

The format is Captain’s Choice. Prizes will be awarded for longest drive and closest-to-the-pin on designated holes, including separate contests for Wounded Warriors, and there will be a door prize raffle, a special hole-in-one contest, and a delicious barbecue lunch for all participants. 

Mulligans and up to four "gimme" putts per team (purchased at registration) are permitted at any time, but teams must maintain an appropriate pace of play. Teams must avoid falling behind by a full golf hole. The maximum score for any hole is a double bogey. Each team must use three drives from each team member during the 18-holes. 

We will tee off promptly at 9 a.m. Kingsmill provides a shuttle service to and from the practice range. To use the range, register and be at the range by 7:45 or so to ensure your return for final instructions at 8:45.  There is a practice green adjacent to the Registration area. Complimentary coffee and muffins will be available during the morning registration.

Registration:  Registration will begin at 7:30am at the Plantation/River Course scoreboard.  All participants, including those who pre-registered and paid, must check-in at registration. When registering, participants are asked to sign an insurance waiver and a Media Release, granting Wintergreen Adaptive Sports the option to use your image in any media release or promotion.

To register, use the button, below:

Player/Team Registration

Individual Player or Wounded Warrior Sponsorship $125.00 USD Two Players or Wounded Warrior Player Sponsorships $250.00 USD Three Players or Wounded Warrior Player Sponsorships $375.00 USD Four-Player Team or Wounded Warrior Player Sponsorships $500.00 USD Individual + Wounded Warrior Player Sponsor $250.00 USD Two Players + Wounded Warrior Player Sponsor $375.00 USD Three Players + Wounded Warrior Player Sponsor $500.00 USD Four Players + Wounded Warrior Player Sponsor $625.00 USD Hole Sponsorship $500.00 USD

You may pay for your registration in advance or at the event. For payment in advance, mail a check to Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, P.O. Box 4334, Charlottesville, VA 22905 (made out to "Wintergreen Adaptive Sports"), or use a credit card with the PayPal button and menu below. At the event, you may pay with cash, check, or credit card.

Sponsor Wounded Warriors

This tournament is not only a critical fundraiser for our Wounded Warriors programs, but is also an event with wide participation by wounded warriors, including many of our snow sports and paddling students. For this tournament, we invite their participation at no cost. To sponsor one or more of our honored wounded veteran participants, please use online payment link, above.

Sponsorship Levels

Platinum $5,000

• Entitled to guest participation (four people) in all WAS events, including dinner/luncheon activities (Come ski, golf, and kayak or canoe with WAS!)

• Event recognition at all WAS events throughout the year

• Table recognition

• Recognition in post-event press releases

• Recognition on WAS website

• Recognition on WAS program advertisements

Gold $4,000

• Entitled to guest participation (four people) in two WAS events, including dinner/luncheon activities

• Event recognition at all WAS events throughout the year

• Table recognition

• Recognition in post-event press releases

• Recognition on WAS website

• Recognition on WAS program advertisements

Silver: $3,000

• Entitled to guest participation (four people) in one event

• Event recognition

• Table recognition

• Recognition in post-event press releases

• Recognition on WAS website

• Recognition on WAS program advertisements

Bronze: $2,500

• Entitled to guest participation (two people) in one event

• Event recognition

• Recognition in post-event press releases

• Recognition on WAS website

Golf Tournament Hole Sponsorships: $500

• Event recognition (including tee box placard)

• Recognition in post-event press releases

Ninth Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament-July 8, 2017

Please join us on July 8, 2017 to support the Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Wounded Warriors programs and for a day of fun and camaraderie on one of Virginia's finest golf courses at the Ninth Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament.

The format is Captain’s Choice. Each member of the team with the highest score will receive a voucher for a 30-minute golf lesson from the Kingsmill pros.

Prizes will be awarded for longest drive and closest-to-the-pin on designated holes, including separate contests for Wounded Warriors, and there will be a door prize raffle and delicious barbecue lunch for all participants. 

Mulligans and up to four "gimme" putts per team (purchased at registration) are permitted at any time, but teams must maintain an appropriate pace of play. Teams must avoid falling behind by a full golf hole. The maximum score for any hole is a double bogey. Each team must use three drives from each team member during the 18-holes. 

We will tee off promptly at 9 a.m. Kingsmill provides a shuttle service to and from the practice range. To use the range, register and be at the range by 7:45 or so to ensure your return for final instructions at 8:45.  There is a practice green adjacent to the Registration area. Complimentary coffee and snacks will be available during the morning registration.

