Help Kids with Disabilities Play and Have Fun at KEEN

Kids and Teens Sports take place on Sundays from September-June. During the Kids and Teen Sports Programs, athletes (KEEN's children and teens with disabilities) and volunteers come together for one-to-one activities. Together they do individual activities that are tailored solely to the needs of the athlete. They may throw a basketball or kick a soccer ball, or they may take a walk around the outdoor track. Many love to bounce on 36" balls or be pulled along the floor on a flat wheeled scooter. A group may form for Duck, Duck, Goose. The session ends with everyone coming together in a circle (although some athletes still need to run around its periphery, and that's okay) and sharing with the group what they did that day "that made them very Proud." They literally go out dancing: the Hokey Pokey for the younger kids and the Macarena for the teens and young adults. Athletes burn energy, meet and interact with new volunteers, see old friends, and then rejoin their parents, who have had some precious respite time. Event location: Tilden Middle School, 11211 Old Georgetown Road, N. Bethesda, MD All volunteers must register and sign up on www.keengreaterdc.org, attend orientation and training the day they volunteer, and be mature and responsible.