Resources Group: Social, Health & Wellness
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Best Buddies
Contact #:
954-449-6522
Email:
broward@bestbuddies.org
Website:
Description:
Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Location City:
locations around United States
Location State:
FL
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness
Broward County Parks and Recreation-Special Population Section (Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network)
Contact Name:
Dori Horowitz-Remillet
Contact #:
954-357-8170
Email:
dhorowitz@broward.org
Description:
Broward County Parks and Recreation Special Populations Section plans, develops, implements, and evaluates a variety of year-round recreation and leisure programs, special events, and services to meet the interests and needs of children, teens, adults, and seniors with disabilities. Programs are designed to develop, enhance, and/or maintain leisure skills, motor skills, socialization, and overall well-being as well as to promote fun and enjoyment.
Location City:
Weston
Location State:
Florida
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness
Garrett’s Fight Foundation/Garrett’s Fight for Fitness
Contact Name:
Mitchell Holeve, Executive Director
Contact #:
954-270-9746
Email:
garrettsfight@gmail.com
Website:
Description:
Our Foundations mission is to promote and facilitate a healthy fit lifestyle for individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities by providing individualized coaching and adaptive training. Especially designed for Teens and Adults with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Location City:
Cooper City
Location State:
Florida
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness
Giborim U at David Posnack JCC
Contact Name:
Debra Lombard, Giborim U Director
Contact #:
954-434-0599 Ext-208
Email:
dlombard@dpjcc.org
Website:
Description:
Giborim U is a program for children, teens and adults with special needs. Its catalog includes courses in fitness, the arts, sports, recreation, life skills and health and wellness.
Location City:
Davie
Location State:
Florida
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness
Illuminate Heart, Inc.
Contact Name:
Zulma Lochard, Program Director
Contact #:
754-234-5516
Email:
illuminateheartinc@gmail.com
Website:
Description:
Illuminate Heart exists to EMPOWER young adults with special needs through education and training to discover happiness, success, stability, and independence in their lives.
Location City:
Pembroke Pines
Location State:
Florida
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness
Special Olympics
Contact #:
800-700-8585
Email:
jteitler@specialolympics.org
Website:
Description:
Special Olympics is a global movement that unleashes the human spirit every day around the world through the transformative power and joy of sport. Through programming in sports, health, education and community building, Special Olympics is tackling the inactivity, stigma, isolation, and injustice that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) face. Our work goes far beyond sports events, driving social change that enables full social participation for people with ID.
Location City:
locations around United States
Location State:
DC
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness
The Dan Marino Foundation
Contact #:
954-368-6000
Email:
info@DanMarinoFoundation.org
Website:
Description:
The Dan Marino Foundation (DMF) is a results-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons with autism or other developmental disabilities. Using innovative approaches to problem solving and leveraging the latest technologies, the DMF is creating unprecedented opportunities for the disability community in South Florida and beyond.
Location City:
Ft. Lauderdale
Location State:
FL
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness
University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD)
Contact #:
800.9. AUTISM
Email:
card@miami.edu
Website:
Description:
CARD serves all children and adults who have autism spectrum disorders, dual sensory impairment (deaf blindness), a vision or hearing loss in addition to other disabling conditions, or genetic disorders that may co-exist with autism symptoms.
Location City:
Coral Gables, Miami-Lakes, Homestead, Davie, Miramar
Location State:
FL
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness
Weston Miracle League
Contact Name:
Herbert Corona
Contact #:
954-278-5619
Email:
wmlfl@aol.com
Website:
Description:
Provides opportunities for children and young adults with disabilities in South Florida to play Miracle League Baseball, regardless of their abilities at no cost.
Location City:
Weston
Location State:
Florida
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness