In this episode of Spark Access, we have the honor of speaking with Kait Whiteside, the Director of Max Higbee Center (MHC). MHC is a nonprofit that provides community-based recreation programs that empower people with disabilities. Kait shares her dedication to bringing accessible recreation to the community and expresses how a community is not truly community unless it is accessible to everyone. She also talks about her dream of Max Higbee's future, and for the rest of the country to follow a model similar to theirs. 

Kait has been instrumental to Max Higbee’s efforts in supporting a thriving community where people are empowered to grow, develop, and enrich their lives through recreation activities and the relationships they create. She enthusiastically developed and managed the Higbee Hikers Program that explored the incredible Bellingham trail network. In 2014, Kait took on a new leadership role as the Executive Director that she describes as a joyful experience of working with MHC's passionate staff and dedicated Board to grow programs, create new partnerships, and envision a caring and inclusive community where everyone belongs. Kate is an activist for the disability community, as well as a lover of being outdoors.

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