Sports and Recreation Group
The National Federation of the Blind Sports & Recreation Group was established to promote sports and recreational activities within Missouri's blind community.
Contact
Amy Wilson, Group Coordinator
(660) 441-1907
Meeting Date and Time:
The Sports & Recreation Group meets via Zoom on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 pm. Contact the Group Coordinator to get the call-in information.
You are invited to join us for the first NFBMO National Parks Challenge! We are going to visit all 6 National parks over the next few months. You can learn more about this challenge at our next sports and rec meeting on May 21st at 7:00 pm. This will also include information about the camping/ floating trip in August on the weekend of the 16th-18th.
If you have questions about the challenge or the float trip/ camping trip please contact Amy Wilson. We will post/ share more information about the when and where we will be meeting at each of these locations the closer it gets to each of these events. We hope you can join us and make sure you use the hashtag #NFBMONationalParksChallenge
when you participated
Below is the address, contact information, and date for each National Park Challenge event.
1. Gateway Arch National Park -Address: 11 N 4th St, St. Louis, MO 63102 -Contact: (314) 655-1600
-June 8th
2. Ozark National Scenic Riverways -Address: 404 Watercress Dr, Van Buren, MO 63965 -Contact: (573) 323-4236
-August 16th-18th Floating the river on the 17th -Camping at Ozark National Park Campground
3. Wilson's Creek National Battlefield -Address: 6424 W Farm Road 182, Republic, MO 65738 -Contact: (417) 732-2662
-July 27th
4. Harry S Truman National Historic Site -Address: 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, MO 64050 -Contact: (816) 254-9929 or Admin staff (816)-254-2720
-April 11
5. George Washington Carver National Monument -Address: 5646 Carver Rd, Diamond, MO 64840 -Contact: (417) 325-4151 -July 26th
6. Ulysses S. Grant National Park -Address: 1400 Grant Road, ST. Louis, MO 63123 -Contact: (314)-842-1867 -June 7th
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of all National parks in Missouri, but it includes some of the major ones.
Last Updated: 4-29-24