Lacrossing Barriers
We are a group dedicated to providing opportunities to play sport, move and learn skills to those in marginalized communities who haven't always been given a choice.
"People Who Say It Cannot Be Done Should Not Interrupt Those Who Are Doing It"
George Bernard Shaw
What We Do
In 2004 The Autism Aspergers Friendship Society Of Calgary began to provide social and recreational opportunities for people on but not limited to The Autism Spectrum.
Their mandate was to do so in a way that allowed it's members to experience and learn the way they needed.
In 2015 a Sport Sampler offered members a weekly chance to play team sports. Lacrosse was one of them. In the Fall of 2018 we found six members who wanted to try playing lacrosse so away we went. The Spring of 2019 we had 15 playing, doing drills and wanting to play games. We added in Rugby, Boxing, and more.
That Summer the Thunder Monkeys AAFS Lacrosse Club went to British Columbia. That Fall saw 20 people playing every Friday night for nine weeks.
As we can imagine 2020-21 saw things slow up; but our members wanted more.
2022 came along and things opened back up sure enough we had people wanting to share lacrosse (and other sports) with other marginalized communities. Some began earning their coaching certifications.
