Hinsdale Magazine, November 2019 Q: How did you first hear about Diveheart? I heard about Diveheart through the Aurora Vet Center. I was going there for readjustment counseling and was told that I might enjoy the Diveheart Scuba Experience (DSE) event that was being held nearby. This...
Corporate Communications February 2019 Ben Hetrick has always found freedom in the water. As little kid it was swimming with family. As a young man it was water sports with his buddies. After his accident, it was water therapy. “Being suspended in the water relieves all pressure...
by Julie Mann CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Diveheart is taking people with disabilities to new heights by taking them to new depths, underwater. Jim Elliot is the founder and President of the Diveheart charitable foundation, "that helps veterans and children and others with disabilities build confidence, independence...
by Jay Shefsky WTTW Chicago People with disabilities have been proving for years that no sport is off-limits. And whether or not an athlete is disabled, every sport can offer physical and emotional benefits. Scuba diving, research has shown, offers special benefits for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and...
By Marie Wilson, Daily Herald Army veteran Kirk Williams knows the benefits of scuba diving through a nonprofit organization called Diveheart. So does Coast Guard veteran Kevin Cozzie. "The weightlessness kind of helps my body release itself," Cozzie said. "I can feel it when I get out...
Sunday's ABC 7 feature on how Veterans with disabilities benefit from Scuba Therapy? our purpose is to provide scuba diving programs to helps veterans, adults and children with disabilities with the expectation of giving both physical and mental remedial incentive to that individual. watch...
Why did this veteran choose Diveheart training when he became an Adaptive Scuba Instructor? Check out the upcoming issue of Sport Diver Magazine to find out why! You can do it too.Find out more...
Sunday, February 07, 2016 RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (KABC) -- A special scuba diving program teaches people with disabilities that they can do more than they ever imagined. Below the surface the differences are hard to find, but back on dry land there's no escaping it. "I got injured...
(The Florida Bar News) THE DIVEBAR’S ROOT project culminated this summer with some heroic scuba divers — military veterans with service-related disabilities. ROOT — Restoring Our Oceans Together — paired specially-trained divers with wounded veterans, some of whom are paraplegics or who had lost limbs...
Wounded warriors are helping to replant endangered staghorn coral off a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The expedition was led by Nova Southeastern University’s reef restoration program, and organized by South Florida-based DiveBar, a dive group for lawyers, and Diveheart, a global organization that assists...