Operation Rise and Conquer (ORC) provides high-quality adventure activities for veterans, military service personnel and first responders who have a disability. Operation Rise and Conquer was created in 2013 to empower and inspire wounded soldiers and veterans to regain confidence and trust in themselves and others. In 2019, the scholarship program was extended to include first responders and their family members. Operation Rise and Conquer allows the Adaptive Sports Center to offer veterans, active military and first responders with disabilities and their families $50.00 full day lessons for summer and winter activities. The special rate is also available to veterans, active military and first responders who have a family member or child with a disability. Thanks to your support, Operation Rise and Conquer serves more than 150 veterans, military service members, first responders, and their families annually, providing over 1,200 high-quality adventure programming activities. ORC serves individuals as well as groups of veterans including groups from Brooke Army Medical Center, DC Firefighter Burn Foundation, Los Angeles VA, Fort Carson, Grand Junction VA Medical Center, Team Racing 4 Veterans and Peace of Adventure. DONATE Our Mission in Action ORC is a partnership between the Adaptive Sports Center and the American Supply Company Since its inception in 1987, the Adaptive Sports Center has hosted veterans with disabilities. During the early 1990s, the Adaptive Sports Center was selected to host the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, a program sponsored by The Department of Veterans Affairs to introduce military servicemembers with disabilities to skiing and snowboarding. Hundreds of military veterans with traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic amputations, visual impairments, certain neurological conditions and other disabilities came together in Crested Butte for the event. Operation Rise and Conquer is a collaboration between the Adaptive Sports Center and the Emerging Leaders Division of the American Supply Association (ASA). Thanks to the generosity of the American Supply Association's members and their contributions to Operation Rise & Conquer, hundreds of veterans have experienced programming at the Adaptive Sports Center.
