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
https://nwaba.org
bhenry@nwaba.org
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes and Montana School for the Deaf and Blind to host 2019 Paralympic Experience in Kalispell, Montana Tomorrow
Vancouver, Washington—April 5th, 2019— Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) announced today that it will be hosting a 2019 Paralympic Experience in Kalispell, Montana in conjunction with the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 6th at Stillwater Christian School located at 255 FFA Drive in Kalispell, MT. It is open to all K-12 students with visual impairments across Montana and Wyoming. 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 Kalispell. 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 region 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 Goalball (a sport specifically designed for individuals who are blind and visually impaired), cooperative games, and Paralympic combine activities. 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.
About MSDB:
The Montana School for the Deaf & Blind provides comprehensive educational opportunities for Montana’s deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and visually impaired children, giving them their best chance for independence and success. MSDB also serves as a statewide resource center for parents of deaf and blind children and for school districts and professionals serving students with vision or hearing loss. Along with the school in Great Falls which provides educational programming for children from preschool through high school, it’s team of outreach consultants serves schools and families in communities across Montana.
For information: https://nwaba.org or
Contact: bhenry@nwaba.org
Phone: 1-360-718-2826
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