Diveheart offers scuba diving and therapy to individuals with disabilities worldwide. We interviewed Founder Jim Elliott and President Tinamarie Hernandez about Diveheart’s mission and impact. We’...
Read moreDiveheart has secured patents to build a 150-foot deep pool, aimed at providing new treatments for disabilities. The Diveheart Deep Pool Project will offer enriched aquatic therapies for condit...
Read moreDiveheart Founder & President Jim Elliott explains the benefits of adaptive scuba therapy for persons with disabilities to WGN during their Spotlight Chicago segment....
Read moreThe Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner Podcast Listen Here Please join me for this 30-minute interview. Jim started Diveheart.org more than 20 years ago. This nonprofit organization offers an unde...
Read moreByJim Elliott -Sunday, June 9, 2024 For many of us, walking is an ability we often take for granted. For others, like Barbara Mabbs from Aurora, the opportunity to be upright and watch her feet prope...
Read moreDIVEHEART: STORIES FROM THE HEART – DEDICATION, SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP By Jim Elliott | May 10, 2024 Service above self is how I try to live my life and with the help of great service organizations ...
Read moreKathy and Joni of Radio Rotary interview Rotarians Jim Elliott and Tinamarie Hernandez about Diveheart, a nonprofit organization using scuba diving as therapy for people with disabilities. Jim and Tin...
Read moreDIVEHEART: STORIES FROM THE HEART – MOVING BEYOND NAPERVILLE’S HIGH SCHOOL POOLS By Jim Elliott | April 14, 2024 For years Diveheart has been collaborating with several high schools that serve s...
Read moreLAKE COUNTY NEWS-SUN Deepest U.S. pool proposed for North Chicago would be a godsend for the disabled, planners say; ‘No one has ever done anything like this’ By CHLOE HILLES | chilles@chicagotrib...
Read moreDiveheart to build deepest warm water therapy pool for people with disabilities From Malaysia to the United States, one non-profit is using SCUBA diving to help people with disabilities. With the help...
Read moreU.S. organization plans for world’s deepest therapy pool in Illinois February 21, 2024 Rendering of the world’s deepest therapy pool proposed for Downers Grove, Ill. Image courtesy Diveheart Diveh...
Read moreWQAD8 talks with Diveheart President and Founder, Jim Elliott, and Executive Director, Tinamarie Hernandez about plans for the deepest warm water therapy pool to be build in the Chicago suburbs...
Read moreThe Country’s Deepest Swimming Pool Is Planned for Chicago by ELLIOT MCGOWAN • FEBRUARY 20, 2024 Measuring 130 feet, Diveheart’s planned North Chicago facility will offer adaptive scuba ...
Read moreLAKE COUNTY NEWS-SUN Funds being raised to open country’s deepest swimming pool in North Chicago; ‘Oh my gosh, won’t this be amazing’ This rendering shows the depth of the pool beneath the b...
Read moreLocal nonprofit Diveheart launches fundraiser for therapy pool ...
Read moreTHERAPEUTIC SCUBA WILL GO DEEPER WITH DIVEHEART’S NEWEST POOL By Lake County Partners, Date: February 1, 2024 Imagine escaping your wheelchair and standing upright. Diveheart, a non-profit organiz...
Read moreDiveheart imagines possibilities for those with physical and developmental disabilities By: Angela Hager, NCTV17 Diveheart provides and supports educational scuba diving programs that are open to ...
Read moreFor a Good Cause: Aquarium’s Festival of Human Abilities returns next weekend By HILLARY MA | hma@scng.com The Festival of Human Abilities — a two-day event aimed at celebrating the creative talen...
Read moreTRAVIS MARSHALL is a writer and diver based in Asheville, North Carolina, covering scuba diving training and travel. ADAPTIVE DIVING INSTRUCTOR BY TRAVIS MARSHALL The diving world is filled with peopl...
Read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Diveheart’s Deep Pool Project Campaign Launch: A Revolutionary Leap in Inclusive Aquatic Therapy Downers Grove, IL 01/06/2024 — Diveheart, a pioneering non-profit organ...
Read moreTherapeutic Scuba Will Go Deeper With Diveheart’s Newest Pool Imagine escaping your wheelchair and standing upright. Diveheart, a non-profit organization based in Downer’s Grove, Ill., has been h...
