Special Needs Awareness Programs (SNAP) Presented by Lauren McAllister 2014-2015

Purpose • • • To bring Key Clubbers together with Aktion Club and the rest of the Kiwanis Family To increase interaction between high schoolers and special needs individuals To emphasize the core value of inclusiveness by incorporating others with different skills and lifestyles

Ways to get involved • • • • • • • • Buddy Baseball Tennis for Fun Horses for Handicaps Special Olympics Special Needs Proms Easter Seals Inter-club Projects with Aktion Club and other Kiwanis Family branches Working with ESE classes in your schools

• Buddy Baseball Buddy Baseball is a program that helps special needs kids play team sports (in this case baseball).

• Tennis for fun is another organization that gets special needs children involved in playing team sports (in this case tennis).

Tennis for Fun

Aktion Club • • Aktion Club is the only service club for adults with disabilities, with more than 11,000 members worldwide.

There are nearly 36 clubs in the Florida District.

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