Title: Our Experience At SABAH
1Our Experience At SABAH
Mrs. Scherrs 3 ACE
2About Sabah
- Sabah was founded in 1977
- Its a non profit organization
- Over 1,000 performers are involved in the ice
show
3There are three different programs
- The School day program
- The Evening program
- The Weekend program
4SABAH's Mission Statement
SABAHs mission is to challenge individuals with
special needs and volunteer partners to
experience the success, pride, freedom, and joy
of therapeutic ice-skating while achieving
personal growth."
5Sabah is open to people with...
- Epilepsy/Seizure Disorders
- Heart Transplant
- Congenital Myopathy
- Amputation
- William's Syndrome
- Cancer
- Multiple Disabilities
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Hemophilia
- Emotional/Behavior Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities
- Multiple Sclerosis
6Eligible Participants
- Mental Retardation
- Developmental Delays
- Downs Syndrome
- Hearing Impairments
- Scoliosis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Speech Impairments
- Neurological Impairments
- Vision Impairments
- Congenital Heart Defect
- Spina Bifida
- Autism
7"Oh may He look on us with love and compassion
then we shall be able to do anything He wishes
us to do, no matter how difficult to accomplish
or painful to our feeling."
- Catherine McAuley
8SABAH used to stand for Skating Association for
the Blind and Handicapped.
SABAH
Now it is referred to as Skating Athletes Bold at
Heart.
9Catherine McAuley Said
- You must be cheerful and happy, animating all
around you.
10-Catherine McAuley
- Each day is a step we
- make towards eternity
- and we shall continue
- thus to step from day to
- day until we take the last
- step, which will bring us
- into the presence of God.
11-Catherine McAuley
- All laugh and play together, not one cold,
stiff soul appears. From the day they enter,
reserve of any ungracious kind leaves
them.