Read moreDisabled people conquer scuba diving with Diveheart in Kota Kinabalu Sabah The Borneo Post by Elton Gomez, 56 DIVE LOG Australasia #403 – December ‘23 KOTA KINABALU: With the tagline ‘Imagin...
Read moreTORCHBEARER AWARDS OCEAN TORCHBEARER AWARDS Syed Abd Rahman CERTIFICATION LEVEL: PADI IDC Staff Instructor (IDCS-302849) LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia CAUSE: Training the next generation of scuba d...
Read moreStrike Back at Gravity with Adaptive Scuba Diving on Catalina Island The inclusive scuba practice makes a moment of buoyancy accessible for anyone of any ability. By Ben Mesirow | thrillist.com For al...
Read moreWBBM NEWSRADIO 780 AM & 105.9 FM Latina Equal Pay Day: Local Latina business leaders work to make a difference By AnnMarie Welser This year, Latinas will earn 52 cents for every $1 earned by whit...
Read moreShareCare Honors Illinois Nonprofit with Award in the Behavioral Health Category, Diveheart wins with inspirational story of young scuba diver on autism spectrum. Diveheart, a nonprofit organization d...
Read morePeggy Domitz, who was paralyzed a decade ago, has traveled to Bonaire, Grenada, Cozumel and other locations through the scuba diving programs of Diveheart, a Downers Grove-based nonprofit group. Her w...
Read moreTIME CHICAGO Diveheart Foundation: Scuba Therapy for the Disabled Community DAYTIME CHICAGO Diveheart Foundation: Scuba Therapy for the Disabled Community...
Read moreEpisode 54: Scuba Diving Therapy for Veterans In this episode, Danny Mayberry interviewed Jim Elliott and Tinamarie Hernandez, the leaders of Diveheart, a nonprofit organization that helps people with...
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Read moreScuba’s Therapeutic Potential 06/25/2023 (NewsUSA) – When scuba diving instructor Jim Elliott first started teaching individuals with physical disabilities in 1997, he intuitively realized...
Read moreNaperville Youth Artist Creates Meaningful Art for Downers Grove Nonprofit, Diveheart Downers Grove, IL – June 21, 2023 – Sarah Wang, a talented sophomore at Naperville North High School, has ...
Read moreAfter 17-year-old Claire Christofori took her first underwater breaths in the swimming pool at Arlington Park & Aquatic Complex on June 17, she said she was looking forward to something eve...
Read moreDiveheart Named Finalist in 2023 Sharecare Awards | Telemundo Chicago Diveheart’s video series, “Divers with Heart,” along with the videos “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Adaptive Dive Bud...
Read moreDiveheart named finalist in 2023 Sharecare Awards Empowering Divers with Disabilities: Diveheart Shines as Finalist in Sharecare Awards Downers Grove, IL– June 9, 2023 – Diveheart is thrilled to...
Read moreScuba for the Disabled (Aired On March 5, 2023) Rotarian Jim Elliott (Downers Grove, Illinois) took the lesson he had learned in a college course in scuba (Self-Controlled Underwater Breathing Apparat...
Read moreExcerpt from “AMPUTEES ARE TAKING THE PLUNGE INTO WATER SPORTS”, Amplitude Magazine May/June 2023 Scuba Diving Chris McClanathan preps for a dive. Photo courtesy Diveheart. Chris McClanath...
Read moreAdapting to Dive chosen as Official Selection of 2023 Julien Dubuque International Film Festival! ...
Read moreHope Saves the Day Show #392 Feb 28, 2023 Paul Cimins interviews Jim Elliott, who left a successful career in the media business to launch Diveheart a 501c(3) not-for-profit organization that helps bu...
Read moreIn this segment of Autism Live, the founder and president of of Diveheart, Jim Elliot and his Executive Director, Tinamarie Hernandez discuss how helpful SCUBA therapy can be and how they make sure to...
Read moreEnterprise Holdings Foundation Donates $5000 to Diveheart for Disability Scuba Programs The Enterprise Holdings Foundation has donated $5000 to Diveheart Foundation to be used towards Scuba Programs f...
Read more“We are honored to be named a 2022 Top-Rated Nonprofit,” says Diveheart Executive Director, Tinamarie Hernandez. We are proud of our accomplishments this year, including premiering the award winni...
