Bay Area Community Resources

Bay Area Sport Organizations 

Abilities United

525 East Charleston Road,   Palo Alto, California 94306  Phone:650-494-0550

Transportation: not available

Cost: costs vary

Age range: infants-adulthood

Activities: Aquatics, fitness, recreation, rehabilitation

Access Adventure

PO Box 2852, Fairfield,   California 94533  Phone:707-999-1419

Transportation: no transportation

Cost: no cost, donations accepted

Age range: youth and adult, children need adult supervision

Activities: Outdoor recreation, open space access, education and therapy through a working partnership with horses.

Autism Social Connection

SF Central YMCA  387 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: (650) 564-4272

Transportation: Public Transportation is close to most locations.

Cost: unknown

Age Range: 8-18

Activities: Inclusive Film Groups, Inclusive Drama Groups, Inclusive Social Choice Groups for Girls, Inclusive Social Groups for Teens, Kids Night Out.

Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors

Pier 40, the Embarcadero,  San Francisco, California 94107  Phone: 415-281-0212

Transportation: not available

Cost: $36 year/$75 per family

Age range: Children need to be at least 6 years old.

Activities: Ride on Access Dinghies on Saturdays, Keelboats on Sundays

Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program

830 Bancroft Way,  Berkeley, CA 94710   Phone:510.849.4663   Fax: 510.849.4616

Transportation: provided for most activities

Cost: Financial assistance may be provided for some families, low-cost, no-cost, or sliding scale basis as appropriate

Age range: 5-19 years old

Activities:  Wheelchair basketball, power soccer, track & field, and handcycling, outing adventures such as, theater trips, museum tours, hikes, ski trips, kayaking, rafting and whale watching. Fitness center.

Environmental Traveling Companions

Fort Mason Center, Landmark Bldg C, San Francisco, California 94123  Phone: 415-474-7662

Transportation: not available

Cost: can apply for a sliding scale scholarship

Age range: 14-18 year old

Activities:  Raft whitewater rivers, ski alpine meadows, kayak the waters of the Golden Gate and Tomales Bay, and build leadership skills.  Youth LEAD Fellowship Program, volunteer guide training, and program internships

Far West Wheelchair AthleticAssociation

3369 Union Ave, San Jose, CA 95124 Phone: 408-369-6438

Transportation: not available

Cost: depending on clinics – free to $75

Age range: 5-21

Activities: A wide variety of competitive and recreational sports are offered for wheelchair athletes, including track and field, pentathlon (2 track and 3 field events), swimming, archery, fencing, weightlifting, table tennis, basketball, water-skiing, and tennis.  Also, lacrosse camp, Jr. Sports Camp, PowerSoccer.

The Janet Pomeroy Center

207 Skyline Blvd. San Francisco, Ca. 94132  Phone: (415) 665-4100

Transportation:  For a fee

Cost:  Scholarships may be available to some families; one on one assistance will need to be paid by family

Age range: 5-21 year olds

Activities: Drama & dance, arts & crafts, indoor & outdoor games, swimming, computer lab, field trips, and cooking classes available.  After school, Saturdays and Day camps when school is out are available.

Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN)

525 Market Street. 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105  Phone: 415.710-4412

Transportation:  no transportation

Cost: no cost

Age range: children, teens, young adults

Activities: Sports, basketball clinics, KEENquatics

Lighthouse for the Blind and VisuallyImpaired *Also for Deafblind

214 Van Ness Avenue,  San Francisco, California 94102  Phone: 415-431-1481

Transportation: check website, lots of information for different activities

Cost: varies on camp

Age Range: babies-adults

Activities: Summer camps called “Enchanted Hills”, working on developing youth camp during year.

Paralympic Sports Club San Jose-Through San Jose Parks and Rec.

3369 Union Avenue,  San Jose, California 95124  Phone: 408-369-6438

Transportation: not available

Cost: fees vary

Age range: 5-21

Activities:   Rec. Programs for youth and teens with cognitive or physical disabilities

Adapted Bowling, Wheels on Fire, Northern California Junior Sports Camp (ages 5-21)

San Jose Parks and Recreations and Neighborhood Services

Check this listing for more up to date listings.

Bowling: $120, 11 years old and up

Hip Hop Dance: $40 session, 5-18 year old

Cooking: $80/8 weeks, 16 year olds and up

San Jose Rockets Power Soccer (San Jose Parks and Rec)

San Jose, California

Transportation: not available

Cost: $80/9 weeks

Age range: 5 years old and up

Activities: Wheelchair soccer team and camp

South Bay Smash (San Jose Parks and Rec)

3369 Union Avenue,  San Jose, California 95124 

Transportation: not available

Cost: $100/28 weeks

Age range: 13 years and up

Activities: Wheelchair tennis

 

United Cerebral Palsy of the Golden Gate

1970 Broadway, Suite 115, Oakland, CA 94612  Phone: (510) 832-7430

Transportation: not available

Cost: Costs vary depending on programs.

Age Range: Ages vary for different programs.

Activities:  Afterschool programs (k-8), Early Head Start Home Based Program (0-3 year olds), Special Skaters Program, Fall Art Class, Basketball Camp and Aquatics.