Adaptive recreation grants exist for individuals with disabilities.
According to the UCLA Recreation website, adaptive recreation enhances health and wellness, self-esteem and autonomy for individuals with cognitive and physical challenges. With the help of assistive devices, individuals with specific hardships may enjoy recreational activities alongside able-bodied individuals. Individuals and organizations can take advantage of the adaptive recreation grants that exist.
Hunting Grants
Founded in 1993, the Buckmasters American Deer Foundation's Disabled Hunters Services provide assistance for more than 1.5 million people with severe physical disabilities. Hunters with a disability are encouraged to apply for adaptive equipment grants that provide financial assistance for mechanical gun rests that let quadriplegics discharge a crossbow or firearm. Special consideration is given to applicants who are not able to work full-time and receive less than $10,000 annually in wages and benefits.
Buckmasters American Deer Foundation
10540 Daystar Dr.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
205-366-8415
buckmasters.com
Spinal Cord Injuries
The Kelly Brush Foundation offers grants to assist individuals who are paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury. Grants allow injured individuals who are in financial need to participate in adaptive sports programs. The foundation provides financial assistance for the purchase of adaptive sports equipment. To be eligible for a grant, an applicant needs to live in the United States and must be a paraplegic or quadriplegic as a result of a spinal cord injury. The foundation is named after Kelly Brush, a native of Vermont who was injured in a skiing accident in 2006.
Kelly Brush Foundation
7 Aspen Dr.
South Burlington, VT 05403
802-846-5298
kellybrushfoundation.org
Tennis
The United States Tennis Association Florida, a nonprofit agency made of more than 1,000 members dedicated to promoting and developing the sport of tennis in the Sunshine State, offers grants for the creation and enhancement of adaptive and wheelchair recreational tennis programs for individuals with varying disabilities. An applicant must be in good standing with the United States Tennis Association and must establish program fees at minimal cost to maximize participation. Grants ranging from $300 to $1,000 may be awarded for expenses related to adaptive equipment, marketing, and training needed to establish an adaptive tennis program.
U.S. Tennis Association Florida
1 Deuce Court, Suite 100
Daytona Beach, FL 32124
386-671-8949
usatennisflorida.usta.com