Read moreFeatured in Downers Grove Living Magazine. Diveheart is an international non-profit organization but their home is Downers Grove. With the opening of the Diveheart Outreach Center right in the heart o...
Read moreDiveheart Assists in Surprise Shark Dive Diveheart Founder and President Jim Elliott and Executive Director, Tinamarie Hernandez joined the cast of BYUtv Random Acts for the first episode of their 8th...
Read moreChicago Business RadioX Sept 27, 2022 Diveheart Founder and President, Jim Elliott, and Executive Director, Tinamarie Hernandez spoke with Jacob Lapera of Chicago Business RadioX. They discussed Scub...
Read more Diveheart CEO and Founder, Jim Elliott, awarded Daily Herald Suburban Business Entrepreneurial Excellence Award (Downers Grove, Illinois) September 2022— Jim Elliott, founder, and president of t...
Read moreDiveheart founder presents at largest rehabilitation medical conference in Malaysia This week Diveheart founder and president Jim Elliott shared the benefits of Scuba Therapy with physicians, therapis...
Read moreDiveheart named finalist in 2022 Sharecare Awards Diveheart competes for Sharing Care Award, open for public voting through July 12, 2022 Downers Grove, IL – 07/05/2022– Diveheart an...
Read more‘ADAPTING TO DIVE: A DIVEHEART DOCUMENTARY’ PREMIERED MAY 18, AND NOW IS RECOGNIZED AT FILM FESTIVALS | PositivelyNaperville.com Above / “Adapting to Dive: A Diveheart Documentary” was filmed ...
Read moreA new wave of therapy: Scuba diving For 20 years, the Downers Grove organization Diveheart has been changing lives by introducing a new wave of therapy. They have taught military veterans and others w...
Read moreScubaverse April 12, 2022 | Jeff chats to… Jim Elliott and Tinamarie Hernandez of Diveheart In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Jim Elliott, Founder...
Read moreScubaRadio 4-9-22 Hour2 This hour we learn on a Manta conservation project going on off the coast of Portugal. Plus a new documentary about the good works of Diveheart. Adapting to Dive on Amazon Vide...
Read moreGabe Spataro makes a visit to the statue of Christ that he arranged to be brought to the Keys a half century ago. The Christ statue is the most viewed underwater object in the world. Christ of THE ...
Read moreDowners Grove, Illinois – Diveheart recently announced its recognition as a winner in the 2020 Sharecare Awards in the category of Healthy Living for Diving Past Boundaries. Dr. Oz personally...
Read moreInto the Deep By Artis Henderson Gulf Shore Life Magazine, August 2020 Scuba diving—with its serene setting and immersive experience—proves effective for healing body and mind. Divers call it “t...
Read moreRuthanne Aves Loves Giving Back By Wendy Foster Hinsdale Magazine, June 2020 It was a perfect match. Ruthanne Aves visited Diveheart’s booth at a scuba diving expo several years ago. “I had been a...
Read moreFrom Near Death to a Life Fulfilled with Purpose: Diveheart in Depth By Wendy Foster | Hinsdale Magazine It seemed like divine providence. Ten years ago, Scott Alm of West Chicago was in a serious mot...
Read moreThe Jen Weigel Show WLS-AM 890 Chicago Diveheart volunteer, Ruthanne Aves, talks with Jen Weigel about making homemade masks for people who are visiting patients at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chi...
Read moreSince 2001 Diveheart, a volunteer driven 501 (c)(3) not for profit organization based in Downers Grove, Illinois has been helping children, veterans and others with disabilities through zero gravity u...
Read moreBy Ocean Reef / Dive News Wire 17 March 2020 “I can do adventure”. Ocean Reef for Diveheart. Several years ago, Ocean Reef started an amazing and emotionally intense partnership with Diveh...
Read moreKmunitii Your Community Show Diveheart, is a non profit organization that is driven by the generosity of passionate, hardworking volunteers. Tried and true, SCUBA therapy works. With the help of carin...
Read morePower of Partnership: Diveheart in Depth Downers Grove Magazine, March 2020 “We’re always so proud of and excited about the support that we receive in very different ways from area businesses,” ...
