Dear Community Members:

I hope that you had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday filled with family and friends and good memories.  It's so important to be with our loved ones during the holidays, feeling love but more importantly giving  love to others.  

I was in New York last weekend to be with family and attend the funeral of my uncle Jerry Rosenkranz who died at the age of 88.   For me, he was a mentor,  elder, offering sage advice, a friend and a person I dearly love.  Jerry was a very authentic person and cared about the world and helping others. He was very successful, having been on the ground floor of starting market research in the United States and thoroughly enjoyed life.  He wrote a memoir and I was very fortunate to have interviewed him over zoom for seven hours as to questions that were brought up for me while reading his book.  Sheila, Jerry's wife, gave me one of his jackets, which I'm sure that you'll see me wearing during the winter.  

Jerry and me at the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden in 2011.  Among other things, we shared a love of sports.

Our partnership with Desert ARC in both Yucca Valley and Palm Desert continues to grow with new athletes as we teach the skills  to play a variety of sports!

We want to wish Dianna Anderson, Assistant Director of Desert ARC-Yucca Valley the very best in her new job!  We will miss her!

Our partnership with Robin Hood Archery is growing in the number of athletes. The Robin Hood staff has a great expertise and passion for archery.  Besides our regular Monday night lessons, stay tuned for some special archery activities!

Wednesday tennis and pickleball are starting to see some new athletes through our two sessions- one from 12:30-1:30 and the other from 1:30-2:30. You can sign up for one or both, please see below.

In order to continue outreach efforts,  especially to the Spanish speaking community, we had a table at Apartamentos Tlaquepaque at a California Farm workers monthly event.  We want every person with disability and their family members to know that there are multiple opportunities to participate.

Thanks to our wonderful partnership with Friends of the Desert Mountains a group of athletes, family members and volunteers had a great hike at Carrizo Canyon!

We offer 1:1 and small group coaching and workouts.  If you'd like to do this please have SoCal Adaptive Sports assigned by your  Regional Center Community Services Coordinator (CSC).   Our Vendor number is PJ5601.  We are open to many different modalities for bringing adaptive sports and physical, social, and emotional health to everyBODY!

Please check out our new activities for December and 2024, such as Newport Beach on February 10, attending an Ontario Clippers game in March, and an Adaptive Sports Fair at Long Beach City College in April.  Lots to do and we hope that you will join us!

As the local coordinator for Special Olympics, we really want to build this program starting with tennis and pickleball, see below. (Another partner is ACEing Autism.) You can sign up now to be a Special Olympics athlete or volunteer in the Coachella Valley!  Please consider joining in on the fun! We are planning on having a Special Olympics Open House at the end of January 2024.  Stay tuned for further information.  

As we approach the end of 2023 and Giving Tuesday on November 28, we would be very grateful if you would make a donation and consider becoming a sustaining, monthly, or annual donor for SoCal Adaptive Sports!  Please know that we appreciate every donation and put these to good use in making a difference in our corner of the world!

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Big Morongo Hike 

Yucca Valley Adaptive Sports-Monday Mornings.  Registration is on a monthly basis.

Wednesday Adaptive and Wheelchair Tennis and Pickleball Lessons 

Riverside After School Multi-sports and Stretching November

Adaptive Skating 

Riverside Youth Adaptive Sports Clinic Winter Camps! 

You must register on the City of Riverside website

First USA Boccia Competition in California-January 19-21, 2024 at Santa College

Archery Lesson and Scavenger Hunt 

Ontario Clippers! 

March 10, 2024

Warfighters Overnight at Pathfinder Ranch in Mountain Center, CA

Long Beach Adaptive Sports Fair 

April 13, 2024

All-Comers Camp Wheelchair Tennis Indian Wells - November 8-10th, 2024

EVENTS FROM OUR FRIENDS

We believe in the power of collaboration in leveling the playing field and truly bringing about societal inclusion.  That's why we're listing these events and also websites of our friends who are doing phenomenal work!  Please visit below and click on the links  to find out more

Cookie Decorating & Gift Exchange

December 3rd 1:00 - 3:00pm

Winter Wonderland 2023

If you are in the Temecula area on December 8, please visit our table

Check out these calendars/websites for other events!

Check out these websites for many more activities and opportunities as we level the playing field.