Season Category: Year Round
Project HEART through Willows Way
HEART is an acronym for Health Enrichment And Resource Training. We offer free personal skill classes to adults with developmental disabilities on topics such as cooking, nutrition, exercise, personal hygiene, relationships, and problem solving. Individuals attend with their caregivers as needed.
Boxing Lessons for Fitness and Therapy
Jose Jones, owner and therapist, is ready to show you how to box for fitness and self-improvement. He uses the skill of boxing to teach self-esteem skills, of setting personal goals, or just plain having fun while learning the art of boxing.
Jose Jones
1227 North 2nd Street
St. Charles, Missouri 63301
Ohana Martial Arts
We teach Kajukenbo, a combo of four martial arts styles that encourage personal expression of martial arts. We tailor our classes to your needs and offer a special needs class for youth and adults with disabilities. Our classes are upbeat, challenging and fun! Check out a class for free!
Spectrum Fitness, CrossFit
Personal Trainer, Stephanie Hoffman, pushes you to your limits with individualized Cross Fit personal training sessions. This program serves people with disabilities in St. Peters, St. Charles, O’Fallon, Wentzville & Surrounding areas in MO. Training sessions occur at the Cross Fit locations in St. Charles County
Stephanie Hoffman, Lead Trainer
spectrumfitmo@gmail.com
2001 Trade Center Drive
St. Peters, MO 63376
Gymnastics
Our 10,000+ square foot facility has full size and scaled down gymnastic equipment for children ages 18 months-18 years of age. If your child with a disability needs specialized instruction, we offer private lessons for children that focuses on developing skills based on individual ability.
Ride To Unite
Cycle St. Louis has changed it’s name to Ride to Unite (RTU), which better reflects its goals and activities. Our ambition of Cycling Without Limits aligns perfectly with Leisure Without Limits, the vision our parent organization, the Recreation Council. RTU volunteers, together with local partners, will continue to create cycling opportunities for children and adults with disabilities in the St. Louis area. These efforts include providing access to adapted cycles, communications about a variety of cycling resources, and facilitating opportunities for individuals to participate in organized rides.
Ride to Unite is a group of nonprofit organizations and individuals who come together to create cycling opportunities for children and adults of all abilities in the St. Louis Metro area. Click Here for more information about Ride To Unite or call 314-726-6044 x 101.
Here are a few more cycling resources for those who want to enjoy the sport of cycling:
- Creative Mobility: www.thebikerack.com Building adapted cycles.
- Gateway Tykes on Trykes works to get adapted bikes to families: www.facebook.com/groups/
- Arya Foundation funds equipment purchases: https://thearyafoundation.org/apply
- Variety does a bike give-away every year: www.varietystl.org/equipment/bikesforkids
Notice-as of July 2023: The Recreation Council has removed the adapted cycles at THE BIKE STOP in downtown St. Charles. They remain a valued partner of the Recreation Council so contact them to rent one of their other bikes or attend a weekly event.
Disabled Athlete Sports Association, DASA
Our programs introduce both youth through age 21 to adapted sports and fitness activities that promote physical fitness, self-confidence, family values, and a positive, team-building environment designed to encourage personal growth throughout all aspects of life. We serve people with physical and hearing disabilities. We grow the sport and fitness ability of everyone from non-competitive athletes to paralympians.
St. Louis Arc
The St. Louis Arc Leisure Services Dept. offers a variety of recreational and leisure programs for youth, teens and adults. Activities include individuals and team sports, leisure and socialization activities and respite. Through participation in St. Louis Arc’s programs, individuals are engaging in self-satisfying experiences that contribute to achieving a healthy leisure lifestyle.
Black Belt Karate
Here at ATA Martial Arts we encourage each student to develop to his or her fullest potential, by focusing on the strengths of our students and optimize the training in order for the student to be successful. We offer inclusive classes with special attention to the needs of students who have disabilities.
Joan Cather, Owner and Instructor
12388 Natural Bridge Road
Bridgeton, MO 63044