Read moreGlenbrook South TV & Film Underwater experiences from Diveheart participants....
Read moreby Kristen Kucharski GlancerMagazine.com (Mom’s Little Black Book), January 2020 If you know me well, you know I love a variety of activities, including personal support and respite care on the ...
Read moreEscaping Gravity: Diveheart in Depth Hinsdale Magazine February 2020 It’s estimated that less than 1.2% of Americans participate in scuba diving. Among this elite group of underwater adventurers...
Read more“Science is increasingly supporting what we’ve known to be true for years,” said Jim Elliott, president and founder of Diveheart. The non-profit, based in Downers Grove and with chapters around ...
Read moreHinsdale 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 mig...
Read moreBy John Tapley, Scuba H2O Adventures Magazine November 1, 2019 The world of scuba diving is inviting and expansive: while enveloped within the blue, scuba divers enjoy a realm unlike any other: a zone...
Read moreRealisasi Impian OKU Jadi Penyelam Skuba (video) Realization of a Dream for a Scuba Diver with a Disability Buletin TV3 Malaysia Aktiviti selam skuba terbukti berkesan sebagai proses pemulihan dan lat...
Read moreChristopher Block Finds Freedom in Scuba Diving After SCI Cure Medical The CURE NATION blog often shares stories of people exploring their world after spinal cord injury to help encourage others on th...
Read moreIn 2019 the Sevan corporation based in Downers Grove Illinois, selected Diveheart to receive benefits from its 2nd annual golf outing fundraiser held at Cantigny golf course in Winfield Illinois. Seva...
Read moreDiveheart is a nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. The purpose of Diveheart is to provide and support educational scuba diving programs that are open to any child, adult or veteran with a dis...
Read moreWUSA-TV 9, Washington DC Diveheart and it’s many skilled volunteers work to build confidence, independence and self-esteem in children, adults and veterans of all abilities through adaptive SCUB...
Read moreWUSA-TV9, Washington DC Great Day Washington reporter Andi Hauser travels to Wakefield High School pool in Arlington, VA to learn how Diveheart, an adaptive scuba program is changing lives. The goal o...
Read moreBy joining the Diveheart team, you will become part of one of the most innovative nonprofits in the diving world. Diveheart relies on the participation and donations of people like you to support our ...
Read moreby Louis Carlozo, Fra Noi A Plunge of Faith Half a century after enshrining a famous Italian statue of Christ beneath the waves of the Gulf of Mexico, blind diver Gabe Spataro proves himself to be a s...
Read moreBy Kristen Lago, Spectrum News 1 SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – You wouldn’t think the anniversary of a life-altering injury would be something to celebrate, but that’s exactly what took place at t...
Read moreLife-Changing: Gain a whole new perspective of volunteering with Diveheart’s Sarah Repka Hinsdale Magazine May 2019 LIFE CHANGING! The “Diveheart ripple effect” is used to inspire people...
Read moreCorporate 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 acci...
Read moreChicago Proud: Diveheart Helps People with Disabilities Gain Confidence through Scuba Diving (video) ABC 7 Chicago CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago Proud is an ongoing series of ABC 7 Eyewitness News rep...
Read moreHinsdale Magazine April 2019 SERVICE ABOVE SELF Hinsdale Central’s Jackson Steigbigel and Connor Devine join forces with Diveheart to help children, veterans and disabled Photo by Daniel Garcia (cro...
Read moreGlobal Activism: Disability Therapy Through Scuba Diving – Interview with Diveheart’s Tinamarie Hernandez WBEZ 91.5FM / NPR The organization Diveheart believes in the therapeutic value of ...
Read moreThe Daily Herald Business Ledger’s 29th Annual Award for Business Excellence recognized Downers Grove-based Diveheart in the Not-for-Profit Organization category as the 2019 Honoree. Tinamarie Herna...
Read moreDiveheart Offers Scuba Therapy for Disabled Community (video) NBC 5 Chicago News: Making A Difference A non-profit in Downers Grove is making a difference. The organization is asking people to donate ...
Read moreFor Diveheart’s work in serving the community, the Naperville Woman’s Club recognized Diveheart in 2019 and supported Diveheart’s continued efforts with a grant from the club. The Naperville Wom...
