The Cross D Bar Recreation Foundation has been instrumental in enabling persons with disabilities to access fishing in the great Colorado outdoors. They have ensured accessibility for persons utilizing wheelchairs, both with restrooms and access to the stocked lakes. They provide competent volunteers to assist the disabled in baiting, casting, and reeling. As a supervisor for a community recreation program focusing on meeting the needs of the disabled, we have visited the Cross D Bar Recreation Foundation several times and it has been a positive experience for the participants! Also, the Cross D Bar Recreation Foundation does great outreach to veterans, injured service members, individuals in long term care facilities, and people in the community who have disabilities.
Cross D Bar has successfully developed fishing and outdoor recreation activities very carefully but enthusiastically over the years. They became genuinely involved in the many years ago developing accessible facilities , equipment, and staff to ensure therapeutic and encouraging activity for people with disabilities. Those efforts paid off for their disabled clients by helping to restore confidence in life and skills useful in day to day function (a highly effective reality based skill training modality). Today, due to their effort, many have benefitted from activity at the facility and Cross D Bar can take great pride in their fully developed programs which now include so many wounded vets. as well. They have properly developed programs, facilities, and activities, endured over time, and, most importantly, siginficantly enhanced a positive lifestyle for many people with disabilities. Sam Andrews Dir. Therapeutic Recreation Craig Hospital (retired)