Ontario Track3 Adaptive Sports Association is a volunteer powered charity enabling kids and youth with disabilities to discover their confidence, develop their talents and achieve their physical potential through the freedom of snow sports.
The Project
Track3 will rebuild its volunteer pathway through training, recognition and leadership progression, stopping the loss of trained volunteers that keeps disabled children skiing safely, season after season.
The Issue
Track3’s adaptive ski programmes depend on consistent, returning volunteers, but the organisation lost around 100 volunteers this year and expects a similar loss next season, leaving some sessions understaffed and children underserved.
The Project
Roots to Routes rebuilds volunteer consistency through four connected strands: training new instructors to certification, removing the personal cost that has stopped volunteers progressing into leadership roles, rewarding season-long attendance through milestones and recognition, and making information and support easier to access so volunteering becomes something people stick with.
The Impact
The project’s primary goal is to raise the year-over-year volunteer return rate from 70% to 80% by the end of the 2029 season and sustain it through 2031, building the steady relationships between children and instructors that make adaptive sport genuinely inclusive.