Read moreHinsdale Magazine March 2019 Did you know that March is actually the official birthday of Wonder Woman? According to the 1976 DC Comics Calendar, March 22 is Wonder Woman’s in-universe birthday. Won...
Read moreArchdiocese of Chicago WNDZ 750AM Diveheart is a non-profit organization that uses scuba diving to help build confidence and self-esteem in children, adults and veterans with disabilities. Guests: Jim...
Read moreNorth Texas Group Takes People With Disabilities Diving (video) CBS 11 News Living with a disability can often mean being told you can’t do certain things but one North Texas group wants the disable...
Read moreby Janis Von Kaenel Hinsdale Magazine, February 2019 Diveheart executive director Tinamarie Hernandez talks about giving back She describes herself as the person you don’t think of when great things...
Read moreEqual FOOTING Bill Bogden is changing disabled people’s lives, one scuba dive at a time by Kerrie Kennedy Hinsdale Magazine Bill Bogden is on a mission. He wants to show disabled people how scuba-di...
Read moreNaperville (Illinois) NCTV17: Diveheart Provides Safe Activities for Adaptive Divers to enjoy the wonders of the aquatic world (video) The purpose of Diveheart is to provide and support educational sc...
Read moreby Katrina J.E. Milton The MidWeek (DeKalb, Illinois) SYCAMORE – Barb Castritsis of Sycamore was learning to become a certified scuba diver, but had to stop when she learned she was pregnant with he...
Read moreChannel 10 TV Cozumel features Diveheart Executive Director Tinamarie Hernandez as she walks viewers through Diveheart Adaptive Scuba training in Cozumel Mexico. Watch video on Youtube....
Read moreby Jim Elliott Daily Herald (Chicago) The collaboration between for profit businesses and organizations in the nonprofit world is part art and part science. In today’s climate of corporate citiz...
Read moreNewsUSA One might not think that someone with no arms and no legs could swim, much less scuba dive, but with the help of one non-profit organization based in the Chicagoland area, children, veterans a...
Read moreTeam Up A Unique Partnership to Study the Effects of Scuba Diving on People with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Mike Ellis Hinsdale Magazine Many partnerships between people from different organizations...
Read moreSelam Tanpa Kaki Majalah: Diving Without Legs (video) An inspirational video from Diveheart Malaysia. Watch video on Youtube...
Read moreThe power of partnership shined again when M & J Paving hosted a major fundraiser to benefit Diveheart at Maggiano’s in Oakbrook Illinois. Both M & J Paving and Diveheart are Vistage members...
Read moreby Teresa Woodard, WFAA (ABC TV-8), Fort Worth, Texas “You don’t know that you can’t do it until you try it and you find out that you can,” said a paralyzed veteran learning to...
Read moreDiveheart Malaysia KUCHING 26 Ogos – Seorang belia yang mengalami patah tulang belakang sejak dua tahun lalu kelihatan gembira setelah menyertai sesi percubaan menyelam skuba sebagai hidroterapi...
Read morePremier Marine and Scuba Centre Diveheart Borneo program in Kuching Sarawak with DiveHeart Coordinator, Mr Ernest C Teo and Premier Marine Scuba Centre Kuching. The Dive Experience program was the 1st...
Read moreby Lim How Pim, Borneo Post (Malaysia) KUCHING: Freddick Jilam, 26, lost mobility partially due to spinal injury resulting from a road accident about two years ago. He was bedridden for five months fo...
Read morePOWER OF THE POOL By Annemarie Mannion Naperville Magazine (August 2018) Bill Bogdan cannot remember a time when he wasn’t in a wheelchair. The Mokena resident suffered neuroblastoma of the spine (a...
Read moreWREX-TV13 Rockford, Illinois Diveheart comes to a pool at Boylan High School in Rockford, Illinois, to help students with disabilities. Scuba diving can be a way to enjoy being in the water from a dif...
Read moreby 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 Dive...
Read moreLocal Diver Watches Thai Cave Rescue – Comment from Jim Elliott (Diveheart) WBBM News Radio 780AM 105.9FM WBBM News Radio’s Lisa Fielding reports. Comments from local scuba diving instruct...
Read moreMagazine of the College of DuPage (COD) IN THIS ISSUE From COD to CEO — Page 3 Jim Elliott’s Diveheart inspires adaptive divers to focus on abilities, not disabilities. COD alum and Diveheart foun...
