Challenged Athletes Foundation
Website
Organization Location
9591 Waples St, San Diego, CA, United States, California
Description
EMPOWERING LIVES THROUGH SPORT
High costs of adaptive sports equipment and lack of resources should not keep individuals with physical disabilities from being active.
Join the MOVEMENT that’s changing lives, breaking barriers, and igniting futures.
ABOUT US
What began as three friends’ kindness and compassion to help one athlete paralyzed in triathlon has now grown into a powerful current that has carried and supported those with physical challenges – empowering them to find community, confidence, and conviction.
MISSION AND HISTORY
It is the mission of the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) to provide opportunities and support to people with physical disabilities so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics. The Challenged Athletes Foundation believes that involvement in sports at any level increases self-esteem, encourages independence, and enhances quality of life.
OUR VISION
Challenged Athletes Foundation vision is to be a recognized leader in a movement through which athletes with physical disabilities are accepted and respected at the same level as able-bodied athletes, to have a great and significant impact on each athlete with a physical disability served, and to reach out to the community of athletes with physical disabilities by providing inspiration, awareness and mentoring.
FROM ONE CAME MANY
In 1994, an effort to help one man launched a global change in the way athletes with physical challenges are perceived and perceive themselves. Jim MacLaren was an exceptional athlete, first as an amputee and then as a quadriplegic. After losing his leg in a motorcycle accident, Jim became a pioneer, achieving feats that others never thought possible for amputees. Jim may no longer be with us, but his legacy lives on through Team
CAF. 29 YEARS OF CHANGE
Celebrating 30 years that helped change the world, CAF is proud to have played a pivotal role in not only changing the lives of tens of thousands of athletes with physical disabilities globally, but in evolving the world's perception and acceptance of those with physical disabilities.
Contact
Contact email - [email protected]
Contact form - https://www.challengedathletes.org/contact-us/
Phone - +1 858-866-0959
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafoundation/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CAForg/
Upcoming events
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- Community Weekend – Metric Century Ride
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- TCS New York City Marathon
Past events
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- Empire State Building Run Up
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- Women's Cycling Retreat
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- Women's Cycling Retreat
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- 2024 Össur + CAF Running and Mobility Clinic - Columbus
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- CAF-Idaho’s Outdoor Adventure Weekend
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- Gravel Grandeur Cycling Challenge
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- Lifetime Leadville Trail 100 RUN
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- Lifetime Leadville Trail 100 MTB
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- NorCal Cycling Challenge
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- CAF-Idaho Water Sports Weekend
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- Escape from Alcatraz
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- 2024 CAF + University of Arizona Multisport Camp
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- CAF-Northeast Pickleball with City Pickle at Wollman Rink
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- 2024 Össur + CAF Running and Mobility Clinic - Atlanta
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- CAF-Idaho Mountain Biking Weekend
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- CAF-NorCal and Olympic Club Adaptive Golf Clinic
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- CAF-Idaho Mountain Biking Basecamp Program