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Mission & Vision

At Break the Barriers, our core mission is to uplift and empower the individuals we serve. Through our outreach programs, we offer free classes to families, military personnel and veterans, and special populations. These initiatives are sustained by grants and the generosity of our donors. Discover more about our free outreach programs and find out how you can support our ongoing mission to impact our community positively!

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Programs

Certified Instructors

Break the Barriers’ extensive experience with varying abilities ensures that everyone can enjoy sports, fitness & muscle memory recovery. Our coaches and instructors are skilled in techniques for wheelchair users, amputees, visually impaired individuals, and those with diverse abilities, leading the way in inclusive archery.

Our Highly Trained Staff

With the professional expertise of 82 certified coaches and the commitment of over 500 volunteers annually, our programs run six days a week.

Staff Training

We are dedicated to equipping our staff with the skills necessary to effectively work with and teach people of all abilities in inclusive classroom settings. All staff members are required to attend workshops where they:

Archery Instructors:

Break the Barriers’ extensive experience with varying abilities ensures that everyone can enjoy archery. Our coaches and instructors are skilled in techniques for wheelchair users, amputees, visually impaired individuals, and those with diverse abilities, leading the way in inclusive archery.

  • Receive training in an ability awareness class led by co-founder Deby Hergenrader
  • Gain familiarity with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • Learn how to implement PECs, structured schedules, social stories, and the Timed Timer
  • Co-teach spectrum classes alongside a trained staff member

Archery Instructors:

Break the Barriers’ extensive experience with varying abilities ensures that everyone can enjoy archery. Our coaches and instructors are skilled in techniques for wheelchair users, amputees, visually impaired individuals, and those with diverse abilities, leading the way in inclusive archery.

Veterans and Active Duty Military

"Since I had a stroke in 2008, the word 'can't' came into my vocabulary. I can't do this. I can't do that. I came to Break the Barriers and found that ‘can't’ is a bad word. There is a way and they will find a way."
- Army Veteran, Larry Green

Our relationship to Break the Barriers

“Veteran Mentoring Youth” 
Together with Break the Barriers we celebrate awareness and victories of all abilities, ethnicities, and ages through exceptional mentoring programs, youth outreach, and inclusion education.

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Our Founders

There are over 10,000 individuals who come through the doors of our facility weekly, including students from multiple school districts, inner-city outreach and Veterans.  Break the Barriers is continually adapting classes to meet the increasing demand for this unique and one-of-a-kind program.
- Steve and Deby Hergenradar

BTB 3D National Championships

Break the Barriers’ Archery program is the largest inclusive archery initiative in the United States. Our veterans are taught by U.S.A. Certified Archery Instructors, trained by Olympic-certified coaches and adhering to the National Training System. Our state-of-the-art indoor shooting range provides students of all abilities access to elite-level equipment and instruction from skilled coaches with national and international competitive experience. All classes are recognized by U.S.A. Archery and the National Field Archery Association and are designed to be fully integrated.
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Donate

As a non-profit corporation, Break the Barriers depends on donations and grants to sustain many of its programs and help cover operating costs. To make a donation please click the arrow below to our main site for Break the Barriers.

Get Involved 

Our outreach programs allow us to offer free classes to military active duty and veterans. Learn more about our free outreach programs and how you can support our mission to reach our community.

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