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2008
RESOURCE GUIDE
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RECREATION
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Agency
Name
& Address |
Contact
Information |
Program
Description |
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All Seasons Riding Academy for the Handicapped |
Tel: (925) 862-2950 |
Provides sports and recreational riding for all persons with disabilities year round, with access to trail riding |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Arc San Francisco |
Tel: (415) 255-7200 |
Provides services to adults with developmental disabilities and their families. Services include employment assessments, training and placement; community training, mobility training; community living services; a senior program; information and referral, education and individual advocacy services. |
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E-mail: info@thearcsanfrancisco.org Web site:www.thearcsanfrancisco.org |
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Axis Dance Troupe |
Tel: (510) 287-5792 |
Dance company that features dancers with disabilities. Axis also provides dance classes for children with and without physical disabilities. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: www.axisdance.org |
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B.O.K. Ranch North |
Tel: (650) 366-2265 |
Provides therapeutic horseback riding lessons for individuals with special needs. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors
(BAADS) |
Tel: (415) 281-0212 |
Provides adaptive boats and sailing training for individuals with physical disabilities. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program
(BORP) |
Tel: (510) 849-4663 |
BORP provides fitness, recreation and sports programs for people with physical and visual disabilities, and offers referral, consultation and advocacy services to the community. Activities include basketball, track, power soccer (for people that use power wheelchairs), skiing, rafting, day trips to museums and exhibits. |
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E-mail: borp@borp.org Web site: www.borp.org |
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Bearskin Meadow Camp |
Tel: (925) 937-3393 |
Provides summer residential camp for children and youth with diabetes |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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CA Department of Parks and Recreation
Disabled Discount Pass |
Tel: 800-777-0369 |
The Disabled Discount Pass is a lifetime pass issued to eligible applicants. For permanently disabled persons a discount card may be purchased for $3.50 from the Department. The pass provides year-round 50% discount for use of all basic facilities (including parking and camping) in State-operated parks except Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument. The discount does not apply to fees under $2.00 or supplementary fees, and cannot be used with any other discount/pass program. |
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E-mail: info@parks.ca.gov Web site: www.parks.ca.gov |
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Camp Costanoan |
Tel: (408) 243-7861 |
Camp Costanoan is a non-profit, residential and recreational camp for children and adults (age 5 and older) with developmental and physical disabilities. Also offers weekend respite camp, one weekend per month from October-April. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Camp Harmon |
Tel: (831) 684-2380 |
Full camp program (arts & crafts, swimming, sports and games, nature hikes, camp fires) sponsored by Easter Seal Society of Central California. Staffed by college-age counselors, RN on duty. Provides summer residential and weekend respite camp for children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Camp Okizu |
Tel: (415) 382-9083 |
The mission of the Okizu Foundation is to provide recreation, respite and peer support programs to meet the needs of families affected by childhood cancer. There are 4 programs: Oncology camp (for children who have or had cancer); Siblings Camp (for their brothers and sisters): Family Camp weekends for the entire family; and Teens N Twenties weekend adventures for young adults 17-24 patients and siblings. |
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E-mail: okizu@aol.com Web site: www.okizu.org |
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Creativity Explored |
Tel: (415) 863-2108 |
Creativity Explored is a full-time art center for developmentally disabled adults. Open to the general public during normal operating hours. |
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E-mail: cr8vtyex.@hooked.net Web site: N/A |
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Disabled Sports USA |
Tel: (530) 581-4161 |
Offers 2 programs: Tahoe Adaptive Ski School, which enables individuals with a disability to enjoy snow skiing; and a summer program, Disabled Sports USA, which includes activities such as waterskiing, whitewater rafting and Donner Lake campouts. |
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E-mail: dsusatah@truckee.net Web site: www.dsusafw.org |
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Enchanted Hills Camp |
Tel: (415) 431-1481 |
Free summer residential camp program for children who are legally blind, ambulatory and not in need of 1:1 supervision. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Environmental Traveling |
Tel: (415) 474-7662 |
ETC offers outdoor and environmental education programs for people with special needs, including sea kayaking whitewater rafting and cross-country skiing. |
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E-mail: info@etctrips.org Web site: www.etctrips.org |
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
(Accessibility Coordination) |
Tel: (415) 750-7645 |
Coordinates access for people with disabilities for DeYoung and Legion of Honor museums. |
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E-mail: Check web site Web site: www.thinker.org |
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Helpful Equine Academy of Riding Therapy
(H.E.A.R.T.) |
Tel: (510) 881-1404 |
Therapeutic riding for individuals with disabilities. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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James S. Brady Therapeutic Riding Program |
