The goals of the Therapeutic Recreation Program are to increase the social opportunities of the participants, to help the individual become a functional participant in a recreational activity, and to develop a higher level of physical, mental, and emotional well being. The Therapeutic Recreation Program offers a variety of activities, special events, and programs.

One program is the Adapted Sports Program which focuses on individuals with physical challenges. This is a community-based wheelchair and adapted sports program offering clinics, classes and recreational experiences in the following: tennis and wheelchair tennis, wheelchair fencing clinics, wheelchair rugby, basketball and wheelchair basketball, power soccer, cycling and handcycling, sailing outings, and the Al & Christina Trevino Adapted Golf Program. The newest additions to the program are wheelchair football, wheelchair softball and junior sled hockey. A fee of $10 per sport for the year is required with registration. Special Olympics Texas sports competitions are also part of the ASAP offerings.

The “Therapeutic Recreation Empowers Kids” (TREK) Children's Summer Day Program will be offering eight separate weeks of summer time fun in 2009. The TREK Children’s Summer Day Program offers a variety of recreational activities suited for children ages 6 to 18 with physical challenges or developmental/intellectual challenges. Weekly sessions will be four days long – Mondays through Thursdays - at Lincoln Community Center, 2915 E. Commerce St. The fee for participation is $5 per week and advanced registration and payment is required. Participants must be able to function socially in a community group setting; staff to participant ratio is 1 to 8.

For further information on any of the Therapeutic Recreation Activities and Programs, please call Tina Tholl at 207-3048 or the TR staff office at 207-3018.