Recreation, Leisure & Volunteering

IM Able Foundation

https://imablefoundation.org/ 

The mission of the IM ABLE Foundation is simple. We remove obstacles that keep people with challenges on the sidelines, providing them access to programs and equipment tailored to their needs and a community of all abilities to support them.  

Check out the website for information on the following programs available:

• grants for purchasing adaptive equipment (Snow sports;

Water sports; Racing; Outdoor Sports; Recreational Sports; Competitive Sports)

• Equipment Demo Days

• Race Mates 

• Adaptive Personal Training

• Group Fitness classes (adaptive and inclusive)

• Other fantastic events and opportunities

United Way of Berks County - Finding Volunteer Opportunities

https://www.uwberks.org/volunteer/ 

Volunteer opportunities meeting a variety of needs and interests are available throughout Berks County.  Search our extensive listing of opportunities to find the match that’s right for you. 

Special Olympics of PA https://sites.google.com/view/specialolympicsofberkscounty/home?authuser=0  

The mission of Special Olympics PA is to provide year-round sports training and 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.

All training and competition opportunities are provided free of charge to the athletes and their families, enabling everyone to experience the benefits of Special Olympics that extend well beyond the playing field.

Special Olympics was created by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation.  Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) is authorized and accredited by Special Olympics Inc. for the benefit of persons with intellectual disabilities.

Special Olympics Unified Sports® 

https://www.specialolympics.org/what-we-do/youth-and-schools/unified-champion-schools 

Unified Sports create an opportunity for people without intellectual disabilities to join in the sports experience by playing on a team with athletes with intellectual disabilities. Not only do the players all have fun, but attitude change and transformation happens on the playing field and the experiences create lifelong friendships.

Unified Sports® combines approximately equal numbers of Special Olympics Athletes and athletes without intellectual disabilities (called Partners) on sports teams for training and competition. Age and ability matching of athletes and partners is defined on a sport-by-sport basis.

The concept of combining athletes with intellectual disabilities and those without was first introduced in the mid-1980s to provide another level of challenge for higher ability athletes and to promote equality and inclusion.