Read moreWilhelmina Stanton was brimming with excitement when she awoke to news of the cave-trapped Thai soccer team’s rescue Sunday. “I was jumping up and down — I was super excited,” she ...
Read moreDiveheart Malaysia has been making waves since the organization started regular, monthly, in-pool scuba training programs for persons with disabilities (PWD) trained by Diveheart Ambassador and funder...
Read moreWGN-TV9 It’s one of the most popular underwater tourist attractions in the world, a 9 foot statue of Christ located just below the ocean in the Florida Keys. The 400 pound bronze statue of Christ wa...
Read moreIssue: June 2018 Read full article on Hinsdale website...
Read moreA local dive expert weighs in on the rescue that had the entire world watching. NBC 5’s Sabrina Santucci reports. (Published Tuesday, Jul 10, 2018) Click here to know more....
Read moreby 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 em...
Read moreWDCB 90.9 FM Interview with Tina Marie Hernandez and Jim Elliott of Diveheart. Listen at Soundcloud site....
Read moreDiving for Therapy – TEDx Naperville – Jim Elliott of Diveheart After leaving a successful career in the media industry in 1996, Jim Elliot became a full-time volunteer by founding Divehea...
Read moreDiveheart (with featured guest Rosemary Ciotti) – Radio Interview Dive Into Life (WVOX Radio) “Dive Into Life” is live every Thursday from 4-5 PM on 1460AM and worldwide at WVOX.COM....
Read moreby Carole Jakucs, BSN, RN, PHN Nurse.com Diveheart offers people with disabilities life-changing experiences Rosemary Ciotti, MSN, RN, NP, knows firsthand what it’s like to live with a disability. S...
Read moreMeet Jim Elliott of Diveheart Voyage LA Today we’d like to introduce you to Jim Elliott. So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you...
Read moreBy 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 weig...
Read moreDiveheart: Diveheart works to build confidence, independence and self-esteem in children, adults and veterans of all abilities through scuba diving, scuba therapy and related activities. Diveheart’s...
Read moreSchaumburg, Ill. By Erin Ivory, WGN9 Most senior citizens will do just about anything to avoid being hooked up to an oxygen tank, but 91-year-old Velma Robinson and her friend Helen signed up for it, ...
Read moreThe National Restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse celebrated the opening of their new Downers Grove location March 19, 2018 and chose Diveheart as their Charity of choice for their grand opening. This ...
Read moreDiveheart Malaysia Featured in Bernama News Channel BNC Morning Talkshow on 03 January 2018 with Riza Faisal PADI PWD Scuba Diver and Diveheart Malaysia Ambassador and PADI IDC Staff Instructor Hj. Sy...
Read moreOne of the country’s number one logistics companies, RIM Logistics, selected Diveheart as their charity of choice for the year and not only provided financial and promotional support, but brought on...
Read moreDiveheart adaptive diver Kerry Gruson. Meet Kerry Gruson, a retired journalist for The New York Times that we had the honor of featuring in our latest episode of Sharing Care. In 1974, Kerry wa...
Read moreIn 2001, Jim Elliott founded Diveheart , a non-profit dedicated to helping people with disabilities through scuba-therapy. Want to check out and share the newly released Dr. Oz/Sharecare feature about...
Read moreSunday’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...
Read moreWhy 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...
Read moreSteve Cochran Show, WGN Radio, Chicago Steve Cochran interviews diver, disabled veteran and local legend Gabe Spataro. Diveheart’s Jim Elliott also joins in. Watch video on Youtube....
Read moreCure Medical (CureMedical.com) 5 June 2017 The vision of Diveheart is to instill the “can do” spirit in participants, inspiring them to take on challenges that they may not have considered before....
Read moreParalyzed teen shows the world it’s still possible to scuba dive Girls that Scuba (blog) 21 March 2017 Download the PDF My accident happened while training for the U.S. Barefoot Nationals...
Read moreA new micro-brewery in Downers Grove, Skeleton Key Brewery, honored Diveheart as their charity of choice by hosting a major fundraiser event for Diveheart at the brewery. Both Skeleton Key and Divehea...
