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Diveheart Empowers People With Disabilities Through Scuba Diving (Success Magazine)
January 14, 2016
After Jim Elliott helped his blind daughter learn to ski, he was so inspired by her new skills and free spirit that he ultimately decided to focus his life’s work on helping people with disabilities. “You can only ski in certain times of the year...
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Diveheart article on Ocean Geographic Explorer
January 11, 2016
Diveheart, a non-profit 510 (c) 3 organization, was founded in 2001. The vision was to build confidence and independence and self esteem in children, adults and veterans with disabilities through scuba diving. Thanks to the wonder of the water column, the oceans and lakes of...
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Can You Dive If You Have Cerebral Palsy and You Are Blind?
November 16, 2015
(Article from Miss Scuba / MissScuba.com) DIVEHEART Says Yes! My name is Ashley and I am 27 years old. I first got introduced to diving and Diveheart in 2008. From the very first time in the pool, I knew this was definitely for me. It felt amazing...
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Eagle Scout brings joy of scuba diving to those with disabilities
November 12, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](The Orland Park Prairie) Boy Scout Jason Marquardt, of Mokena, was literally over his head with work Nov. 1, as he brought the joy and wonder of scuba diving to three individuals with disabilities at the 55,000-gallon, 89-degree pool at Scuba Emporium in Orland Park. “Jason...
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DiveBar’s ROOT Project – Restoring Our Oceans Together
November 10, 2015
(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...
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630 Chamber Awards: Nonprofit
September 17, 2015
Diveheart was selected as the top honoree for it's community contribution in the non profit category. Working with for profit and other non profit chamber members in the community, Diveheart has helped serve children, veterans and others with disabilities through cutting edge techniques in adaptive...
Diveheart Promo – 30 Seconds
August 30, 2015
Diveheart Promo – 60 Seconds
August 30, 2015
The Blind Sport Podcast – Blind Scuba Diving
August 29, 2015
Jim outlines the objectives of Diveheart and shares his experiences of how diving has positively effected people with a variety of disabilities and of a wide range of ages. He explains how with adapted training and technology, how totally blind, partially sighted and deafblind divers...