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Mission: To provide progressive outdoor sports opportunities to improve quality of life for children, adults, and veterans with physical disabilities and their families.

See attached opportunity.

Activity department serving rehabilitation, long-term care, and memory care units.

AllenForce assists veterans who are injured, visibly or invisibly, through positive health and fitness training and social networking. CTRS-supervised internships available. More information at: 

https://www.allenforce.org/get_involved.html

Volunteer opportunities in activities department of a long-term care facility.

Contact: 

Jen Beemsterboer, MSW | Recreation Director 

River Crossing of Joliet | www.ablehearts.org/RiverCrossingJoliet

3401 Hennepin Drive, Joliet, IL 60431 

Western Springs Park District Summer Intern

Working on your degree in Recreation? Join the Park District of Western Springs this summer as an Intern and gain valuable experience. You will have an opportunity to work on achieving the goals and objectives of our District as well as your degree program for a well-rounded intern experience.

Key Responsibilities

As an Intern you will provide general support to the day-to-day functions of the department.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Looking for interns who are eager to learn and want to work with the older adult population. Students will learn  and develop skills in assisted living and skilled nursing. Students need to be vaccinated and be comfortable meeting the typical demands that are placed on healthcare providers in light of the on going pandemic. If you are interested or have any questions, please e-mail (Jessica.lazzara@lifespacecommunities.com) or call 630-769-6112. 

We are seeking candidates for our Recreation Internship opportunity for summer 2021 in Hinsdale, Illinois just outside of Chicago. We are a small parks and recreation department of the Village of Hinsdale.

Bradford Woods is Indiana University’s Outdoor Center and is supported by the Riley Children’s Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.

Bradford Woods operates 10 weeks of Recreation Therapy summer camps for children with cancer, sickle cell anemia, cerebral palsy, craniofacial anomalies, hearing loss, muscular dystrophy, autism, various physical disabilities, rare genetic disorders, and Down syndrome.

Provides outdoor and nature education programs for youth and school groups.