The Hartford Contributes $500,000 To Improve Access To Adaptive Sports
October 09 2023 - 8:25AM
Business Wire
- World Champion Wheelchair Basketball Player Matt Scott and New
York Knicks Legend John Starks joined the insurer and the City
University of New York (CUNY) to surprise youth athletes with more
than 50 sports wheelchairs during clinic
- Donation also included contributions to CUNY and to Matt
Scott’s Fly Without Limits Organization
The Hartford, a leading disability insurer and 30-year advocate
of the adaptive sports movement, partnered with CUNY’s Adaptive
Sports Program to host a youth wheelchair basketball clinic
featuring World Champion Wheelchair Basketball Player Matt Scott on
Saturday, Oct. 7. The Hartford along with Scott and John Starks,
New York Knicks Legend, surprised 28 youth athletes with custom-fit
sport wheelchairs. The remaining 25 wheelchairs were donated to
support area adaptive sports programs.
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On Saturday, October 7, 2023, The Harford
along with World Champion Wheelchair Basketball Player Matt Scott
and New York Knicks Legend John Starks surprised youth athletes
with more than 50 sports wheelchairs during clinic. (Photo:
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“We are on a mission to increase participation in adaptive
sports by making sports and equipment more accessible to youth and
adult athletes,” said The Hartford’s Chief Marketing and
Communications Officer Claire Burns. “Adaptive athletes pay
approximately 15 times more for equipment than non-adaptive
athletes and we are committed to helping remove cost as a barrier
to participation. We are proud to partner with CUNY as they set a
new standard for diversity and inclusion in college sports.”
In addition to the wheelchair donations, The Hartford
contributed $150,000 to CUNY for hosting the wheelchair basketball
clinic. During the event, Scott competed in a free throw contest in
which The Hartford contributed $1,000 for every basket made for a
total donation of $50,000 to Matt Scott’s Fly Without Limits
Organization.
CUNY’s wheelchair basketball program, which began competitive
play in 2019, is the only program of its kind on the eastern
seaboard. Their dedicated disability services professionals,
faculty and student leaders have transformed CUNY into a
first-choice destination for New Yorkers with disabilities to
pursue a college education.
“We are thankful to The Hartford for their generous support of
the next generation of student-athletes with disabilities as well
as CUNY’s Adaptive Sports Program,” said CUNY Chancellor Felix
Matos Rodríguez. “CUNY is proud of our adaptive sports program, led
by director Ryan Martin, who is a national pacesetter in the
adaptive athletics space. We are one of only 12 Universities
nationwide to offer competitive, intercollegiate adaptive
sports.”
This event builds on The Hartford’s mission to make adaptive
sports more accessible. Earlier this year, the company announced a
$3.5 million commitment to Move United, the national leader in
community adaptive sports. Over the past five years, The Hartford
has donated more than 5,000 pieces of adaptive sports equipment in
more than 40 communities across the country, positively impacting
more than 40,000 people.
Learn more about The Hartford’s adaptive sports program.
About The Hartford
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expertise, The Hartford is widely recognized for its service
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About The City University of New York
The City University of New York is the nation’s largest urban
public university, a transformative engine of social mobility that
is a critical component of the lifeblood of New York City. Founded
in 1847 as the nation’s first free public institution of higher
education, CUNY today has 25 colleges spread across New York City’s
five boroughs, serving 243,000 degree-seeking students of all ages
and awarding 55,000 degrees each year. More than 80 percent of the
University’s graduates stay in New York, contributing to all
aspects of the city’s economic, civic and cultural life and
diversifying the city’s workforce in every sector. The University’s
historic mission continues to this day: provide a public first-rate
education to all students, regardless of means or background.
The mission of The City University of New York is embodied in
state education law, Article 125, Section 6201, as the finding and
intent of the New York State Legislature. Here is the text of the
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