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Megan was first introduced to NWABA while searching for adaptive sports opportunities for her 9-year-old son, Sean, when she discovered Camp Spark in 2021(NWABA’s week-long youth camp). Sean had [...]

On October 23rd, Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) held its first ever beginner skateboarding clinic for blind and visually impaired youth at the Adidas Training Facility in [...]

NWABA is proud to announce that our VP of Programs & Services—Stacey Gibbins—was honored as Vancouver Business Journal’s “Accomplished and Under 40” Class of 2022. She was nominated in part [...]

Get ready for Giving Tuesday on November 29th! Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving that started in 2012 with the simple idea of encouraging people to do good. Since then, Giving Tuesday has [...]

After a three-year hiatus, Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) is happy to have brought back the Oregon Paralympic Experience for blind and visually impaired students from [...]

NWABA is growing and so is our team. Eric Tuttle joined NWABA as our Program Specialist in the Portland/Vancouver area in mid-September. Originally from Rochester, New York, Eric has settled into [...]

During the month of October, Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) is partnering with fellow non-profit, Blind Grace out of Louisiana, and encouraging blind and visually impaired (BVI) [...]

Northwest Association for Blind Athletes’ (NWABA) is proud to have cultivated a partnership with Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind (IESDB) located in Gooding, Idaho. NWABA’s [...]

Northwest Association for Blind Athletes held its 7th Dinner & Auction in Boise, Idaho this past weekend and raised more than $180,000 in support of our mission and programs for children, [...]

Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) wants to introduce our newest team member, Casey Prentice. Casey recently moved from Annapolis, Maryland—where she was born and raised—to our [...]

Did you know that Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) isn’t just about summertime hikes and winter skiing? NWABA also provides a Sports Adaptations Video Resource Library offering [...]

Northwest Association of Blind Athletes couldn’t do what we do without the support of our community. To garner even more community support, NWABA is launching our Community Cares for NWABA [...]