Empowering Lives
Through Adaptive Recreation & Connection
For over 25 years, we’ve empowered people of all abilities to live fuller lives. Through recreation, therapy, and lasting support, we bridge the gap between disability and belonging.
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1 in 5 Americans
live with a disability that limits access to recreation.
Limited access
to adaptive equipment makes outdoor experiences challenging.
1 in 3 veterans
faces depression, anxiety, or PTSD.
1 IN 4 FIRST RESPONDERS
faces depression, anxiety, or PTSD.
For Individuals with Disabilities
We offer adaptive recreation programs for children and adults with physical, cognitive, and developmental disabilities.
Adaptive Sports Programs
For Veterans & First Responders
We provide tailored support for veterans and first responders facing visible and invisible disabilities.
Veteran & First Responder Programs
Through loss and adversity, Higher Ground became our family, empowering us to heal, belong, and reclaim the joy life has to offer.
Adam recalls his time in the service and more importantly, his time home from the service. The longstanding effects serving has had on his life. Adam tells us why he is here. Adam, we thank you for your service and sacrifice. We are glad you are here.
Participants and Staff share what Higher Ground means to them.
First responder, Mike Mellon, provides insight what the shoulders of a first responder carries. Mike finds healing in nature and recreation therapy. Heroic and selfless, we are glad you are here, Mike.
The Gunter Family, twins Larissa and Lorilee alongside their mother, Carol, tell us why they are here. Beautiful, courageous and heartwarming. Everyone deserves a place where they feel like they belong. That is our mission at Higher Ground.
Muffy Davis Cup: Turning the Impossible into Possible
Story and photos by KAREN BOSSICK Read the original article here. For Shannon Oliver Kerrick, skiing was second nature. She…
Karen Bossick
- 18 Mar 2025
- 5 min read
🎙 Tune in to the Innovation and Leadership Podcast!
🎧 Listen Now! Hollywood actor & comedian Hayes MacArthur and Cole Petrie, CEO of Higher Ground, joins Jess Larsen for…
Higher Ground
- 13 Mar 2025
- 1 min read
Understanding Therapeutic Recreation and Higher Ground’s Leadership Over 25 Years
What is Therapeutic Recreation? Therapeutic recreation is a holistic approach to enhancing physical, emotional, and social well-being through recreational activities.…
Higher Ground
- 24 Jan 2025
- 3 min read
