08/08/2026
❤️🏁 A HUGE THANK YOU FROM DEGANATION! 🏁❤️
What an incredible weekend at the DegaNation All-Terrain Experience!
There are honestly not enough words to describe what this event meant to us. What started as an idea turned into a day filled with smiles, laughter, friendships, memories, and experiences that we will never forget.
❤️ OUR AMAZING ATHLETES
The true stars of this entire event were our amazing adaptive athletes.
Every single one of them was incredible. They dealt with the dust, the heat, and experiences that, for many of them, were completely new. It was HOT out there, it was dusty, and it wasn’t always easy — but none of that stopped them.
They rode. They laughed. They smiled. They experienced something different. And they had the time of their lives.
Seeing those smiles and hearing that laughter is something that will stay with us forever. Those athletes showed all of us what determination, courage, and pure joy look like.
You were the reason we were there. You were the reason we worked so hard. And you are the reason we will continue doing what we do.
❤️ TO THE FAMILIES
Thank you for trusting us with your loved ones and allowing us to share this experience with your families.
Watching parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, caregivers, and friends enjoying the day right alongside our athletes made this event even more special.
You didn’t just attend the DegaNation All-Terrain Experience — you became part of the DegaNation family.
🤝 TO OUR VOLUNTEERS
There is absolutely NO WAY an event like this happens without volunteers.
From setting up, cooking, serving food, helping our athletes, driving, cleaning, organizing, directing traffic, keeping everyone safe, and doing the hundreds of little things nobody ever sees — THANK YOU!
You gave your time, your energy, and your hearts.
DegaNation couldn’t have done it without you.
❤️ THANK YOU, COLYELL!
To the incredible people of Colyell — THANK YOU!
Thank you to the property owners who welcomed us, the neighbors who supported us, the people who helped us prepare, and everyone from the community who stepped up to make our athletes and their families feel at home.
The hospitality and support we received from Colyell was unbelievable.
You opened your community to us, and you helped create memories that these athletes and their families will carry with them for a very long time.
Colyell showed up BIG, and DegaNation will never forget it.
🏁 TO OUR SPONSORS
An event of this size simply would not be possible without businesses, organizations, groups, and individuals willing to step up and support the mission.
We want to personally thank every one of our sponsors and supporters:
DegaNation All-Terrain Experience Sponsors
Team Pack A Lunch
Ski-Dawgs Adaptive Water Skiing
Ainsley’s Angels in Baton Rouge
My Dreams Foundation
Ace Enterprises Inc.
Guardian Blanket / Wrapped in Courage by First Responders
AINSLEY’S ANGELS IN SOMS
New Orleans Elks Lodge #30
A Horse Named Hope
MCNA Dental
Tru Blu Water
River Ridge discount
Wednesday run club
Realty group
Smile Factory Nola
Capital City Produce
Signworx LLC
Families Helping Families of Greater New Orleans
Tramonte’s
AWC Inc.
Roy’s Ice
Jean Lafitte Harbor
Flex power
Garage beer
Salt Pepper Oak
Akindelas Fraternity Inc. National Office
Seeger’s Sandbar
All Electrical Services
Waste Pro
Csc Customs
Livingston Parish Fire Protection District #7 (Colyell Volunteers)
PLEASE SUPPORT THESE SPONSORS. THEY SUPPORT DEGANATION, OUR ATHLETES, AND OUR MISSION.
Every donation, every product, every service, every volunteer hour, and every person who simply asked, “What can I do to help?” played a part in making this possible.
This wasn’t just an event.
This was a community coming together for some amazing athletes.
This is why DegaNation does what we do.
We party together.
We work together.
We give back together.
And when it’s time to help people, WE SHOW UP TOGETHER.
To our athletes, families, volunteers, sponsors, property owners, the entire Colyell community, and every single person who played a part:
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
We hope you had as much fun as we did, because we’re already looking forward to doing it again.
🏁❤️ WE ARE DEGANATION. ❤️🏁
The Brand for the Fans.
