City Parks Foundation’s Parent-Child Race

Combine family bonding with a little exercise and some friendly competition! This summer City Parks Foundation is offering a free parent-child race.

The Get Up & Go! Family Adventure Race hosted by City Parks Foundation will be held in Conference House Park on Staten Island on Saturday July 26, Flushing Meadows Park in Queens Saturday August 2, and Inwood Park in Manhattan Saturday August 9.

Children ages 8-10 start at 10 A.M. and children ages 11-13 start at 11 A.M. Registration is on a first come first serve basis so register while you still have time! Each team must have one parent or guardian and two children in the same age category. Once you are all set and ready to go you will take on the 12 courses! In order to move on to the next one you have to complete the first. The activities include:

-Javelin throw

-Jump Rope

-Basketball Free Throw

-Hurdles

-Mini Climbing Wall

Coca-Cola Company is sponsoring the 2014 Family Adventures Races. The Coca-Cola Company sponsors more than 280 physical activities and nutrition education programs in over 115 countries!

First Step Therapy, PLLC

A multilingual, multidisciplinary Therapeutic Center for Children and Adults. We are dedicated to serving adults, teens, and children with communication, cognitive, and physical challenges. We provide Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapies.

The IDEAL School

The only independent inclusion school in NYC. We enroll students from Kindergarten to Eleventh Grade in an environment of diverse abilities that inspires excellence, collaboration and growth

Enabling Devices

Enabling Devices is a family-run business that designs, manufactures and sells adapted toys and accessible devices that make life more joyful and fulfilling for children and adults living with disabilities. &nbsp; It started with a train set, a mercury switch, and a young boy whose therapist thought he couldn&rsquo;t play with toys. In 1975 our founder, Dr. Steven Kanor, walked into a room at United Cerebral Palsy/Long Island and saw a boy sitting in a wheelchair, his head resting on his shoulder. When he asked where the toys were, the OT said, &ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t have the motor skills to play with toys, and he can&rsquo;t lift his head.&rdquo; But Dr. Kanor was not interested in what the boy couldn&rsquo;t do. He was interested in the boy's potential. The next morning, he was back. He&rsquo;d brought a train set, which he&rsquo;d connected to a mercury switch. The switch, the first capability switch he&rsquo;d designed, was attached to the boy&rsquo;s ear. When the boy raised his head, the switch made contact and the train ran around the tracks. After several weeks of playing with this toy, the boy was holding his head up straight, even when the train was not running. Dr. Kanor was elated. Since that day, he never stopped innovating, never stopped trying to make our products better, never stopped designing new devices. Today, our design team is just as passionate, just as creative, and just as committed to innovation as the man who founded this company. Enabling Devices is the place to find toys, devices and tools that help build more joyful, fulfilling lives. We have an extensive selection of adapted toys, capability switches, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, adapted electronics, mounts, iPad products, sensory items and products for the visually impaired. Over the years, the important constants remain. We&rsquo;re still the same small, family-run company Steven Kanor founded in 1978, with the same values of personal connection and deep product knowledge. We&rsquo;re still committed to providing caring, individualized service to each customer. And we&rsquo;re still grateful for the privilege of sharing in your journey.