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CHOOSING TO SEE FULFILLED MANY OF ITS ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE YEAR WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A FEMALE CYCLIST AND HER TEAM JOINING THE GRAND DEPART FOR THE TOUR DIVIDE, A 2,700 MILE BIKE PACKING RACE FROM BANFF, ALBERTA ALONG THE GREAT DIVIDE MOUNTAIN BIKE ROUTE (CRISS-CROSSING THROUGH MONTANA, IDAHO, WYOMING, COLORADO, AND NEW MEXICO) FINISHING AT THE US-MEXICO BORDER STATION OF ANTELOPE WELLS, NEW MEXICO... NO BLIND ATHLETE HAS EVER ATTEMPTED THIS BEFORE. ANOTHER BLIND ATHLETE SUMMITED DENALI AND BEGAN PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR AN UPCOMING EVEREST CLIMB IN 2023. SEVERAL OTHER ATHLETES WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND THEIR GUIDES WERE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN 6 OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; PRIMARILY MARATHONS AND TANDEM-CYCLING. EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS ACCOMPLISHED SEVERAL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OBJECTIVES BY: A. PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, ENCOURAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TO BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED ATHLETES/INDIVIDUALS THAT PURSUE PERFORMANCE AND/OR COMPETITION GOALS; B. PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED MILITARY INDIVIDUALS TO LIVE ACTIVE LIVES IN PURSUING THEIR DREAMS/PASSIONS; C. FACILITATING A POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE THROUGH AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE WITH SPORTS AND/OR RECREATION IN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED; D. INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ABILITIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED; AND E. EDUCATING AND INSPIRE SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION WITH THE CORPORATION. COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS AND ATHLETES WERE EDUCATED AND INSPIRED BY THESE INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.