Diveheart Foundation
Oak Lawn Group Participates in its first Life Changing Scuba Adventure Trip
The Florida Keys Community College Dive Center & the James E Lockwood Jr. School of Diving and Underwater Technology is the backdrop for the Diveheart scuba adventure trip with young people with disabilities from Oak Lawn, Illinois. The group spent a day of training at the college to prepare for their openwater dives later in the week
Jimmy and his dive buddy Dave come up from a great dive.
The Diveheart team readies itself to embark on the Atlantis Dive Center’s Lost Continent during their scuba adventure trip to Key Largo, Florida June 22-27 2009
Jimmy takes a breather from diving
Diveheart Trains Veterans in Conjunction with NEDSRA
Diveheart Military Wounded teamed up with the Health Minds Healthy Bodies program through Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association (NEDSRA) to bring Afghan & Iraqi vets with disabilities to the Addison, Illinois Park District pool as part of their scuba certification program.
Diveheart Visits Rainbow Reef in Florida
Marine SGT and Iraq veteran Greg Rodriguez (L), Sue Cocking, Miami Herald Reporter, (R) and Diveheart president Jim Elliott listen intently as Dean Vitale describes how the Pegasus Thruster UPV (Underwater Propulsion Vehicle) works before their dive in Key Largo on January 27th with dive operator Rainbow Reef.
DMW (Diveheart Military Wounded) brought Rodriguez, who sustained a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) in 2007, to Key Largo as part of an experiment and demonstration of the UPV for the Miami Herald reporter
Instructors from Rainbow Reef (www.rainbowreef.us ) bring Greg down on his second dive with the Pegasus Thruster
Marines and Navy Corpsman from Camp Pendleton team up with Diveheart Military Wounded to bring opportunities to Wounded Warriors.
The DMW team takes a break for a photo opportunity during training May 16-23 at Camp Pendleton California. The Marines and Navy Corpsman from this training will join San Diego instructors and dive buddies trained by Diveheart May 23rd for their combined openwater session.
Dateline: Houston, Texas
Diveheart trained instructors and Divemasters join Ana Calvo (sitting Right) and her kids from Shriners Hospital for Children on Thursday, July 15th for an introduction to scuba experience during their week long adventure camp.
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