Sports Protection Policy
Three Rivers Adaptive Sports (TRAS) has adopted the following Sport Protection policies as they relate specifically to TRAS-controlled activities and events, and facilities under TRAS’s jurisdiction (to mean facilities owned and controlled by TRAS.
Engaging in sport should be an opportunity for all athletes to have fun and spend time with friends. Sport also encourages a healthy lifestyle, and builds self-confidence. Athletes often do better off the field than those who do not participate in sport. They learn goal-setting, teamwork and time management skills. Athletes are less likely to use cigarettes, drugs and alcohol; they have higher graduation rates and are more likely to attend college.
Unfortunately, sport can also be a high-risk environment for misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse.
All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the ideals of Three Rivers Adaptive Sports. Misconduct may damage an athlete’s psychological well-being; athletes who have been mistreated experience social embarrassment, emotional turmoil, psychological scars, loss of self-esteem and negative impacts on family, friends and the sport. Misconduct often hurts an athlete’s performance and may cause him or her to drop out of sport entirely.
TRAS is committed to improving the development and safety of athletes and participants involved in the community we serve. TRAS publishes this Handbook as a resource to guide TRAS’s development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies.
ALL volunteers must confirm their review of this document.
Click Here for TRAS Sports Protection Policy Handbook
Engaging in sport should be an opportunity for all athletes to have fun and spend time with friends. Sport also encourages a healthy lifestyle, and builds self-confidence. Athletes often do better off the field than those who do not participate in sport. They learn goal-setting, teamwork and time management skills. Athletes are less likely to use cigarettes, drugs and alcohol; they have higher graduation rates and are more likely to attend college.
Unfortunately, sport can also be a high-risk environment for misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse.
All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the ideals of Three Rivers Adaptive Sports. Misconduct may damage an athlete’s psychological well-being; athletes who have been mistreated experience social embarrassment, emotional turmoil, psychological scars, loss of self-esteem and negative impacts on family, friends and the sport. Misconduct often hurts an athlete’s performance and may cause him or her to drop out of sport entirely.
TRAS is committed to improving the development and safety of athletes and participants involved in the community we serve. TRAS publishes this Handbook as a resource to guide TRAS’s development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies.
ALL volunteers must confirm their review of this document.
Click Here for TRAS Sports Protection Policy Handbook
All events begin at 9AM unless otherwise indicated
- May 9 Annual TRAS Cycling Equipment Maintenance Day @ Guardian Storage-Bethel Park
- May 17 Southside Riverfront Park
- May 30 Everybody Plays Field Day – Dick’s House of Sports, Ross Park Mall 10AM
Register at https://hangerclinic.com/events/patient-events/field-day-in-pittsburgh-pa-2026/ - June 7 Southside Riverfront Park
- June 20 Second Ave Parking Plaza, Second Avenue 10am-3pm with Pittsburgh Steelwheelers RSVP by 6-6-26 to [email protected]
- June 28 Location TBD
- July 11 Southside Riverfront Park
- July 26 Location TBD
- August 8 Millvale Riverfront Park
- August 16 Southside Riverfront Park
- August 29 Pedal Pgh – Allegheny Commons Park – Register at Pedalpgh.org
- September 12 Millvale Riverfront Park
- September 26 Southside Riverfront Park
- October 3 Millvale Riverfront Park
- October 17 Southside Riverfront Park
TRAS SUPPORTERS
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Our dear friend, colleague and board member, Steve Smith, passed away recently. His passion for recreation led him to contribute many years of service to Three Rivers Adaptive Sports as a board member, website creator and content administrator. His vision, talent and intellect helped TRAS continue its mission to provide quality year-round sports and recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, their families and friends.
Personally, I’m a firm believer that when we lose someone close to us, they continue to live on through us and give us unbelievable strength. We should honor him by appreciating our ability to serve our community with exceptional adaptive recreation programs. Thank you Steve and rest in peace.
Barbi Baum
President
https://www.nyefuneralhome.com/obituary/Steven-Smith
Personally, I’m a firm believer that when we lose someone close to us, they continue to live on through us and give us unbelievable strength. We should honor him by appreciating our ability to serve our community with exceptional adaptive recreation programs. Thank you Steve and rest in peace.
Barbi Baum
President
https://www.nyefuneralhome.com/obituary/Steven-Smith
2024 Happy Cyclers
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TRAS at Adaptive Rec ExpoThanks to Clark Manny, Kevin Lee, Tyler Love and Mark Kulzer for representing TRAS at the Adaptive Recreation Expo at the Kingsley Association on April 27th.
A Huge thanks also to Michael Grapner of UPMC and the Kingsley Association for putting together this great event! 
35 program exhibitors at the Expo
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Volunteer AppreciationTRAS recently held a Snow Ski Program appreciation soiree to honor and thank the volunteers who make the event a huge success EVERY year.
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Accessible Dock Opens June 1st
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Adaptive Climbing sessions on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month at ASCEND Point Breeze starting on 10/7/24. Anyone can register Just Click Here
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Register
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