• Positively Naperville | Dedication, Service, and Leadership

    DIVEHEART: 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 like the Naperville Lions Club, Rotary Clubs and other local organizations that support Diveheart programs, we can continue our…

  • Filmmaker Makyle’s Perspective | Discussions with Diveheart

    Not Everyone Got in the Water. Everyone Left With Something. What happens when people are given the opportunity to experience the underwater world in a way they never thought possible? In this powerful reflection, filmmaker Michael shares what he discovered while witnessing Diveheart divers, dive buddies, families, veterans, and volunteers come together. He expected to…

  • Guanaja’s Clark’s Cay Is Redefining What Adaptive Diving Looks Like

    Guanaja’s Clark’s Cay Is Redefining What Adaptive Diving Looks Like

    Guanaja’s Clark’s Cay Is Redefining What Adaptive Diving Looks Like By Julie Smith, Diveheart Many dive destinations claim to be “accessible.” Most mean a ramp at the front desk and good intentions. Clark’s Cay, on its own private island off Guanaja in Honduras’s Bay Islands, is something different — and after spending time there this…

  • Diveheart empowers people with disabilities through scuba diving

    Diveheart empowers people with disabilities through scuba diving

    Jim Elliott, Diveheart founder, helps an individual scuba dive during an underwater experience. Diveheart is a nonprofit organization that uses scuba diving as a therapy for individuals with disabilities. (Courtesy of Diveheart) By Lupita Diaz, Assistant News Editor Aug 26, 2026 DeKALB – Founded in 2001 and collaborating with 50 nonprofits around the U.S., Diveheart is a nonprofit…

  • Positively Naperville | The COVID Pivot

    by Jim Elliott | June 17, 2026 When COVID shut down the world in 2020, nonprofits everywhere were forced to rethink everything. For Diveheart, a nonprofit dedicated to adaptive scuba and scuba therapy for individuals with disabilities, the impact was immediate and dramatic. Almost overnight, we had to cancel 14 destination dive trips and more…

  • 25 Years Underwater | theScubaNews.com

    25 Years Underwater: How Diveheart Helped Change Adaptive Scuba Forever A diver slips beneath the surface for the first time since losing mobility due to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). A blind veteran reaches out to safely touch a shipwreck in the Great Lakes while communicating with his dive buddy through touch.  A child with autism, overwhelmed…