Specia Needs Sports
Tax deductible
We are raising money for a sport program for children with special needs. The money will go towards uniforms, background checks, equipment, field rental, awards, pictures and videos insurance and scholarships. We are strictly a volunteer organization. We need these funds immediately to start the fall season. Our athletes range in age from 4 yrs to 22 yrs old with any type of physical/cognitive delay. Our athletes can be high function the the most sever profound wheelchair bound. We take all diagnoses and everyone plays regardless of their ability.
Exceptional Kids Athletics Inc (EKA) is a non profit 501C3 company that provides athletic programs to children with special needs ages4 yrs to 22yrs old with any type of physical/cognitive impairment from very high functioning children to severally profound medically fragile children in Gwinnett County, GA. We were founded by an Occupational Therapist, Aimee Prainito, MA, OTR, who ha almost 3o yrs of experience working with special needs children, her late husband Scott Prainto, and Jonn Warde, a former international soccer player who has a child with Autism in June 2012. Our goal is to make these programs as typical as possible and as close to a regular recreational league as we can.
We started EKA because the mother, Lisa Fochtman, of one of Aimee's clients was complaining to Aimee that there were no local special need sports programs locally that fit her schedule and required a lot of work on the parents part. When Aimee told Scott about it, he suggested they start their own sports program. So with the help of Jonn and advisors Mark Carr and Adam Guillion, EKA was formed.
We are different than other special needs athletic programs is that EKA is run by and OT and a soccer professional. Parents do not have to coach. We provide buddy volunteers and adult volunteers that have been trained to work with the special needs population. Anyone over the age of 18 who volunteers must pass a background check. Most of our coaches are coaching certifies and CPR/First aid trained. No one is allowed on the field without a background check. We also play in a gated or locked in facility with a sign in and sign out sheet. We do everything we can to protect your child. We provide scholarships to those in need.
This Program is dedicated to Scott Prainito, Co-Founder and Coach, 1968-2015.
Exceptional Kids Athletics Inc (EKA) is a non profit 501C3 company that provides athletic programs to children with special needs ages4 yrs to 22yrs old with any type of physical/cognitive impairment from very high functioning children to severally profound medically fragile children in Gwinnett County, GA. We were founded by an Occupational Therapist, Aimee Prainito, MA, OTR, who ha almost 3o yrs of experience working with special needs children, her late husband Scott Prainto, and Jonn Warde, a former international soccer player who has a child with Autism in June 2012. Our goal is to make these programs as typical as possible and as close to a regular recreational league as we can.
We started EKA because the mother, Lisa Fochtman, of one of Aimee's clients was complaining to Aimee that there were no local special need sports programs locally that fit her schedule and required a lot of work on the parents part. When Aimee told Scott about it, he suggested they start their own sports program. So with the help of Jonn and advisors Mark Carr and Adam Guillion, EKA was formed.
We are different than other special needs athletic programs is that EKA is run by and OT and a soccer professional. Parents do not have to coach. We provide buddy volunteers and adult volunteers that have been trained to work with the special needs population. Anyone over the age of 18 who volunteers must pass a background check. Most of our coaches are coaching certifies and CPR/First aid trained. No one is allowed on the field without a background check. We also play in a gated or locked in facility with a sign in and sign out sheet. We do everything we can to protect your child. We provide scholarships to those in need.
This Program is dedicated to Scott Prainito, Co-Founder and Coach, 1968-2015.
Fundraising team: EKA (2)
Aimee Weinstein Prainito
Organiser
Raised $455 from 6 donations
Snellville, GA
Exceptional Kids Athletics Inc
Registered charity
Donations are typically 100% tax-deductible in the US.
Jonn Warde
Team member