Read moreChicago Tribune / Aurora Beacon-News February 7, 2017 by Denise Crosby Diveheart, founded by Jim Elliott in 2001, has created an impressive name for itself throughout the country by helping those with...
Read moreJim Elliott Then: Sports reporter, class of ‘77 Now: Founder and President of Diveheart. Honored as the West Suburban Philanthropic Network Humanitarian of the Year. Download the PDF Jim Elliott att...
Read moreDiveheart founder and president Jim Elliott was recognized as a distinguished alumni by the College of Dupage where he graduated as a journalism major in 1979. Elliott’s experience at COD led hi...
Read moreDownload the PDF A simple truth guides the work of Diveheart, an Illinois-based nonprofit group whose mission is to help disabled individuals through scuba diving: We’re all equal under the w...
Read moreBy Nancy Klingener – Aug 18, 2016 WLRN Miami/S. Florida Gabriel Spataro was instrumental in placing an Italian statue, cast from the same mold as Genoa’s Christ of the Abyss, in the waters...
Read moreAt first glance, scuba diving may seem a surprising therapy for people with severe cognitive and physical disorders. But as Jim Elliott, founder of the non-profit Diveheart knows, diving can be a pote...
Read moreby Travis Marshall, ScubaDiving.com18 August 2016 Jim Elliott of Diveheart | Disabled Scuba Diver Advocate Jim Elliott spent a lot of time in Veterans Administration hospitals, growing up the son of a...
Read moreDiveheart Diving for the Disabled presentation and demonstration at the TWI facility in Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Download the PDF DiveLog Magazine’s website...
Read moreThe Diveheart team is featured in the Emirates Diving Association EDA Magazine June 2016 issue on the Diveheart Scuba Experience program with Kids Scuba held at the TWI facility in Shah Alam, Malaysia...
Read more(April 25, 2016) Chicago’s Relevant Radio interviews Diveheart founder Jim Elliott....
Read moreTinamarie Hernandez Introduces People with Disabilities to Underwater World of Scuba Diving It takes an extraordinary type of scuba diver to safely accompany someone with a physical or cognitive disab...
Read moreMalaysia TV1, Morning Talkshow “Selamat Pagi Malaysia” featuring the In pool scuba Tryouts with the DiveHeart Team, Kids Scuba Dive Team and People With Disability PWD held at the TWI Divi...
Read moreSunday, 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 th...
Read moreAfter 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...
Read moreDiveheart, 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 scub...
Read more(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 k...
Read more(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...
Read moreDiveheart 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...
Read moreJim 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 adapte...
Read moreHannah Stanley interviews Tinamarie Hernandez, the Executive Director of Diveheart, on the Beyond Sports program on ESPN 1000. The interview was on September 28, 2014....
Read moreUnder the Sea, We Are All Equal En el fondo del mar somos todos iguales Disability is no obstacle for youth and veterans … La discapacidad no es impedimento para que los jóvenes y veteranos buc...
Read moreSeize Your Business podcast interview featuring Jim Elliott of Diveheart: Getting the Message Out....
Read moreSouth Florida’s Here’s Help Radio Show segment featuring Jim Elliott of Diveheart. July 31, 2015 (first 18 minutes)...
Read moreJim Elliott, Founder and President of Diveheart joins Rick Kogan on WGN’s radio program After Hours to discuss the organization’s mission of providing a physically and psychologically therapeu...
Read moreWith this year marking the 50th anniversary of the submersion of the “Christ of the Deep” statue off Key Largo, Gabe Spataro knew he had to make a dive to honor it. After all, Spataro, an ...
Read moreWounded 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 organize...
Read moreA Cherokee High School student is using a required project as a way to give back to others. Jack Wareham is organizing an event to allow Cherokee County special needs residents an opportunity to scuba...
Read moreScuba Therapy Research is becoming very hot, and I believe it is going to revolutionize rehabilitation. Below is a news story that ran in the Washington Post last week about the John Hopkins researc...
Read moreBy Mark Welsh, The Daily Herald Ryan O’Toole describes it as “the greatest feeling in the world.” O’Toole is talking about scuba diving. Actually, he’s typing, not talkin...
Read moreFrom the basics of cleanliness to soaking in hot tubs to alleviate aches, water has been known to have soothing, healing properties. But for scuba divers at Downers Grove-based Diveheart, water has a ...
