If you’d like to get involved as a volunteer with Team River Runner (TRR), you’ll be glad you did. You don’t need to be a top-notch paddler or even a paddler at all. We need you, and our wounded vets need you, no matter what you can do. Contact Idamay Curtis for more information at idamayc@mac.com or (206) 218 7988.

The local boating community should be proud of the great turnout at the initial weekend planning and training sessions for Team River Runner’s new Seattle site. TRR was founded in 2004 by Washington DC-area kayakers to help veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan  recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center find health, healing, and new challenges through whitewater boating. The program has expanded to Veterans Affairs medical centers across the country, and includes wounded veterans of all our nation’s conflicts, and their families.

Two dozen local boaters, community members, and VA staff showed up at Seattle’s VA Hospital on Saturday for four hours of discussion about how to organize a local chapter, how to work with vets, and what to expect regarding common injuries to soldiers returning to civilian life. The program was headed up by Joe Mornini, Executive Director of TRR from Washington DC, who was very impressed by the enthusiasm and commitment of the volunteers and VA staff.  He sees tremendous potential for our program here in Seattle.