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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

WELCOME The Sabrina Cohen Foundation (SCF), founded in 2006 , is a 501 c 3 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 Sabrina featured in Access Rec’s Water Wheels Beach Wheelchair needs and the elderly the same perks of living in South 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 Florida as everyone else … using a wheelchair ever since and has used her voice over the years to educate others about paralysis. Today, Sabrina is a nationally recognized figure in the field Access to the beach and fitness activities . of disability health and fitness advocacy. FOUNDATION PARTNERS:

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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. INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES In 2012, The Sabrina Cohen Foundation approached Miami Beach Officials with a novel idea: LET’S CREATE A BEACH FOR ALL. I n the summer of 2016 , SCF launched "Adaptive Beach Days," a twice - monthly program at 6475 Collins Avenue that includes adaptive surfing, ocean 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 .

S i n c e h a v i n g t h e a c c e s s i b l e b e a c h c a I m a h a v r a e d e e n r i e j o y TO DATE, "ADAPTIVE BEACH DAYS" HAS WELCOMED: o f e d o t n o h e t o r s n l i n y t s i m h e i l a r s i t u M a t i a m i o n i B s , e a I h c h a v e o e n c e n j o a y e g a d m i n . y I h a v e f a g e l t a i n t h . T e s h e a n s u d a n t m i n m y y f e f a e t c e o n a n c e d t h e n o w t h i i n d n g i n e l m s e y h l i k e a i i t r . T a n h e y w r e h e ' s r e . • Thousands of residents and visitors from all over South Florida T h e n e x t s t e p i n c r e a t i n g a r e c r e a t • Tourists from France, Turkey, India, Italy and around the world i o s p e n c c i f e n i c a t e r l l y d e f o s i g r p n e e r d s o n s w i t h d i s a i b i s a l i t i p h e s e n a n o m d y e e t n a i n l i d c l u e a s i v . I t e f i s o r o n a l l • Individuals with disabilities of all ages, seniors, veterans and children w/ special needs e t l h a i f e t e s t y n c l e o u - t h r a g e e s l i f e a s t y h e l e a l t a s h y s o c i a t e d M w i a i t h m t h i B o s e a e t c h . h a P t l i l e a v e s e o r s u v i s p p i t o r • Hundreds of volunteers, including high school and college students, t t h S e a b r e c r i n r e a a t i C o o n h e n c e F n t e o u r f n d o r a t i t h o n e a n d m a t k e h o a s e d i f t h a f e r t n e n e e c e d i n i t m t h e o l i s t . f e o f physical therapists and ocean rescue staff R e s p e c t f u l l y , • Community partnerships and corporate sponsors R o s a E . L l a g u n o , E s q .

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 of 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 oceanfront 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.

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 technolog y , 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 Renderings: Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design expand to include management and operation of the Center on a full - time, day - to - day basis .

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

ALL ACCESS Ground Floor to Rooftop Deck 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 Approximately 56 million Americans have a disability . The obesity rate just a ramp, this Pathway will be an integral and for children with disabilities in the U . S . is 38 % higher than for children smart way of accommodating people of all abilities without disabilities . Adults with disabilities are physically active about half as often as adults without disabilities . By the year 2030 , 71 . 5 million without the constraints of conventional steps Baby Boomers will be over the age of 65 and demanding services and environments that address their age - related physical changes . and/or elevators .

ROOFTOP DECK The beautiful rooftop deck will include stunning ocean views with a green space and meditation garden . Lounging, aqua therapy, and sunset yoga / meditation sessions will be held daily .