FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Billy Henry, Founder/Executive Director
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
311 West Evergreen Blvd, Ste. 200
Vancouver, Washington 98660
Local Phone: 1-360-718-2826
Toll Free: 1-800-880-9837
http://www.nwaba.org
bhenry@nwaba.org
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes to host 2019 Paralympic Experience in Seattle, Washington on Sunday, April 28th
Vancouver, Washington—April 25th, 2019— Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) announced that it will be hosting a 2019 Paralympic Experience in Seattle, WA. The event is scheduled for Sunday, April 28th, 2019 at Rainier Community Center, 4600 38th Ave S, Seattle, WA. It is open to all K-12 students with visual impairments across Washington State. Parents and Teachers of the Visually Impaired are also welcome.
“We are extremely excited to deliver another Paralympic Experience to youth who are blind or visually impaired in Seattle. This truly life-changing opportunity will introduce participants to sports and physical activity and support NWABA’s long-term vision of drastically enhancing on-going opportunities throughout the Puget Sound area to ensure every person with a visual impairment is receiving services they need to reach their greatest potential in all areas of life,” said Founder & Executive Director, Billy Henry.
The event will give K-12 students with visual impairments an opportunity to participate in judo, tandem biking, and goalball. For more information on the Northwest Association for Blind Athletes, please contact Billy Henry at 1-360-718-2826, or visit www.nwaba.org
About NWABA:
The mission of Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) is to provide life-changing opportunities through sports and physical activity to individuals who are blind and visually impaired. A group of visually impaired students formed the Association in 2007 to ensure that people who are blind were participating in sports and physical activity. Today, NWABA is a rapidly expanding charitable organization that provides more than 1,500 children, youth, adults and military veterans with visual impairments tailored programming, which improves self-confidence and self-esteem, promotes independence, creates an inclusive community of supporters, and builds the skills necessary to succeed in all areas of life including school and employment.
For information: http://www.nwaba.org or
Contact: bhenry@nwaba.org
Phone: 1-360-718-2826
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