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Adaptive Amazing Race raises money for CRIS

At Mission Creek Park, competition was underway as four teams competed in a circuit of challenges to raise money forCRIS Adaptive.

The competition, known as the 'Adaptive Amazing Race', is held annually to celebrate the anniversary of CRIS.

The foundation’s platform is to support people with physical, cognitive, intellectual, or sensory challenges, and help them to gain access to outdoor activities.

“This is our third year running the Adaptive Amazing Race,” event coordinator Kailee Fawcett told Kelowna10. “Each of these teams, they compete at eight different stations, and they race against the clock and each other, completing challenges that test their sensory, physical, and intellectual skills.”

Fawcett was helping to facilitate the challenge stations and commented on how much support they’ve seen for this event. The foundation saw the support of Balsam school teachers, Canucks Autism Network, JP Therapy, as well as the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA).

“Each of them helped fundraise for CRIS in advance to the event,” she explained. “And now they’re here to compete in the event they helped fundraise for.”

Each of the four teams was tasked with raising a minimum of $500 each but were encouraged to reach past that goal and raise as much as they could. The teams ended up raising a grand total of $3,000 to support CRIS Adaptive.

The teams raced around a circuit of challenges and worked cohesively to complete them as fast as possible; visibly happy and celebrating each success they had.

“You see quite a fun response from the different people that compete in the event,” Fawcett said. “You see a lot of excitement and a lot of competitive energy between the groups, where they start to egg each other on and tease each other a little bit. So, it’s very eventful and just a lot of fun is overall what I’d say.”

Published 2022-08-25 by Robin Liva

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