Registration:  Registration will begin at 7:30am behind the pro shop and putting green.  All participants, including those who pre-registered and paid, must check-in at registration. When registering, participants are asked to sign an insurance waiver and a Media Release, granting Wintergreen Adaptive Sports the option to use your image in any media release or promotion.

To register, use the button, below:

You may pay for your registration in advance or at the event. For payment in advance, mail a check to Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, P.O. Box 4334, Charlottesville, VA 22905 (made out to "Wintergreen Adaptive Sports"), or use a credit card with the PayPal button and menu below.

Player/Team Registration

Individual Player or Wounded Warrior Sponsorship $125.00 USD Two Players or Wounded Warrior Player Sponsorships $250.00 USD Three Players or Wounded Warrior Player Sponsorships $375.00 USD Four-Player Team or Wounded Warrior Player Sponsorships $500.00 USD Individual + Wounded Warrior Player Sponsor $250.00 USD Two Players + Wounded Warrior Player Sponsor $375.00 USD Three Players + Wounded Warrior Player Sponsor $500.00 USD Four Players + Wounded Warrior Player Sponsor $625.00 USD Hole Sponsorship $500.00 USD

Sponsor Wounded Warriors

This tournament is not only a critical fundraiser for our Wounded Warriors programs, but is also an event with wide participation by wounded warriors, including many of our snow sports and paddling students. For this tournament, we invite their participation at no cost. To sponsor one or more of our honored wounded veteran participants, please use online payment link, above.

Sponsorship Levels

Platinum $5,000

• Entitled to guest participation (four people) in all WAS events, including dinner/luncheon activities (Come ski, golf, and kayak or canoe with WAS!)

• Event recognition at all WAS events throughout the year

• Table recognition

• Recognition in post-event press releases

• Recognition on WAS website

• Recognition on WAS program advertisements

Gold $4,000

• Entitled to guest participation (four people) in two WAS events, including dinner/luncheon activities

• Event recognition at all WAS events throughout the year

• Table recognition

• Recognition in post-event press releases

• Recognition on WAS website

• Recognition on WAS program advertisements

Silver: $3,000

• Entitled to guest participation (four people) in one event

• Event recognition

• Table recognition

• Recognition in post-event press releases

• Recognition on WAS website

• Recognition on WAS program advertisements

Bronze: $2,500

• Entitled to guest participation (two people) in one event

• Event recognition

• Recognition in post-event press releases

• Recognition on WAS website

Golf Tournament Hole Sponsorships: $500

• Event recognition (including tee box placard)

• Recognition in post-event press releases

The 2017 Wintergreen Adaptive Sports 5K Run, Walk, & Roll–May 20

Thanks to our Hosts at The Devils Backbone Basecamp!

On May 20, 2017, W.A.S. will host its 5th annual "Run, Walk, and Roll" 5K Race and Fundraiser. As before, we will launch the race at the Devils Backbone Basecamp on Beech Grove Rd, and we welcome all runners, walkers, and hand-cyclists. For the second year in a row, we will use the Glenthorne Loop out-and-back course for the "Run, Walk, and Roll."

Online registration closed; register now at the event, from 8am-9:15am

Plan to join us for the mid-morning WAS 5K, which starts at 9:30am. As noted, above, we'll accept walk-up registrations on race day, beginning at 8:00am. Entry fees may be paid here online or at the event with cash, check, or credit card. For more information about how to join us on May 20th, email WAS executive director, Dave Shreve at: executivedirector.was@gmail.com.

See previous year race results HERE

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All runners receive a Devils Backbone gift bag and coupon. For delicious food and drink, plan to join us after the race at the Devils Backbone Meadows beer garden or in the main restaurant.

Thanks to all who joined us last spring for our 4th annual 5K Road race fundraiser. We're especially grateful for our event sponsors–Wintergreen Real Estate, Contemporary Dentistry of Virginia, The Devils Backbone Brewery, Wintergreen Resort, Disabled Sports USA, and Ashley's Market, all of whom helped make the event a fun and exciting one.

 

Unstoppable: Disabled Adventurers Beat all the Odds

Read the entire article HERE

“WAS ranks among the country’s leading adaptive sports programs, averaging close to 200 students and 100 specialized instructors per season. The organization, which gained non-profit status in 1995, even touts its own summer boating program, offering adaptive canoeing and kayaking in the off-season.

