Big Muddy Adventures
Canoe Adventure Trips
Whether this is your first time paddling or you’re a bonafide river rat, Big Muddy Adventures has a trip for you. We offer a wide range of options, from hour-long paddles to multi-day expeditions to private island dinners on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. We can customize a trip for your group and we make accommodations to support people with disabilities to attend our trips.
Service Area:
St. Charles County, St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Travel & Outdoor Adventures
Ages Served:
Adults, Teens, Youth
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Inclusive
Friendship Ministry for Adults with Special Needs
Chesterfield Presbyterian Church
The Friendship Ministry meets Sunday 9am and Thursday 7pm to reach out in love to the greater St. Louis community, leading adults with special needs. By God’s word, through God’s love, and with God’s promises to individuals, we train these unique people to live within a church community. Each week, we gather for a variety of learning experiences led by a team of gifted, trained, loving, and enthusiastic Friendship Class ministry team members.
Service Area:
St. Louis County
Program Type:
Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Adults
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
Concordia Fellowship Groups
Concordia Lutheran Church
Concordia’s Special Needs Ministry offers a weekly Bible fellowship class for adults with special needs ages 18 and up. The class will begin with Biblical instruction delivered in a way that is accessible to adults with special learning needs. Concordia also has a youth programs for special needs including a Buddy Ministry, Deaf Ministry, sensory room, and summer VBS for kids with special needs.
Service Area:
St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Adults, Teens, Youth
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
Felice Cuores Party Time Adult Social
St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church
Felice Cuores Party Time! A party for adults, 18 and older, with cognitive and developmental disabilities. The parties are from 7pm to 10pm on the second Saturday of each month from September thru May. A $5 entry fee includes DJ, soda, snacks and door prizes. The parties are chaperoned by the Knights of Columbus and the Ladies’ Auxiliaries. There is no charge for parents or caregivers who choose to stay.
Service Area:
St. Louis County
Program Type:
Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Adults
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
Heart and Soul Social Group
Bonhomme Church Ministries
Join us for an evening of praise and worship, prayer, bible stories, crafts and ministry projects. We meet the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month for a night fellowship opportunity for adults with special needs which focuses on teaching Biblical truths about Jesus.
Service Area:
St. Louis County
Program Type:
Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Adults
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Adult Social Group
ACTION Monthly Adult Social Group
Achieving Christ in Our Neighborhood (ACTION) – This is a ministry for developmentally disabled adults who are sometimes overlooked in the mainstream activities of daily parish life and the opportunities offered for social, ministerial, and outreach activities. A group of volunteers holds monthly themed events with lunch for the participants, their parents, and caregivers. Attendees participate in fun activities while parents and caregivers share ideas and offer support to each other.
Service Area:
St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Adults
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design
Art and Craft Classes, Workshops and Camps
Enriching and empowering community through craft. We are a non-profit art center offering contemporary craft exhibitions, classes, free community programs, and a gallery shop featuring the work of national and regional artists. We offer classes in glass, metal, clay, fiber, wood, drawing, painting, weaving, and jewelry. Our summer camps for ages 7-14 are designed to engage youth in learning fun and new studio techniques by making amazing artworks.
Service Area:
St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Arts, Day Camps
Ages Served:
Adults, Teens, Youth
Season:
Summer, Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Inclusive
COCA, Creative Arts
Arts, Dance, Theater
COCA provides meaningful arts experiences for youth and adults in our own studio and through community outreach programs. We nurture the artistic and creative potential through classes in art & design, dance, fitness, theatre, and voice. We pride ourselves on offering some of the most creative Spring & Summer Arts Camps for youth ages 3-18.
Service Area:
St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Arts, Day Camps, Performing Arts
Ages Served:
Adults, Teens, Youth
Season:
Summer, Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Inclusive
Emerge Everyone
Specialized Fitness Program & Personal Training
Emerge EveryOne is a group workout program designed specifically for exercisers with intellectual disabilities. We offer these classes once per week free of charge. We also offer individualized fitness training at our gyms in St. Charles and Wentzville, MO.
Service Area:
St. Charles County
Program Type:
Sports & Fitness
Ages Served:
Adults, Teens
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
Camp Courage
Specialized Overnight Camp for Adults
Camp Courage is a 4-day/3-night, all-inclusive summer camping program for adults with special needs, including Down syndrome, birth defects, cognitive delays and high functioning Autism. This program is held each June, in Stewartsville, Missouri.
Service Area:
St. Charles County, St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Overnight Camps
Ages Served:
Adults
Season:
Summer
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
