Lakeshore Foundation

Recreational FacilitiesAlabama, United States51-200 Employees

Lakeshore Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 organization that promotes independence for persons with physically disabling conditions and provides opportunities to pursue active, healthy lifestyles. Lakeshore Foundation offers a wide range of fitness, recreation, athletic and education programs to children and adults who experience diagnostic conditions including spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, amputation, and visual impairment. The Foundation also serves persons who have been diagnosed with arthritis, diabetes, chronic pain, cardiac conditions, and many other related disorders. Lakeshore Foundation is located on a 45-acre campus in Homewood, Alabama. In 2001, due to growing community need, Lakeshore Foundation opened one of the nation's premiere fitness, recreation and education facilities for persons with physically disabling conditions. A highly trained and experienced staff of more than 80 full and part-time employees provide programs in this state of the art facility which includes an aquatics center with two pools, a fieldhouse with three hardwood courts and a 200-meter track, a ten lane marksmanship range; 6,000 square foot fitness center and The Fred Sington Community Room. In addition to these amenities, the Lakeshore Foundation campus is home to an outdoor tennis facility with eight championship lighted hard courts, the Birmingham office of the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS), the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Alabama Chapter and the HealthSouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital. Our facility also serves as an official U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Site that can accommodate a variety of sports. The Lakeshore Foundation Training Site not only provides training facilities to Olympic & Paralympic sports, but also provides sport performance, sports psychology, and sport science services.

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