Field of Dreams, Miracle League
100 Exemplary Rotary International Projects. #14. Miracle League - Rotary clubs in Rockdale and Conyers, Georgia, USA, raised US$700,000 to develop and open in April 2000 a special baseball complex designed exclusively for children with disabilities. The complex, the first of its kind in the United States, inspired more than 50 similar fields around the country.
The Miracle League
Ed Wright’s PlymouthCantonSports.Com
Miracle League - North Carolina
Miracle League of Tuscaloosa - video
Sandra Sagear Wall of Courage & Sagear-Rotary Scholarships
Meet Maggie.
Kelly’s Kidz – Maggie’s 2nd Lucky Strike
Jennifer and Denise Bechard: Detroit Hydrocephalus Walk on Facebook
Plymouth Rock Lodge 46, Plymouth MI
Team Hoyt - Rick & Dick Hoyt
"The message of Team Hoyt is that everybody should be included in everyday life." Rick Hoyt
"Push for 25. Injuries won't keep the Hoyts from Silver Anniversary Run" (Boston Marathon)
"Autistic Teen's Hoop Dreams Come True"
Jason McElwain - "Unlikely Hero Video"
"17-year-old McElwain delivered stunning performance in first game"
“Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds”
“Jeff Erlanger Visits Mister Rogers.” This episode features the remarkable visit with Jeff Erlanger, a young boy who uses an electric wheelchair, explains about his disability and talks about some of his feelings. … It’s not easy to talk about some things, like … disabilities, but the reality of such things is often less scary to children than the fantasies they may have about them.
“The Home Run”, The Responsibility Project, Liberty Mutual
Though small, Tiffara Steward plays big for Farmingdale State |
Aimee Mullins on Running
Aimee Mullins - My Hero
Aimee Mullins
Brian Kajiyama -- Warrior
"Dustin Carter, A champ in and out of the ring"
"Eye to Eye: Dustin Carter"
"Wrestling with Adversity: Dustin Carter"
"Crusader Patrick Hughes receives Disney honor"
Patrick Henry Hughes
Derek Redmond - 1992 Barcelona Olympics
Friendship Circle
Boundless Playgrounds
Able to Play
The P.L.A.Y. Project
Clemyjontri Park - "Where Everyone Can Play"
A Place for all to Play: Clemyjontri Park, Washington Post
Pomegranate Center - Gathering Places, Meaningful Spaces
Strong Museum of Play - about Play |
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