NORTH CAROLINA WARRIORS ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM

The North Carolina Warriors Ice Hockey Program, Inc., has been organized to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, for those wounded in defense of the United States in conjunction with the USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Program. The Program’s mission is to organize and administer an ice hockey program that provides a recreational, therapeutic experience and education. Some of the program’s purposes include: Educate, train, motivate and encourage individuals who have physical disabilities incurred during service to the United States, to participate in the sport of ice hockey in an environment that is adapted to the level of ability of the participating athletes; Use the game of hockey to assist individuals with disabilities in developing self-confidence, adjusting to their new lifestyle, rehabilitation, self-reliance, and concentration, to assist in helping participants back into mainstream lifestyles they were accustomed to prior to their disability, and to help the individual be more successful both within and outside a hockey environment; Integrate people with disabilities with people without disabilities to promote awareness of challenges and to encourage teambuilding; Encourage the formation of ‘Warrior Hockey Programs’ locally and nationally; Educate and encourage the general public about disability sports and North Carolina Warriors Ice Hockey to promote societal awareness of the sacrifice’s participants made in defense of our nation.