About
BORP (Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program) was founded in 1976 in Berkeley, California, by people with disabilities who sought access to fitness, sports, and the outdoors. It is the only organisation in the San Francisco Bay Area offering a comprehensive menu of adaptive sports, fitness, and recreation for people with physical disabilities.
What It Does
BORP delivers nine weekly virtual and in-person fitness classes, adaptive team sports including wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, goalball, power soccer, and sled hockey, one of the world's largest collections of adaptive bikes, a kayaking programme, and an Adaptive Micromobility Programme offering free loans of wheelchair attachments and smart assistive devices.
Who It Helps
Adults and youth with mobility disabilities, visual impairments, and physical disabilities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Virtual fitness classes are open to remote participants across the United States.