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A BRIDGE TO INCLUSION The Sabrina Cohen Foundations Adaptive Recreation Center is a community of and for the future. Where its not about what has happened, but what is possible. Where better lifestyle opportunities are being created for

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A BRIDGE TO INCLUSION

The Sabrina Cohen Foundation’s Adaptive Recreation Center is a community of and for the future. Where it’s not about what has happened, but what is possible. Where better lifestyle opportunities are being created for generations to come by filling a

  • void. Where those with diverse abilities and challenges unite to be empowered, and the only limit is your imagination.

Sabrina Cohen Foundation | Adaptive Recreation Center Project Overview | e-mail: www.sabrinacohenfoundation.org | Tel: 305.968.8024

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WELCOME

The Sabrina Cohen Foundation (SCF), founded in 2006, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing adaptive fitness and recreational programs that offer a better quality of life to individuals living with disabilities and other lifestyle challenges.

Our motto is “Putting Lives Back into Motion.”

Today, SCF’s mission revolves around the foundation’s largest undertaking to date – a partnership with the City of Miami Beach that includes multiple initiatives to provide disabled individuals, veterans, children with special needs and the elderly the same perks of living in South Florida as everyone else… Access to the beach and fitness activities.

Sabrina featured in Access Rec’s Water Wheels Beach Wheelchair Sabrina Cohen, Founder of SCF, is a native of Miami Beach, Florida, who survived a severe spinal cord injury from a car accident in 1992 at the age of 14. She has been using a wheelchair ever since and has used her voice over the years to educate

  • thers about paralysis. Today, Sabrina is a nationally recognized figure in the field
  • f disability health and fitness advocacy.

FOUNDATION PARTNERS:

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ADAPTIVE RECREATION CENTER

S A B R I N A C O H E N F O U N D A T I O N

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In 2012, The Sabrina Cohen Foundation approached Miami Beach Officials with a novel idea:

LET’S CREATE A BEACH FOR ALL.

INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES

In the summer of 2016, SCF launched "Adaptive Beach Days," a twice-

monthly program at 6475 Collins Avenue that includes adaptive surfing,

  • cean therapy, yoga/meditation and art therapy. A team of qualified staff

and volunteers work together to stage an entire area of the beach to make it accessible. Creating a platform of access decks across the sand, setting up tents, transferring participants into beach wheelchairs and using other adaptive beach equipment for lounging and comfort make it all possible. In most communities, the beach is typically a "no-go zone" for people with disabilities because it is too difficult to navigate for someone with mobility issues or visual impairment. The sand is a natural barrier to entry for wheelchairs, causing wheels to get stuck if attempted to traverse over.

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TO DATE, "ADAPTIVE BEACH DAYS" HAS WELCOMED:

  • Thousands of residents and visitors from all over South Florida
  • Tourists from France, Turkey, India, Italy and around the world
  • Individuals with disabilities of all ages, seniors, veterans and children w/ special needs
  • Hundreds of volunteers, including high school and college students,

physical therapists and ocean rescue staff

  • Community partnerships and corporate sponsors
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BUILDING COMMUNITY

On October 27, 2017, the City of Miami Beach proudly opened the gates to its first fully accessible playground in partnership with SCF. Consisting of 13 multi-use play structures and seven exercise structures, the public space was designed to enable children of all abilities to play together. In honor of Cohen’s dedication to ensure people with disabilities enjoy life to their fullest capability, the city commission named the playground: Sabrina’s Playground.

With the success of SCF’s “Adaptive Beach Days” program, “Sabrina’s Playground,” word

  • f mouth and social media, the Sabrina Cohen Foundation has attracted local, national

and international attention. Today, SCF is expanding from “pop-up” programming to building a permanent Center for year round beach access, providing even greater opportunities for the disabled

  • community. The development of an Adaptive Recreation Center will be a first-of-a-kind
  • ceanfront facility on the east coast catering exclusively to individuals living with

disabilities and other lifestyle challenges. Visitors will indulge in a uniquely empowering experience, combining indoor and beachside physical fitness with recreational activities that promote mental and spiritual wellness in one central, safe and comfortable location.

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HEALTH & WELLBEING

On July 2, 2018, the Miami Beach City Commission approved the concept design plans for the proposed Sabrina Cohen Foundation Adaptive Recreation Center. Kobi Karp Architects designed the facility with two stories of program and fitness space featuring the latest in robotics and technology, a rooftop deck and an understory with storage space for adaptive beach equipment. The Center will be the pinnacle of a decade of advocacy, allowing SCF to better serve the community it caters to on an ongoing basis for decades to come. SCF’s overall mission will expand to include management and operation of the Center on a full-time, day-to-day basis.

