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Big Shot Bootcamp 2025

May 11, 2025

The Welger Foundation hosted it’s second Big Shot Bootcamp on Saturday, May 3rd at Poly Prep Day School in Brooklyn, NY. We were excited to host 25 athletes this year.

WF Announces 2024 Fall Grant Recipients

January 19, 2025

The Welger Foundation is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 Fall Grant process! We received seventeen applications and granted funds to eight recipients, listed below. The applicants spanned ages from 8-18 and included athletes involved in sledding, fencing, basketball and tennis. Congratulations to our Grant winners!

WF Announces 2024 Spring Grant Recipients

August 2, 2024

The Welger Foundation has been selected by the Gatorade Play It Forward program to receive a $1,000 grant to help the next generation of athletes reap the benefits of sport.

Big Shot Bootcamp 2025

May 11, 2025

The Welger Foundation hosted it’s second Big Shot Bootcamp on Saturday, May 3rd at Poly Prep Day School in Brooklyn, NY. We were excited to host 25 athletes this year.

WF Announces 2024 Fall Grant Recipients

January 19, 2025

The Welger Foundation is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 Fall Grant process! We received seventeen applications and granted funds to eight recipients, listed below. The applicants spanned ages from 8-18 and included athletes involved in sledding, fencing, basketball and tennis. Congratulations to our Grant winners!

WF Announces 2024 Spring Grant Recipients

August 2, 2024

The Welger Foundation has been selected by the Gatorade Play It Forward program to receive a $1,000 grant to help the next generation of athletes reap the benefits of sport.

About Our Story

Christa and Saul first met at the 1958 Stoke Mandeville Games and renewed their friendship in 1959 at those Stoke Mandeville Games. Fate would bring them back together at the 1960 inaugural Paralympics in Rome, Italy. Lured by the promise of excellent food and spare wheelchair parts, Christa ventured over to the American tent along with a few of her teammates. Saul and Christa started a conversation, but while he stepped away to refill their plates, another athlete came in to charm her. Naturally competitive, Saul shooed the young admirer away. The games were a success for both Christa and Saul—she won eight medals and he won two, but the true win was the start of their romance.

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The Christa and Saul Welger Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with Tax ID# 84-2550213.

View the 2021 Financial Statement.