2025 ADA Celebration in Gardner

Attendees celebrated 35 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act! Activities included hiking, kayaking, swimming, listening to the Tommy Filiault Band and hanging out with friends. Delicious sandwiches and drinks were provided.

August 1 at Dunn Pond State Park

Accessible hiking and kayaking were hosted by DCR’s Universal Access Program and their partners Waypoint Adventure and All Out Adventures.

Thank you to the sponsors who make this event possible! My Ombudsman, Tempus Unlimited, Easter Seals MA, 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East, Independence Associates, Institute for Human Centered Design, Bay State Wheelers, and Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD).

Sadie and Amanda (MWCIL)
Sadie and Amanda (MWCIL)
Colleen
Colleen
Two women kayaking
Guide and attendee kayaking
Several kayaks in the water
Group of people chatting
kayaks in pond
group of people on path in front of pond
Way Point adventures tent with several people out front
Way Point Adventures
Family getting ready to kayak
Lou and Dan (MWCIL)
Lou and Dan (MWCIL)
Tommy Filiault Band
Tommy Filiault Band
Man on bench giving thumbs up
Desi, Patrick and another woman on the dock
Desi and Patrick (EasterSeals MA)
Matt (CEO at NILP)
Matt (CEO at NILP)
Group of people chatting
Man helps daughter get ready to kayak
Sadie (MWCIL) and Steve (CLW)
Sadie (MWCIL) and Steve (CLW)
(l-r)Taciana Ribeiro Saab, Director, New England ADA Cente, Jessica Podesva - NCIL Director of Advocacy and Public Policy
(l-r)Taciana Ribeiro Saab, Director, New England ADA Cente, Jessica Podesva – NCIL Director of Advocacy and Public Policy
Taciana Ribeiro Saab, Director, New England ADA Center and Sadie (ED at MWCIL)
Taciana Ribeiro Saab, Director, New England ADA Center and Sadie (ED at MWCIL)
Waypoint Adventures
Waypoint Adventures
CLW Staff
CLW Staff
4 women
4 women
Family eating lunch
Family eating lunch
EasterSeals MA
EasterSeals MA
Kay (MWCIL BOD)(left) and friend
Kay (MWCIL BOD)(left)
Tammy and PCA
Tammy (former MWCIL BOD) and PCA
DCR Staff at sign in table
DCR Staff
Yves Lamitie (MRC) and his son
Yves Lamitie (MRC)
two men at dock
Young boy in wheelchair
man and son, son is in wheelchair with a tricerotops
View of pavilion with many people eating lunch
MMCIL Staff and BOD
MMCIL Staff and BOD
Man and daughter
View of pavilion as people eat lunch
DCR staff
DCR staff
Man in all terrain chair goes down wooded path with friend
Man in all terrain chair with friend
Man in all terrain chair with friend as staff looks on
wooded path
DCR staff looks at map with man
Wheelchair goes up wooded path
6 women from CLW
CLW staff
lunch
Mark (MWCIL) making stain glass object
Mark (MWCIL)
EasterSeals MA staff with Sadie
Desi, Paul, Sadie and others
My Ombudsman woman and daughter
My Ombudsman
Paul and Desi (EasterSeals MA) and others talking
Paul and Desi (EasterSeals MA)
Aliza (MASILC) and woman at the tee shirt table
Aliza (MASILC) (left)
1199SEIU table with two men
1199SEIU
DCR table with lots of furs
DCR
New England ADA Center
New England ADA Center
DCR staff and man with 3 legged dog
DCR staff and man with 3 legged dog
Susan (MWCIL)
Susan (MWCIL)
Two people back from kayaking
Heidi and two other women (SCIL)
Heidi (center) and SCIL staff
DCR staff
DCR staff
man in front of park headquarters
People getting into kayaks
Kayakers
Kayakers getting pushed out
Dan (MWCIL) in a kayak
Dan (MWCIL)
Man and daughter kayaking
Tammy (former BOD for MWCIL) in kayak
Tammy (former BOD for MWCIL)
Erin and Brittney (MWCIL)
Erin and Brittney (MWCIL)
Andrea (l) and friend
Andrea (l)
Tommy Filiault Band
Tommy Filiault Band
Heidi (SCIL) and Sadie (MWCIL)
Heidi (SCIL) and Sadie (MWCIL)
Tee shirt table
Tee shirt table

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