Diveheart Conducts Discover Scuba Event for Participants From Shriners Hospital for Children and are Joined by Tammy Duckworth of the Illinois Deptment of Veteran Affairs

Tammy Duckworth,Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the state of Illinois, prepares to scuba dive for the first time in ten years while joining Diveheart at the August 08 Shriners scuba camp for quadriplegic youths at Scuba Emporium in Orland Park Illinois.

Tammy Duckworth is joined underwater by her Diveheart instructor (L) and Bill Bogdan president of the Spinal Injury Association of Illinois

Diveheart instructors, buddies, and volunteers join quadriplegic youths from Shriners Hopital for Children Chicago during their annual Quad Camp scuba experience.   The participants were naturals and can’t wait to get back in the water

Lots of activity going on as the Diveheart instructors and buddies prepare participants to submerge again during the annual Shriners Quad camp scuba experience which took place Aug 7^th

  Diveheart and Shriners Hospital for Children Team up to Offer a Life Changing SCUBA Adventure to Grand Cayman!

Everything is OK after pool training with the young divers in training from the Shriners Hospital for Children during their Diveheart scuba adventure July 26 thru August 2nd at Cobalt Coast  http://www.cobaltcoast.com/   in Grand Cayman. pictured left to right are (Meredith, Kraig, Michael, Shealon, Meagan)

Michael Lewis works on his perfect buoyancy while on his first boat dive with Divetech http://www.divetech.com during his Diveheart scuba adventure

Diveheart Travels to Little Cayman to Help Camp H2O  

Diveheart joins Camp H20 http://www.camph2o.org/ in Little Cayman to for their annual scuba camp for young people with cognitive disabilities

Shriners Spinability Camp

Diveheart Summer Celebration!

Diveheart Diver Kiel (center) prepares for his tune up dive at Haigh Quarry in Kankakee, IL with his Diveheart dive buddies Dale (L) and Adolpho.

Marine veteran Greg (L) joins Army Veterans Octavia and Gatlin for diving, food, & fun at the Diveheart summer celebration July 12-13 at Haigh Quarry.

  
SDI instructor trainer Mark, watches as Greg & Octavia get fitted for their full face masks with communications before their dive.

The Naperville Morning Kiwanis and DuPage Dragons Team up to Raise Money for Diveheart !

The DuPage Dragon's Mascot shows off his new Diveheart mouspad at the July 12^th baseball fundraiser hosted by the Naperville Kiwanis and the DuPage Dragons baseball team.

  
Diveheart divers Kiel (L) and Dion (R) pose with DuPage Dragon's Director Jon during the Diveheart baseball fundraiserJuly 12^th  hosted by the Naperville Kiwanis & DuPage Dragons.

Diveheart Scuba Adventure Brings Disabled Youth From the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to the Florida Keys

Diveheart instructors and dive buddies take a quick photo with new divers from the Rehabilitation Institute of
Chicago  before they board ship at Atlantis Dive center in Key Largo during their Diveheart scuba adventure trip


The group from Diveheart and RIC pause underwater for a group shot


Diveheart volunteers divers Mark & Justin help RIC (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) diver Mohammad cruise the reef in Key Largo, Florida during his Diveheart scuba adventure trip June 25-30

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago diver Maribel gets a little help from her friends during her Diveheart scuba adventure trip in Key Largo Florida


Diveheart Miami team instructor (Mike) secures the tank for RIC diver (Kayla) as her Diveheart Rhode Island instructor (Bethany) demonstrates how to clear the mask during Kayla’s Diveheart scuba adventure trip in Key Largo Florida June 25-30

Diveheart Disabled Dive Traininig in Crystal River, Florida

 
 The newly trained Tampa Diveheart team stops for a photo opportunity with the Owners of the Plantation Dive Shop In Crystal River Florida www.crystalriverdivers.com The Plantation Dive shop and resort generously sponsored the Diveheart June 08 training and look forward to helping promote disabled diving in the future.  

Kim & Mike run through the sight impaired diver scenario during their Diveheart disabled dive training.  Once they have finished the training they will have a better sense of what diving will be like for a visually impaired diver. 

Jennifer simulates a paraplegic diver with her buddy Dan as they exit King Spring in Crystal River Florida during their Diveheart training

Diveheart Disabled Dive Training in Tempe, Arizona
A model for success!

 

Congratulations to the new Diveheart trained instructors and dive buddies at The Scuba Shop in Mesa Arizona.... www.thescubashop.org   The Scuba Shop team hit the ground running after their Diveheart training as they hosted children, adults & veterans with disabilities at a discover scuba experience program May 31st.  



The committment on the part of The Scuba Shop managment and instructor team is incredible and the program is well on its way to helping many in the disabled community.