SKIing and Snowboarding for Disabled and Underprivileged Children and older Kids.

SkiDUCK is a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of disabled and underprivileged children by teaching and sharing the joys of skiing and snowboarding.

We're ENTIRELY volunteer-based (NO paid salaries!) so ALL donations received go directly to support kids' ski and snowboard programs! We're committed to partnering with local organizations with similar goals of serving underprivileged youth.

And in areas where these needs aren't yet being served, we seek to establish a sustainable model of service with local resources and volunteers.

If your community or organization is interested in partnering with SkiDUCK to establish or enhance a program to help disadvantaged youth onto the slopes, give us a QUACK!

LGBTQ+

• Trainings
• Professional Development
• No-cost Resources
• Gender Support Plan

Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens through providing an array of services to help youth, families, organizations and institutions understand and address concepts of Gender identity and Gender expression, including how societal, cultural, organizational and community definitions of gender can be detrimental to any young person that does not fit neatly into these categories.

Gender Spectrum offers resources to empower your relationships, work, and interactions with youth and children. Gender Spectrum provides you with the tools necessary to create gender inclusive environments in your homes, offices, and communities.

Gender Spectrum provides:

• How-to guides
• Online Consultations
• Online Groups
• Research
• Sample training materials

Websites:

• Gender Spectrum - https://www.genderspectrum.org/

Founded in 2006, PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center actively leads social change to prevent childhood bullying, so that all youth are safe and supported in their schools, communities, and online. https://www.pacer.org/bullying/

The center offers many online resources for bullying prevention including:

• Questions Answered - https://www.pacer.org/bullying/info/info-facts.asp
  • includes definitions and info about direct bullying, indirect bullying, cyberbullying, and more
• Bullying Facts - https://www.pacer.org/bullying/info/facts.asp
• Handouts
• Flyers
• Templates for letters to schools about bullying
• Resources for children who are targets of bullying - https://www.pacer.org/bullying/info/questions-answered/bullying-at-school.asp
• Resources for children who bully - https://www.pacer.org/bullying/info/questions-answered/bullying-behavior.asp
• Resources in Spanish - Recursos Para Adultos y Estudiantes Acerca de Bullying - https://www.pacer.org/bullying/…

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California Parent & Youth Helpline provides emotional support for families challenged by the pressures of COVID-19.

California Parent & Youth Helpline can help you get your strength and confidence back. Call, text, or chat to connect with one of their trained Helpline Counselors for free. 855-427-2736, https://caparentyouthhelpline.org/

Parents and caregivers can join a free weekly online support group to explore their underlying emotions and build resiliency to strengthen their family by filling out this form: https://caparentyouthhelpline.org/parents-anonymous-online-adult-groups. Each Parents Anonymous Group has a trained group facilitator and parent group leader.

Parents Anonymous Inc. launched the California Parent & Youth Helpline in partnership with Governor Gavin Newsom as part of his initiative to address the impacts of COVID-19.

Since 1969, Parents Anonymous has provided weekly evidence-based support groups for parents, children and youth nationwide.

4 Elements Earth Education offers programs that introduce Earth Skills, which are a blend of the ancient arts of tracking, wilderness survival, and nature awareness. Our curriculum and experienced instructors give children, teens and adults first-hand experience of how to 'read' the landscape as stewards of the Earth. Through our programs, a re-thinking of our relationship to nature begins to occur. 

Programs

• Fox Walkers Youth Programs, Nevada City, CA - https://www.4eee.org/foxwalkers.html
• Coyote Tracks Youth Programs, Pennsylvania & New Jersey - https://www.4eee.org/coyotetracks.html
• Family and Teen Programs, CA & NJ - https://www.4eee.org/teens--families.html
• ​Adult Programs, NJ - https://www.4eee.org/adults.html
• Scholarships - https://www.4eee.org/scholarships.html

Housing California has information about how homeless services providers can assist people experiencing homelessness in getting a free California photo ID. 

See details about process and eligibility at these web pages (a homeless service provider* must be involved):

• Information for Providers - https://www.housingca.org/resources/community/providers/help-someone-get-a-ca-photo-id/
• Information for Individuals - https://www.housingca.org/resources/community/individuals/get-my-ca-photo-id/

Please note that Housing California does not issue photo IDs. It provides information on how to obtain them at the links above.

* What is a “homeless service provider?”

• i.) A governmental or nonprofit agency receiving federal, state, or county or municipal funding to provide services to a “homeless person” or “homeless child or youth,” or that is otherwise sanctioned to provide those services by a local homeless continuum of care organization.
• ii.) An attorney licensed to practice law i…

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Granite Wellness Centers (formerly known as Community Recovery Resources, or CoRR) provides comprehensive services to promote wellness for individuals and families with a focus on addressing substance use disorders.

In case of a medical emergency call 911 immediately. Granite Wellness Centers is a source of naloxone. Naloxone is a medication used to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It can reverse and block the effects of opioids such as such as heroin, fentanyl, morphine, codeine, and oxycodone. Administered when a patient is showing signs of opioid overdose, naloxone’s overdose reversal is a temporary treatment and its effects do not last long. So call 911 immediately after administering/receiving naloxone (NARCAN is a brand of naloxone). Naloxone is easy to learn to administer and is an important drug safety resource.

Granite Wellness offers residential and outpatient substance use disorder treatment services for adults and youth with personalized treatment plans including group … [read more]

Positive experiences can ease toxic stress and help children and youth grow into more resilient, healthier adults. Positive experiences can help counteract the affects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) identifies ways that our communities and systems of care can better ensure that all children have more positive experiences and that all families have support to nurture and celebrate their strengths.

The Four Building Blocks of HOPE are composed of key positive childhood experiences (PCEs). The sources of those experiences and opportunities are the foundation for healthy childhood development. 

Four Building Blocks of HOPE (Positive Childhood Experiences) - https://positiveexperience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4BBs-Poster.pdf

• Relationships within the family and with other children and adults through interpersonal activities.
• Safe, equitable, stable environments for living, playing, learning at home and in sc…

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