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Greg Wells Completes Grueling Charity Bike Ride, Averaging nearly 100 miles Per Day for 11 days to Benefit Open Door Sports

Written by: Nanci Sundel Posted on: November 14, 2024 Tagged: Charity bike ride, Special Needs, Autism, Open Door Sports, Century Ride, RBC

Most people are proud of themselves for doing a century ride – 100 miles - in one day. Greg Wells, 58, completed the herculean feat of biking roughly a century a day for 11 days in a row in order to raise money to benefit Open Door Sports (ODS), a...

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Sarah Albus Receives the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Community Leadership Award

Written by: Nanci Sundel Posted on: September 27, 2024 Tagged: PCSFN, Presidents Council on Sport, Fitness and Nutrition, President's Council on Sports, awards, Special Needs, Open Door Sports, disabilities, Service, Community

Open Door Sports’s (ODS) Executive Director, Sarah Albus, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition (PCSFN) 2024 Community Leadership Award.The award celebrates 20 leaders nationwide w...

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ODS Receives Grant from The Philip L. Graham Fund and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Written by: Nanci Sundel Posted on: January 24, 2024 Tagged: Philip L. Graham Fund, Cafritz Foundation, Award, grant, Community, Special Needs, disabilities, Open Door Sports

Open Door Sports Inc. was recently awarded $25,000 of grant funding from the Philip L. Graham Fund and $10,000 from The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, both of which are to support a portion of our ongoing program operating expenses.The P...

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