Read moreOn Thursday, October 16, Diveheart held a fundraising event at the beautiful Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco. Founder Jim Elliott, Executive Director Tinamarie Hernandez, and ...
Read moreACTOR & SECOND CITY COMEDY VETERAN Brendan Sullivan (rt) joined Northern Star Alumni President Elect Kevin Sheldon (cntr) and Diveheart president Jim Elliott October 10th, along with dozens of rep...
Read moreDiveheart — founded in 2001 by Chicago media executive Jim Elliott to train people with all sorts of disabilities to become scuba divers — has expanded its operation to South Florida in the past s...
Read moreView or Download the Report (PDF) A case study was done by Mark Cole and Rachel Smith, at Western Illinois University, to demonstrate how implementing an adapted scuba program can contribute to just, ...
Read moreResearchers, scuba instructors, therapists and individuals with disabilities gathered Friday February 14th during an International Adaptive Scuba Symposium hosted by the Midwest’s Largest consum...
Read moreI haven’t met Jim Elliott of Diveheart yet but we plan to meet soon for a cup of coffee at my favorite coffee shop in Lantana. I heard about Jim after a walk across the bridge and through ...
Read morePalm Beach Fundraiser benefits Diveheart programs in south Florida...
Read moreAfter seeing how much snow skiing helped boost the self-esteem of his daughter, who is legally blind, Jim Elliott decided to use his sport of choice — scuba diving — to help others with illnesses ...
Read moreJordan Thomas was uncertain about his first scuba diving class at The Centre of Elgin’s pool, said his parents, Steve and Gina Thomas. Just before getting into the water, he started asking his dad i...
Read moreMarine Veteran Terry Thomas was injured in Iraq eight years ago. Saturday June 15th Terry escaped the confines of his wheel chair and stood up for the first time since his injury with the ...
Read moreAlex Calvo is an Army veteran who is quadriplegic as the result of an accident. Alex finds that scuba diving gives him great mobility as well as freedom from pain. His story appeared in California Div...
Read moreFree Fall (narrated by Lauren Hutton) Alex Calvo is an Army veteran who is quadriplegic as the result of an accident. Alex finds that scuba diving gives him great mobility as well as freedom fr...
Read moreDiveheart president/founder Jim Elliott received The Classy Award for Volunteer of the Year on September 22nd. The CLASSY Awards is the largest philanthropic awards ceremony in the country, celebratin...
Read moreGold Star families who’ve lost loved ones join veterans with disabilities on a Diveheart life changing scuba adventure trip...
Read moreJim Elliott of Diveheart (NCHPAD) (Video) by National Center on Health, Physical Activity & Disability (NCHPAD) May 2011 Jim Elliott of Diveheart discusses the organization and its mission of usin...
Read moreJim Elliott, founder and president of Diveheart of Downers Grove, received the Glenn McIntyre Heritage Award at Aquarium of the Pacific’s 8th Annual Festival of Human Abilities on January 30. The ...
Read moreDear Diveheart & Friends/Buddies, Once again it gives me pleasure to offer you a gratitude of thanks for all that you have done. As some of you may know I am a paraplegic diver who has been with t...
Read moreJessica Cox, from Tucson Arizona, is a pilot and nationally recognized motivational speaker. She has faced challenges that make most of our daily woes look minuscule in comparison. Her quest has broug...
Read moreJohn Chatterton and Richie Koler hosts of Dive Portal feature Diveheart and adaptive scuba during a dive at the Mall of America aquarium in Minnesota...
Read moreWisconsin veterans with disabilities get pain relief through scuba therapy with Diveheart...
Read moreDiveheart trained instructors & divemasters from the Aquarium of the Pacific work with participants with disabilities at USC pool...
Read moreDuring a hurricane delay in Florida Diveheart makes the best use of time with patients from Shriners Hospital for Children at a local Chicagoland pool...
Read moreYoung patients with disabilities at Shriners Hospital for Children learn from Diveheart about zero gravity...
Read moreYoung people with disabilities try scuba with Diveheart at the historic Venetian pool in Coral Gables Florida...
Read moreDiscovery Jones TV Series features Diveheart and Scuba Therapy in Cozumel Mexico while on a Diveheart life changing scuba adventure trip....
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