Renderings: Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design

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THE ADAPTIVE RECREATION CENTER will be a 3-story oceanfront facility designed with full access in mind, welcoming South Florida residents and visitors from all over the world with varying disabilities to the beach and ocean, as well as an array of modified indoor/outdoor fitness related activities and programs.

CENTER PROGRAMMING The center will

feature a diverse menu of indoor/outdoor programs and amenities for members at a single convenient location, including full access to the beach and the ocean, as well as an array of modified fitness programs:

  • Aqua Therapy / Swimming in the Ocean
  • Adaptive Surf
  • Art Therapy
  • Adaptive Yoga / Meditation
  • Accessible Gym / Fitness Classes
  • Adaptive Snorkeling
  • Scuba Diving
  • Senior/VA Activities
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A vital component of the center will be an iconic and architecturally distinguished ramp that leads to every floor of the building, providing a direct link to the beach. This universal design feature will allow users in wheelchairs (and on foot) to access the multiple floors of the Center at any given time, with the freedom of no barriers. Much more than just a ramp, this Pathway will be an integral and smart way of accommodating people of all abilities without the constraints of conventional steps and/or elevators.

ALL ACCESS

Ground Floor to Rooftop Deck

Approximately 56 million Americans have a disability. The obesity rate for children with disabilities in the U.S. is 38% higher than for children without disabilities. Adults with disabilities are physically active about half as often as adults without disabilities. By the year 2030, 71.5 million Baby Boomers will be over the age of 65 and demanding services and environments that address their age-related physical changes.

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ROOFTOP DECK

The beautiful rooftop deck will include stunning

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views with a green space and meditation garden. Lounging, aqua therapy, and sunset yoga / meditation sessions will be held daily.

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The Center will be located on 53rd Street and Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida.

RENDERING

AERIAL OF PROPOSED RECREATION CENTER
  • ALL DRAWINGS AND WRITTEN MATERIAL APPEARING HEREIN
CONSTITUTE THE ORIGINAL AND UNPUBLISHED WORK OF KOBI KARP AIA, AND MAY NOT BE DUPLICATED, USED, OR DISCLOSED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF KOBI KARP ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN, INC. AIA. (c) ________ DATE: DRAWN BY: CHECKED BY: REVISIONS / SUBMISSIONS

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ARCHITECTURE INTERIOR DESIGN PLANNING AIA ASID NCARB 2915 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 200 Miami, Florida 33137 O: 305.573.1818 F: 305.573.3766 WWW.KOBIKARP.COM

SABRINA COHEN FOUNDATION

5301 COLLINS AVE., MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140

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2018 KKAID KKAID 07-02-2018 KOBI KARP
  • Lic. # AR0012578

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Naming Opportunities Sponsor Areas Sponsor Rooms Recognition Wall

$1.5M - $10M $750,000 $500,000 $250,000 - $25K

$5M Center Naming $1.5M Levels:

  • Ground Level: Beach

Equipment and Storage Area

  • Level 1: Welcome Center
  • Level 2: Gym & Fitness area
  • Level 3: Rooftop Deck
  • Multi-Level Access Ramp
  • Conference Center
  • Meditation Garden
  • Locker Rooms and Changing

Stations

  • Pathway from Center to

Beach

  • Café & Juice Bar
  • Resource Center
  • Tech Lounge
  • Art Therapy / Music Zone

RECOGNITION WALL

Programs

  • Yoga / Meditation
  • Art Therapy
  • Ocean / Fitness activities

Beach / Fitness Equipment Operations

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The Sabrina Cohen Foundation will manage a Fundraising Campaign to build and operate the Adaptive Recreation Center. Donors will have Naming opportunities throughout the Center, on our Recognition Wall and in association with beach/fitness related programs and equipment. Our Phase I goal is $10M.

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

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PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT | CONTACT US

www.sabrinacohenfoundation.org 1800 Purdy Ave, Suite 2406 Miami Beach, FL 33139 Sabrina Cohen, President

  • E. sabrina@sabrinacohenfoundation.org
  • T. 305-968-8024

Debra Leibowitz, Campaign Advisor

  • T. 305.531.7887
  • E. beachbuzz@att.net
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With the development of the Adaptive Recreation Center, the Sabrina Cohen Foundation will continue to defy odds, push limits and inspire others to reach their full potential.

“Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, & he will become what he should be.”

  • Coach Jimmy Johnson

WE LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING LIVES BACK INTO MOTION TOGETHER WITH YOU.

www.sabrinacohenfoundation.org “Putting Lives Back into Motion” is not just our motto. It’s what we do on a day to day basis. Your SUPPORT will help us reach our goal to truly create something magical and awe inspiring. For information on our Capital Campaign or to discuss Naming Opportunities, please contact us today.