“The key for most adaptive programs is how you use the equipment and how you tailor your instruction to help your students achieve independence,” [WAS Executive Director Dave] Shreve says. “When our students with all manner of disabilities can participate and learn, it gives them confidence and shows them there’s a big exciting world out there with a lot of things to try and do.”

WAS has assisted students with a variety of disabilities, ranging from physical ailments such as spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy to visual impairments, deafness, post-traumatic stress disorder, and autism. The resort regularly hosts Wounded Warriors and their families, supporting the WAS goal of integrating their students with the resort community at large.

“Beyond building confidence, one of the things I think you’ll learn when you talk to persons with disabilities is how at various times in their life, they feel isolated from other people,” Shreve says. “What our program does, at least in some small measure, is break down those barriers between persons with disabilities and their peers, family members, and friends.””

— Blue Ridge Outdoors

Read Jess Daddio's entire feature in Blue Ridge Outdoors here

Molly Servine's work at WAS featured in Inside Ivy

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Read feature on the superb volunteer instruction by WAS' Molly Servine in the March 2015 edition of Inside Ivy magazine.

11th Annual Wounded Warriors Weekend Reports

On Friday, February 6, 2015, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports welcomed 34 wounded warrior athletes and additional 60 family members and caregivers for an exciting weekend of adaptive snow sports instruction, rest and relaxation, and camaraderie. 
To see some of the media coverage of the event, see the links below:
Wounded Warriors hit the slopes at Wintergreen

Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Hosts Wounded Warriors Weekend

Wintergreen Hosts Wounded Warrior Weekend

From the CBS 19 Newsplex:

..."January 29th in 2004, I was wounded near Balad, Iraq,"said Matthew Staton, a wounded warrior and ski instructor. "I had gunshot wounds directly to the left hip, major damage to my left thigh and femoral bone, and bruising across the chest where the plates stopped the other bullets."

Many of the wounded warriors said the adaptive sports is a way to turn a new leaf on their life, some of them like Matthew Staton, even mastering the sport enough to teach fellow wounded warriors.

"It's kind of almost relaxing to them in a way, because they are not having to in a short sense, explain themselves of what they're been through, they know I've seen it and been there so we get right to the skiing," Staton said.

"Being in the military, there is an instant trust there, when they're going down the hill and we're going behind them, making sure they're doing the right thing and that nobody is going to run into them or anything like that, they know we have their sticks so it's always comforting," said Tim Payne, a wounded warrior and ski instructor.... READ THE ARTICLE HERE

Tenth Annual WAS Warriors Weekend

Wintergreen Adaptive Sports held its 10th annual Warriors Weekend on January 24-26, 2014. For three days of exciting snow sports, camaraderie, and rest and relaxation for our honored wounded warrior guests and their families, WAS hosted 32 warriors and an additional 40 family members. 

With memory loss and permanent nerve damage to his shoulder and arm, Chadd Jackson visited a similar event with his family after being discharged from the hospital five years ago.

He had skied as a kid, having been born in Colorado, where he still has family, but his injuries had undermined his balance.

“With all the nerve damage to the shoulder, the arm, I couldn’t see myself doing it,” he said. READ THE ARTICLE IN THE NEWS & ADVANCE HERE

WAS Selected as the Region's Best Adaptive Snow Sports Program

“Founded in 1984, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, which works with the Wounded Warrior Project, brings skiing and snowboarding to the physically and mentally challenged. Each skier is provided with customized equipment, such as a sit-down ski sled, and specialized assistance from some 100 volunteer instructors.”

— Washingtonian

Washingtonian showcased the region's best snow sports places and opportunities. Wintergreen Adaptive Sports was selected as the region's best adaptive snow sports program. 

"Freedom on The Slopes at Wintergreen"

On January 5, 2014, in the Sunday edition of the Staunton News Leader, writer Nancy Sorrells offered an illuminating portrait of Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, with a special focus on one of our favorite instructors and race team members, Seth Whitten. 

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Seth Whitten.  Photo by the News Leader

WDBJ 7 Profile of WAS Summer kayaking and Canoeing Program

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In August 2013, Roanoke's WDBJ Channel 7 TV News profiled WAS Summer Program Coordinator Anne Stout and her daughter, Savanna, a longtime WAS snowsports and paddling program student and enthusiast.