Expedition Empower

Today is the last day of STEPtember and our team had an amazing time this month moving and fundraising for the cause. If you haven’t had a chance to support this great event, today at 12pm ET, donations will be doubled for 24 hours or until the $50,000 matching cap is reached. This is a great opportunity for you to support advancing cerebral palsy research and our efforts at Expedition Empower. No matter what, we want to thank everyone who joined and donated to this year’s STEPtember. You all are rockstars! Keep on stepping! : )

We are beyond excited to announce a collaboration with The Mindful Tourist In July, board members and will begin TMT’s shinrin-yoku guide training.

Shinrin-yoku is a method of taking in the forest through our senses which was developed in Japan in the 1980s. It’s a method that has been greatly studied and is scientifically proven to help people connect with nature and experience it’s health benefits.

Through this collaboration, with the help of The Mindful Tourist, it is Expedition Empower’s goal to create an adaptive version of shinrin-yoku that can be tailored to any disability. In our opinion, the ability to connect with nature lives in all of us and we hope to make that ability easily accessible to all. More to come, stay tuned!



Image description: a forest located in southern Oregon back lit by rays of sunshine.