Sabrina Cohen Foundation, Inc.

With the support from the City of Miami Beach, SCF has created an adaptive beach program that provides access to the beach using a platform of decks and mats over the sand, beach wheelchairs and specialized staff/volunteers. Adaptive Beach Days launched twice monthly in 2016.

To further expand programming, SCF will develop a first of a kind oceanfront facility on the east coast catering exclusively to individuals living with disabilities. Visitors will indulge in a uniquely empowering experience, combining indoor and beachside physical fitness with recreational activities that promote mental and spiritual wellness year round.

On October 31, 2017, Miami Beach City Officials voted UNANIMOUSLY to allow the Sabrina Cohen Foundation to begin raising funds for the nation's first fully accessible three-story 10,000-square foot “Adaptive Recreation Center." The Center will serve as a one of a kind, year round, access point for people with disabilities to fully enjoy the beach and ocean at 5301 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL.

The creation of a permanent Center will be the pinnacle of a decade of advocacy and work, allowing SCF to implement its overall mission of providing a better quality of life for people with disabilities for years to come. SCF's overall mission will expand to include management and operation of the Center on a full-time, day-to-day basis. The Center will allow programming to increase from its current pop-up style “Adaptive Beach Day" events, to full-time recreational activities, beach access and fitness programs – providing even greater opportunities for the disabled community.

SCF continuously leverages its strong ties in the community to develop new ideas and execute our initiatives. Collectively, our knowledge and resources with like- minded organizations attract an ongoing base of participants and those who actively engage in volunteering. These positive partnerships create new collaborative opportunities which help expand our network and have long-lasting benefits for community outreach.

In the summer of 2016, SCF launched "Adaptive Beach Days," a program that provides disabled individuals, their family and friends direct access to the beach and ocean, adaptive surfing, swimming, adaptive yoga / meditation and art therapy - like never before. The twice-monthly program at 6475 Collins Avenue features a team of qualified staff, interns and volunteers (from Miami Beach Senior High, Ocean Rescue, University of Miami, FIU and Jackson Memorial Hospital) who work together to stage an entire area of the beach, including a platform of access decks across the sand, tents, beach wheelchairs and other adaptive beach equipment for lounging and shade. Since its inception, the demand for this program emerged rapidly. To date, "Adaptive Beach Days" has served:

Over 2,000 visitors including Miami Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward County residents

Tourists from France, Turkey, Venezuela and Italy

Disabled individuals, seniors, veterans and children with special needs ranging between 5 - 65 years old