Access to the community is one of the greatest obstacles our clients can face due to socioeconomic restrictions, lack of access to transportation, and limited time. Our staff provide supervision to not only ensure a safe excursion into the community but to places many have never experienced before. Our program was gifted a van from incredibly generous donors, which has recently opened up our range of trips exponentially.

 

We now offer the following trips to our clients:

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• Trips centered around independent living skills ​

  • Weekly grocery store trips (navigating aisles, interacting appropriately with staff, how to budget, etc.)

  • CrossFit Hyde Park (teaching healthy fitness habits)

  • Taekwondo Tamp​a (teaching healthy fitness habits)

• Trips centered around socialization- change monthly​

  • All-In Printing

  • Port Tampa Bay

  • Main Event

  • Florida Aquarium

  • Inspire Acres

  • Lowry Park Zoo

  • Pin Chasers

  • Croc Encounters

  • Look Dine-In Cinemas

  • ...and so many more!!

• ​Trips centered around community integration

  • Weekly walks to community parks (when weather permits)

  • Volunteering at Hillsborough Education Foundation teacher store​

  • Volunteering at the Focus Cafe over summers

  • Volunteering at the Humane Society

  • Volunteering with Little St. Nick and Tampa General Hospital

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On top of providing access to the community, we also provide the following lesson material consistently to our clients:

• ​Transportation skills

• Navigating the community

• Appropriate behaviors in public

• Respectful ways to interact with business owners

• How to ask for help​

• Navigating safely in parking lots

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