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Photo courtesy KEEN St. Louis KEEN St. Louis is on the search for volunteers to help out with their expansion into St. Charles County. Volunteers are needed to assist youths in KEEN Swim, held at the Renaud Center in O’Fallon (as well as the Maryland Heights Community Center), and KEEN Sports, held at Barnwell Middle School. For more information, visit keenstlouis.org.
KEEN St. Louis, which helps promote fitness and exercise for children with disabilities, is looking for volunteers in St. Charles County By Brett Auten The giving season is among us and a fraction of your time could go a long way in benefiting others. KEEN St. Louis needs volunteers as it continues its expansion into St. Charles County. KEEN’s mission is to empower youths with disabilities by providing free, non-competitive one-to-one programs of exercise, fitness, and fun, led by volunteer coaches. And that is where you or someone you know can step in. Volunteers are needed in KEEN Sports, held at Barnwell Middle School, and KEEN Swim, located at the Renaud Center in
O’Fallon as well as the Maryland Heights Community Center. “The purpose of this program is to provide an accepting non-competitive environment to these kids to allow them to feel safe to learn to socialize and exercise,” Cybil Foster, KEEN Program Coordinator, said. “This program is free to the parents of the athletes and allows (the parents) an hour of respite. We have expanded into St. Charles and O’Fallon, but in doing so, we have been experiencing difficulty in securing enough volunteers on an ongoing basis. The numbers have been so low that volunteers have to watch multiple children or the parent has to jump in the water and swim with the kids.
So, it has not been ideal so far this season.” KEEN volunteers are paired one-on-one with a youth with a disability and participate in a variety of recreational activities. Volunteers don’t need any prior experience working with individuals with disabilities as KEEN provides training before each session. Volunteers don’t need to be athletic, either. “Our athletes will love you just as you are,” Foster said. “We just want you to show up and have fun.” Volunteer Katie Meyer spoke on her volunteer experience with KEEN. “Being in the water can be energizing or See ‘COACHES’ page 2
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