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| | Tim's Kids Sled Hockey | | | |  | | | | Tim’s Kids Sled Hockey Session Begins June 3 Sled Hockey is an adaptive form of the sport of ice hockey. Tim's Kids Sled Hockey programan opportunity for Brevard County's disabled athletes of all skill levels and ages to participate in a fast-paced, competitive sport that provides exercise and fun. Primarily, but not exclusively, geared towards athletes with lower body disabilities, the players use sleds and specialized sticks to play the game with only minor rules modifications. Sled, or Sledge, Hockey is a fairly new and expanding sport for the disabled. Sled Hockey was first developed in Norway in 1971 in order to meet the special recreational, emotional and physical fitness needs of the disabled. Players sit in medal sleds and use short ice picks to propel themselves across the ice. Standard hockey rules apply. Legal body contact and raised puck shooting are as much a part of sled hockey as they are in traditional hockey. Tim's Kids Sled Hockey offers youth and adults to try the sport of Sled Hockey in a free introductory program at Space Coast Iceplex in Rockledge. Tim’s Kids will be sponsoring a 10-week session to introduce new physically disabled athletes to the exciting sport of sled hockey, an adaptive form of our sport of ice hockey. The session will be coached by Tom Reinarts, coach of the Space Coast sled hockey teams, with assistance from some members of the youth and adult teams that have had so much success at the national level. As with our standard Tim’s Kids program, there will be no cost to the participants and all necessary equipment will be loaned to the players for the duration of the 10-week session, thanks to the NHL’s Hockey is for Everyone initiative, the NHL Players’ Association’s Goals and Dreams Program, and RBC Canada. If interested, please email Coach Tom (tomreinarts@earthlink.net), Susan Szymula (susan@timskids.org), or Gary O’Neil (oneil@timskids.org). To register, click here.
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 Sports Recreation and Leisure Resources
Space Coast Challenged Amateur Athletic Association
321-636-5661
Christi Long
Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cheer, Social activities for athletes ages 6 thru adult.
Rockledge Challenger Little League
321-636-5661
Christy Long
Baseball, ages 5 to 18.
Viera Suntree Challenger Little League
321-961-2178
Charlie Crawford
Dave Zavetz, zavetz@earthlink.net
http://www.vierasuntreelittleleague.org/
Baseball, ages 5 to 18
Special Olympic Brevard County
321-254-9799
Cindy Dropeski
cindydropeski@intercoastalinsurnace.com
www.sobrevard.org
Track and Field, Bocce ball, Volleyball, Basketball, Bowling, Swimming, Equestrian for all ages.
TOPSoccer
Courtney Baines 321-917-8272 www.spacecoastsoccer.org/TOPSoccer/
Soccer for school aged athletes with disabilities
Very Special Arts
(321-752-2740 x5208 www.vsarts.org www.vsabrevard.org
VSA of Brevard is the local affiliate of an international organization that creates learning opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities. The organization offers arts-based programs for special needs children and adults in Brevard County, Florida.
Special Spotlight Theatre
(321) 951-2420.
This 20-year-old organization is dedicated to the cultural enrichment of special-needs people. It presents one production a year featuring special-needs entertainers. It is based at the Henegar Center for the Arts, 625 E. New Haven Ave., Melbourne.
Greener Pastures Therapeutic Riding Center
321-724-5008
http://www.greenerpasturestrc.org/
Horses Helping People to Strengthen Inside And Out
Harmony Farms
321-631-9433
www.harmonyfarmsinc.com
Improving the quality of life for handicapped individuals through interaction with horses
Therapeutic horseback riding
HorseSisters and Associates
(321) 385-0216
www.horsesisters.org
Horses helping humans
Therapeutic horseback riding
Florida Disabled Outdoors Association
www.fdoa.org
Resource for outdoor activity and accessibility
Brevard County Parks and Recreation
www.brevardparks.com/disabilities/index.php
The program offers a wide variety of activities for developmentally and physically challenged individuals. Activities offer opportunities to socialize, practice new skills, participate in field trips, learn life skills, establish new friendships and serve the community. Youth summer and holiday camps. Adult activities include bingo, dances, arts and crafts, nature education, field trips and karaoke.
North Area Park Operations
321-264-5058
Central Area Park Operations
321-455-1380
South Area Park Operations
321-255-4436
Call and visit website for complete list of activities and park resources.
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