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Founded in 1969, the mission of Special Olympics Southern California is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Our vision is to provide sports and training programs for any individual with intellectual disabilities who chooses to participate, thereby improving their lives and the lives of everyone they touch. The Southern California Chapter is bounded by San Luis Obispo, Kern and Inyo Counties in the north, and the U.S./Mexico border in the south.

The mission of Special Olympics Georgia is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition for all children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Special Olympics Georgia strives to help bring individuals with intellectual disabilities into the larger society under conditions whereby they are accepted, respected and given the chance to become useful and productive citizens.

The mission of Special Olympics Michigan is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Athletes develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy while participating in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship among their families, Special Olympics athletes and the community. The athletes achieve their dreams with the support of caring volunteers, coaches, family members and staff. Donations from Michigan citizens and businesses provide funding for the program.

Lacrosse Development for Girls

At Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, we are building a nation connected by trails. We reimagine public spaces to create safe ways for everyone to walk, bike and be active outdoors.

"Make your disabilities irrelevant"........To provide life changing outdoor educational experiences to physically disabled children. Camp Wamp is located in North Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras, and is about encouraging teamwork where everyone is included to experience the outdoors and create lifetime memories.

ELSA's mission is to improve the lives of children, teens and young adults with special needs and their families through the benefits of human-animal interaction programs in the ranch environment using horses and farm animals. Participants in ELSA programs build trust, reduce anxiety, develop empathy, attachment, and sensory awareness and improve their observation and problem-solving competencies, nonverbal language cues, and other communication and social skills. Through ineraction with horses, particpants gain confidence and empowerment.

Lead and inspire by connecting people and wildlife

Our mission is to honor the heroes and heroines of tennis through enshrinment, to operate a museum, to foster an appreciation of tennis history, to present tournaments and tennis related activities for the enjoyment of the public, to promote the sport of tennis and to preserve a historic theater.  

Higher Ground's mission is to enhance quality of life through inclusive therapeutic recreation, adaptive sports, education and advocacy for people of all abilities. Our programs and services also provide healing and therapy, and help people develop the life skills, hope, and inspiration they need to interact or reorient themselves with family, peers, and their community.

In partnership with the City of New York and the community, the Prospect Park Alliance restores, develops, and operates Prospect Park for the enjoyment of all by caring for the natural environment, preserving historic design, and serving the public through facilities and programs. Prospect Park's 585 acres of meadows, waterfalls, forest, lakes, and athletic facilities comprise a masterwork of urban green space.

The Shea Center is dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities through therapeutic horse-related programs.