Tel: (415) 751-9275 |
Provides year-round riding and horsemanship lessons under the direction of licensed personnel, certified and insured by the North American Riding for the Handicapped, Inc. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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National Center for Equine Facilitated
Therapy (NCEFT) |
Tel: (650) 851-2271 |
Provides physical and occupational therapy utilizing the horse as a modality for disabled children and adults. |
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E-mail: info@nceft.com Web site:www.nceft.org/ |
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New Directions, Inc. |
Tel: (805) 967-2841 |
New Directions provides quality travel, tour arrangements for people with developmental, psychological and additional disabilities. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Project Insight |
Tel: (415) 242-5200 |
PI provides recreational/ educational programs for people who are blind/visually impaired or deaf or have various disabilities, including individuals with multiple disabilities such as developmental delays, mental illness, learning disabilities, etc. |
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E-mail: Check website Web site: www.parks.sfgov.org/ |
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Quest Therapeutic Instruction &
Recreational Camp |
Tel: (925) 743-1370 |
Quest provides a treatment program combining recreational and camp activities, behavior modification and group therapy for children with mild to moderate social, emotional and behavioral problems. Campuses in Danville and Fremont. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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The Janet Pomeroy Center (formerly RCH) |
Tel: (415) 665-4100 |
Offers recreational and respite programs for children with disabilities. |
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E-mail: info@janetpomeroy.org Web site:www.janetpomeroy.org |
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Lighthouse for the Blind |
Tel: (415) 431-1481 |
After-school and weekend programs teach self-esteem through recreational activities. Outings to museums, horseback riding, tandem bike riding and swimming are examples of program offerings. Works in partnership with Project Insight (SF Rec. and Park program). |
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E-mail: info@lighthouse-sf.org Web site: www.lighthouse-sf.org |
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San Francisco Little League Challenger Division |
Tel: Peter Straus, |
Join other kids with physical or cognitive disabilities to play some baseball. Participation is open to girls and boys, ages 6-18 (as of July 31), of all skill levels, experience or limitations. Games are non-competitive, friendly and informal, and everyone participates fully. |
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E-mail: check website Web site: www.sfll.org/ |
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San Francisco Special Olympics |
Tel: N/A |
Provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with mental retardation. |
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E-mail: check website Web site: www.sonc.org |
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SF Recreation and Park Department: Assisted
Services Division |
Tel: (415) 554-8920 |
The Assisted Services Division of SF Recreation and Park Department sponsors programs for adults, teens and children with developmental, emotional and physical disabilities. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Six Flags Marine World Summer Seafari
for the HI/Deaf |
Tel: (707) 644-4000 |
Summer day camp program that includes children with hearing impairments or who are Deaf. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Slide Ranch |
Tel: (415) 381-6155 |
Slide Ranch, a non-profit education center, provides daytime, overnight and special programs at their small-farm setting. They are committed to maintaining accessibility for individuals with special needs. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Special Skater Program |
Tel: (510) 268-9000 |
Learn to Skate program that has been developed especially for athletes with special physical and mental challenges. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Special Skaters E-mail: N/A
Web site: N/A |
Tel: (650) 856-9626 |
Ice skating classes for children with disabilities. Two locations: Yerba Buena Ice Center (750 Folsom St., San Francisco) and the Ice Oasis (3140 Bay Rd., Redwood City). |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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United Cerebral Palsy of the Golden
Gate |
Tel: (510) 832-7430 |
Provides programs and services for persons with disabilities and their family members including children’s and teen’s support groups, employment programs, counseling, advocacy, and information and referral. |
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E-mail: info@ucpgg.org Web site: www.ucpgg.org |
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Westminster Woods |
Tel: (707) 874-2426 |
A Christian camp located by the Russian River which offers "Friendship Camp" for persons with developmental disabilities. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Westwind 4-H Program |
Tel: (650) 941-4808 |
Provides sports and recreational riding for children and young adults. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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The resource list above is for your information; it is not necessarily comprehensive and is not an endorsement of the services offered. If you find that any of the information is incorrect, if you would like to offer any feedback, or if you know of additional resources that may be helpful to include in the future, please let us know. You can call us at (415) 920-5040, e-mail us at info@supportforfamilies.org or write to us c/o Open Gate, 2601 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110. Thank you to all the agencies who completed our Request for Information form and thank you as well to community resource databases such as Helplink and the San Francisco Public Library Community Connection for lending valuable assistance. |
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