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ABOUT US Today, we provide over 250 adaptive sports clinics a year, providing 4,000 athlete experiences a year, host 5 major adaptive sporting events and have a large inventory of adaptive sports equipment that is available to rent! Angel City Sports began in June 2013 when Clayton and Ezra Frech were on the track at the Endeavor Games in Oklahoma City and asked the question, "Why do we need to come to tornado alley to run, jump, and throw things? Why aren't there more programs in Southern California?" This began our journey to create the Angel City Games, Southern California’s own multi-sport Paralympic style competition and celebration of Adaptive Sports. In October 2014, we found a facility and programming partner in UCLA Recreation and set about to create a one-of-a-kind competition and event experience for youth and adults with physical disabilities. Our Mission & Goals The mission of Angel City Sports is to create sports opportunities for adults, children, and veterans with physical differences and impairments. Our goals are to encourage physical ACTivity and demonstrate LEADership to strengthen the adaptive sports movement. Our initial programming focus is on Southern California, but our events and programming will draw athletes from all over the country. ACT Access to Equipment - Maintain an inventory of Adaptive Sports equipment to minimize equipment barriers. Competition - The Angel City Games, Southern California's own Paralympic-style multi-sport competition. Training - Host and coordinate introductory sport clinics, athlete training and development programs. LEAD Leadership - Lead the Adaptive Sports community through partnerships, collaboration and resource sharing. Ecosystem - Connect athletes and partners to spark the Adaptive Sports movement. Awareness - Increase awareness of Adaptive Sport and the Paralympic movement through all types of media. Development - Develop and share athlete stories to grow the Paralympic movement. Angel City Sports is addressing a significant societal problem that there is a large population of individuals living with physical challenges in Southern California, yet participation rates in adaptive sports programs are extremely low as a percentage of the disabled population. Even making the assumption that there were 50 strong adaptive sports programs that each had 1,000 athletes in Los Angeles and Orange County, therefore there were 50,000 known athletes participating in adaptive sports programs, this would amount to only 3% of the 1.7 M that have trouble walking or climbing stairs. In reality, the numbers are significantly worse, as there are roughly 10-15 programs, each with 100 athletes at most, in Southern California.

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