Organizations Filed Purposes:
Balance 180s mission is to develop a new model for recreational and competitive sports within our community that serves children and young people with varying abilities and needs.
Sports Instruction - We offer a number of programs specifically designed for children with special needs as well as programs that integrate children with and without special needs. The programs are described below.Special Olympics Young Athletes Program: We have developed a strong programmatic partnership with the Special Olympics Florida to offer the Special Olympics Young Athletes Program (YAP). YAP is an innovativee sports program for children ages 2 - 7, with an intellectual or developmental disability, and their peers. The program is designed to promote childrens motor, cognitive and social skills (http//www/sofl.org/young-athletes-program/young-athletes-overview.html). The curriculum incorporates foundational motor skills, jumping, running, kicking, striking, balance, and an obstacle course. Activities are adapted to the ability of level of each child and peers serve as role models. The first program was offered in the summer of 2012 and the program has
Training Activities - Our programs involve a large number of volunteers and there are a variety of volunteer opportunities as well as internships. The majority of volunteers work directly with the children enrolled in our sports programs, assisting children with disabilities. 90% of the volunteers consist of university students and all of them receive training. Prior to the start of a session, two training classes (120 minutes) are organized and volunteers are educated on how to adapt actvities to a childs ability, create progressions, handle behavioral issues, provide encouragement and positive feedback, and handle specific disabilities. In addition, all volunteers receive hands-on training, which is provided by volunteer physical and occupational therapists, and educators. Since starting the programs in June 2012, training has been provided to over 1,600 volunteers. All training activities are free of charge and volunteers are not provided any compensation.
Public Education/Awareness - We have implemented multiple strategies to educate the community and disseeminate health information in regard to sports in children. The cornerstone of our public health education on sports in children with disability has been organized around the Specal Olympics Young Athletes. The culminating events held at the end of the respective session, or via participation in community events. Students, parents, volunteers, family and members of the general community are invited via email, listservs, personal invitations and FaceBook announcements to our events. The Special Olympics culminating event includes key note presentations by prominent disability advocates, Specal Olympics representatives, and prominent members of the community with significant visibility. The goal of these events is to give the young athletes the opportunity to showcase their newly learned skills and raise awareness about two important concepts: 1) the importance of
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Melanie Yonge | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Sobha Jaishankar | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Stacey Curtis | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Stinson | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Allison Grow | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Johnson | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Stacey Gleim | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Krista Vandenborne | Treasurer | 7 | $0 |
| Edward Buckley | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
| Carsten Schmalfuss | PRESIDENT | 7 | $0 |
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