WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BOLD, INC.
P.O. Box 9101 Pittsburgh PA 15224
History
BOLD (Blind Outdoor Leisure Development) began in Aspen, Colorado, with at that time the radical idea that blind people could downhill ski. In 1974, Joyce Driben, a blind Pittsburgh social worker and Fred Siget, former blinded Pittsburgh fire-fighter, both who had skied in the Aspen BOLD program, teamed up with members of local ski clubs to form the separate nonprofit organization of Western Pennsylvania Blind Outdoor Leisure Development. Since then the Pittsburgh based BOLD has grown to include social and outdoor recreational activities such as cross country skiing, water skiing, ice skating, tandem biking, canoeing, rowing and much more. Through partnering with other organizations, BOLD is able to make affordable a wide range of cultural and outdoor activities that otherwise wouldn’t be accessible to its visually impaired members. BOLD welcomes all persons 18 and older with all degrees of vision--blind, visually impaired, and sighted.
Vision
BOLD strives to include all persons in outdoor or leisure activities, regardless of vision ability.
Guiding Values
Anyone aged 18 or older is welcome to become a member of BOLD. The guiding values of Western Pennsylvania BOLD shall be to:
- cultivate community partnerships for organizational development;
- encourage and educate all members to take an active role through equal participation in the organization;
- share our love of the outdoors; and
- provide opportunities to experience new activities.
Contact Information
Email: boldwpa@gmail.com
Website: www.wpabold.blogspot.com
BOLD, Inc., is registered with the Internal Revenue Service and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable Organizations as an educational and charitable nonprofit organization.
1/25/2022