Capital Campaign Brochure - Team Activities for Special Kids
Capital Campaign Brochure - Team Activities for Special Kids
Capital Campaign Brochure - Team Activities for Special Kids
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Put me in coach!<br />
<strong>Team</strong> <strong>Activities</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Kids</strong>
ENRICH THE LIvES Of YOUNg PEOPLE.<br />
IT IS OUR MISSION TO NURTURE AND<br />
THE NEED<br />
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW<br />
When children with special needs join a TASK sports team or social club, good things We wish to reach more of these children, who would aim higher and achieve more<br />
happen. They develop new skills. They gain confidence in their abilities. They try harder. if they experienced the personal success our programs inspire. We also want to<br />
They discover what it feels like to win.<br />
support their families, whose daily challenges are far greater than most of us can<br />
TASK – <strong>Team</strong> <strong>Activities</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Special</strong><br />
<strong>Kids</strong> – offers the St. Louis area’s<br />
only year-round, noncompetitive<br />
team sports and social programs<br />
imagine and who value the camaraderie and support<br />
they share with other TASK families walking a similar<br />
path. We want to do these things, and more. But we<br />
are limited by space.<br />
<strong>for</strong> youth with special needs. Since<br />
Since our founding in 1996, TASK has leased fields,<br />
1996, we have grown to welcome<br />
The Task ahead of us is greaT.<br />
basketball courts, office space and other facilities<br />
more than 800 participants each<br />
But it’s like we tell our athletes: we know we can do it! around St. Louis, patchworking together programs<br />
year to our basketball, kickball,<br />
We just need a little extra help from you.<br />
to accommodate the very special needs of the<br />
soccer and various other sports,<br />
children we serve.<br />
accepting each athlete as he or she<br />
is, and adapting our athletic programs to meet their individual needs. Many are also<br />
active in our social club and summer camp programs that help build social and life skills<br />
To accommodate the growing demand <strong>for</strong> our services,<br />
the time has come to create a home of our own. We need:<br />
in a safe, nurturing, “bully-free” environment. That’s the good news.<br />
» an accessible, safe and wonderful place that will enable us to expand our programs<br />
and serve as many as 5,000 of our region’s participants with special needs each year.<br />
The more humbling reality is that <strong>for</strong> every child with special needs we serve, there are<br />
at least five or six more who could benefit equally from our services. There are more<br />
» a positive, welcoming environment where youth with a wide range of abilities can<br />
than 27,000 children in the <strong>Special</strong> School District alone. That doesn’t include the<br />
be encouraged to reach their potential.<br />
thousands of kids with special needs in Missouri’s St. Charles or Jefferson counties, or » a secure, adaptive facility where St. Louis area parents can feel com<strong>for</strong>table leaving<br />
the three Illinois counties we also serve.<br />
their children <strong>for</strong> sports and social activities.<br />
Just the way I am!
“TASK<br />
showed<br />
me that all kids can have the<br />
opportunity to participate<br />
in team activities and social<br />
play. Through volunteering,<br />
I found my passion in life.<br />
Because of TASK, I learned<br />
about occupational therapy,<br />
<strong>for</strong> which I am currently<br />
in the final month of the<br />
masters program at Wash U.<br />
I owe so much of my joy and<br />
success to <strong>Team</strong> <strong>Activities</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Kids</strong>.”<br />
[AlI CASTellAno - VolUnTeer<br />
Help us by giving to our
THE SOLUTION<br />
TASK is embarking on a $3.5 million <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Campaign</strong> to<br />
fund our own activities center and athletic fields. Whether<br />
we build a new building, or purchase and adapt an existing<br />
one, our plans call <strong>for</strong> an accessible, centrally located center<br />
that includes:<br />
» Basketball courts<br />
» Outdoor fields<br />
» fitness room<br />
» Kitchen facilities<br />
With a home we can call our own, we will be able to:<br />
1.<br />
2.<br />
» Computer facilities<br />
» Dance studio<br />
» Multi-purpose/game room<br />
» Office/storage space<br />
ATHleTICS<br />
reCreATIonAl<br />
ACTIVITIeS<br />
lIFe SKIllS<br />
ACTIVITIeS<br />
Increase the number of youth with special needs we serve.<br />
TASK currently serves approximately 800 participants each year, age five and up,<br />
who face a wide range of physical, mental and emotional challenges. That is just<br />
a fraction of the children in our area who might benefit from our programs. With<br />
the facility we envision, we intend to serve as many as 5,000 youth a year.<br />
Expand the services we offer.<br />
Today, TASK offers more than a dozen different athletic, recreational and social<br />
programs. With your help, we intend to triple the number of programs, expanding<br />
further beyond sports to include day camps and a variety of therapy, social and life<br />
skill services.<br />
3.<br />
IT IS OUR MISSION TO NURTURE AND<br />
CurrenT Programs addiTional Programs Planned<br />
• Basketball<br />
• Bowling<br />
• Dance<br />
• Fitness Club<br />
• Floor Hockey<br />
• Soccer<br />
• Social Club<br />
• Summer Camp<br />
• Art Classes<br />
• Golf<br />
• Karate<br />
• <strong>Kids</strong> in Motion<br />
• Softball/T-ball<br />
• Volleyball<br />
• Kickball<br />
• Self Defense<br />
• Weight Training<br />
• Kickboxing<br />
• Aerobics<br />
• newcom<br />
• Sport lead-Up Skills<br />
• Scooter Hockey<br />
• <strong>Team</strong> Handball<br />
• Weekly Social Club • Wii Tournaments<br />
• Chorus<br />
• Free Gym night<br />
• Square Dance • Daily Fitness Center<br />
• Drama<br />
• Game night<br />
• Movie night<br />
• Indoor recreational Games<br />
• Cooking Classes • Home economics<br />
• Movement education<br />
• Cleaning/laundry<br />
• Computers<br />
• Banking<br />
• Sex education<br />
• Woodworking<br />
• Social Skills<br />
Consolidate our facilities.<br />
Today, our administrative offices are rented in one building, and we lease activity<br />
space in several south and southwest St. Louis County locations. The move will<br />
allow us to consolidate our operations in a single location, eliminating our current<br />
logistic challenges. It will also allow us to triple our program offerings without<br />
tripling our rent, enabling us to maximize the use of our space year round.<br />
$3.5 million capital campaign.<br />
ENRICH THE LIvES Of YOUNg PEOPLE.
