EDD Adaptive Sports (also know as EDD Memorial Fund) offers adaptive sports programs for children an
04/08/2026
April program in Central New York. Sign up on our website.
🏃♂️➡️ Adaptive Fitness Class
SUNY Delhi
Friday April 17, 2026 at 10-11:15am
With SUNY Delhi student volunteers
🏊♀️ Adaptive Swim Clinic
SUNY Oneonta
Sunday April 19, 2026 at 10am
Recreational swim & games with the SUNY Oneonta swim team.
🏸 Field Day & Celebration
SUNY Delhi Clark gym
Monday April 27, 2026, 5 - 6:30pm
Field games, fun activities and a pizza party with our SUNY Delhi students volunteers.
04/07/2026
The coolest race in town has the coolest shirts
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Special edition Dream Big 5K tie dyed shirts!
Today is the deadline to guarantee your T shirt. What are you waiting for? Sign up here https://runsignup.com/dreambig5krunwalkroll/signup
04/06/2026
Sign up today for the Dream Big 5K Run, Walk & Roll on 5/3. T shirt order deadline is tomorrow! Enjoy an inclusive race in Essex, VT and support adaptive sports in our community. https://runsignup.com/Race/VT/Essex/DreamBig5kWalkRunRoll
04/02/2026
Our Adaptive Yoga class with SUNY Oneonta Exercise Science is dedicated to practicing together. Many of these yogis have practiced with EDD Adaptive Sports for years. We are proud of them for showing up and continuing to progress.
04/01/2026
Our first line-dancing class was a blast! We still have 4 more classes in Oneonta if you want to join us. Sign up on our website.
03/31/2026
What would you do for an apple cider donut… Run 1K?
What would you do for a donut AND apple cider?... Run, Walk or Roll 5K?
Sign up for the Dream Big 5K on May 3rd and you can enjoy Cold Hollow cider donuts and apple cider after you cross the Finish Line! Register online at https://runsignup.com/Race/VT/Essex/DreamBig5kWalkRunRoll
03/30/2026
A few snapshots from our recent yoga class
03/26/2026
Adaptive Tai Chi with Bo-Yee P**n
03/25/2026
Last call for Line Dancing Registration!
Put on your dancing shoes and join our new line-dancing class! Free 5-week class in Oneonta, NY begins on Thursday March 26, 4:30 - 5:30pm. Sign up on our website.
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Student volunteers have long been a part of EDD Adaptive Sports programs. College students volunteer 1:1 with EDD athletes and lead clinic activities. We have partnered with college athletic teams, staff and students since 2004 when we offered our first adaptive soccer clinic with Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. Today, we have active student volunteers from Castleton University, Hartwick College, Saint Michael’s College, SUNY Delhi and SUNY Morrisville.
More recently, individual students have completed internships with EDD Adaptive Sports and stepped up to organize their own community events for athletes with disabilities. Last fall, students from Saint Michael’s College organized an adaptive field day as a business class project. They put together an afternoon of field games for local students with disabilities. Participants played soccer, floor hockey, basketball, wallyball and kickball. It was a memorable afternoon led by Colby Jordan, Dante Moran, Nathan Imbergamo, Austin Lilley, Sean McGurn and Myron Prograis. Visit eddfund.org to see a video from field day!
Former EDD interns Bridie McNamara and Meghan Dieterle will graduate from Saint Michael’s College this spring. They completed social media and communications internships with EDD in 2017-2018, and led our Fall 2019 Soccer Clinic.
For the third consecutive year, we are partnering with Hartwick College on their Introduction to Grant Writing class. Senior Hannah Warren is working with Executive Director Gretchen Owens on research and a grant application to augment our programs. In Spring 2019, Hartwick College student Allison Schroeder wrote a successful proposal to the O’Connor Foundation to support our lifetime sports programs. Ally enjoyed working with EDD Adaptive Sports so much that she pursued an internship with Hartwick’s Grant Officer. This spring, she is the teaching assistant for the Introduction to Grant Writing class.
Students from SUNY Delhi volunteer at lifetime sports programs, most recently snowshoeing, kayaking and parachute games. We collaborated with SUNY Delhi on 4 programs in 2019, allowing EDD to offer new activities and reach new program participants. Students in the Natural Resource Recreation and Sports program have the option to take an adaptive recreation class. This spring, students in that class will gain more hands-on experience by volunteering at EDD Adaptive Basketball and Swimming programs.
We are fortunate to collaborate with so many dedicated student volunteers. Some of these volunteers will go on to lead their own programs and coach their own teams. Our hope is that their experiences with EDD Adaptive Sports stay with them, and help guide them toward more inclusive sports programs in the future.