ENRICH THE LIvES Of YOUNg PEOPLE.<br />
IT IS OUR MISSION TO NURTURE AND<br />
A MESSAgE fROM ExECUTIvE OffICERS<br />
Anyone who has ever witnessed a child standing alone on the sidelines, waiting to be picked<br />
<strong>for</strong> a team, understands why TASK exists. So does anyone who has ever been bullied or teased<br />
<strong>for</strong> being different.<br />
Since our founding in 1996, TASK has believed in the potential and worth of every child,<br />
particularly those with special needs. Our goal is to help them feel like an important,<br />
contributing member of their team and our community.<br />
We do it by:<br />
» focusing on skill development, rather than competition. Every TASK athlete is a winner!<br />
» adapting our programs to each participant’s special needs. No one is turned away.<br />
» offering sports and recreational activities that appeal to a wide range of interests.<br />
You can help us serve more of these deserving children by supporting our capital campaign. We<br />
thank you <strong>for</strong> your generous support.<br />
– Deb fruend, TASK Founder/Executive Director<br />
– Don guenther, Chairman of the Board<br />
a sPeCial PlaCe<br />
"Ms. Fruend, I just got in from recess, and I<br />
was picked on the soccer team second, and<br />
I scored three times, and all the guys gave<br />
me high fives. Pretty cool, huh... Thanks."<br />
[ryAn zIMPFer - TASK ATHleTe<br />
devoTed To kids WiTh sPeCial needs<br />
A MESSAgE fROM OUR CHAIRPERSONS<br />
As parents and supporters of TASK, we appreciate the skills and abilities TASK develops and<br />
we are proud to support their mission. We have seen, firsthand, that special young athletes not<br />
only learn the skills they are taught – like how to throw a ball or swing a golf club – but also<br />
learn to develop courage and express joy; to work together and cheer each other on; to build<br />
strength and confidence. It is <strong>for</strong> these children – our children – that we readily accept the<br />
challenge of helping TASK reach their <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Campaign</strong> goal.<br />
TASK is so much more than the chance <strong>for</strong> kids with special needs to learn athletic skills; TASK<br />
is a community. A community where families and kids can come together, sharing our ups and<br />
downs with other families who know what we’re going through. Celebrating the victories and<br />
com<strong>for</strong>ting the defeats, big and little, as part of a community. One whose common bond is our<br />
love <strong>for</strong> our children and our desire to find a place we they feel they fit in and can experience<br />
sports and the everyday joys of being a kid.<br />
Please join us in supporting TASK’s plan to create a place where these special young athletes<br />
can play, thrive and succeed.<br />
Thank you,<br />
– Paul Henckler, CEO, Trumpet Builders & Land Services<br />
– Jeffry N. Quinn, Chairman, President and CEO, Solutia Inc.<br />
– Tim Zimpfer, Technical Lead, Boeing<br />
Share in the joy
about Task<br />
TASK was founded in 1996 by an adaptive physical education teacher<br />
who <strong>for</strong>med a tee-ball league <strong>for</strong> 26 children with special needs who<br />
had no other place to play. It has since evolved into a year-round<br />
organization that welcomes children ages five and up, and offers more<br />
than a dozen athletic, recreational and social programs to more than 800<br />
participants. Participating families pay fees that cover a portion of our<br />
operating costs. The remaining costs are raised through fundraisers.<br />
of seeing them belong.
ConTaCT Task!<br />
11139 south Towne square, suite d<br />
st. louis, mo 63123<br />
Phone: 314.845.3641<br />
fax: 314.845.9491<br />
tasksports@sbcglobal.net<br />
www.tasksports.org<br />
They’re ready to play.
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