Resource Category: Adaptive Equipment
Organizational Summary
The Spina Bifida Resource Network (SBRN) serves children and adults with spina bifida and other disabilities throughout NJ. Providing peer-led support groups and programs, educational and recreational events, financial assistance, resources and advocacy. Through their programs and events, they build supportive communities and empower individuals to increase knowledge, self-care, capabilities, independence and inclusion in school, employment and community activities.
The Mission:
To provide educational resources, social events and advocacy programs that empower people with disabilities and their allies to challenge perceptions, embrace interdependence and live their best lives.
Working with children, adults, families, providers and other allies, we empower people living with Spina Bifida and other disabilities by fostering knowledge and strengthening relationships and community.
The Vision:
A thriving community where people with disabilities have equitable access to resources and opportunities to optimize their wellness and realize their unlimited potential.
The Spina Bifida Resource Network prioritizes providing safe and open environments for participation and discussion in all of our programs. SBRN reserves the right, at our discretion, to deny a person from participating in any program due to behavior that is considered by SBRN to be inappropriate, violent, threatening, offensive or unwelcome, or that causes harm or discomfort, intentionally or not, to other SBRN participants, volunteers, invited guests or staff.
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Organizational Summary
Duke Farms is a center for environmental stewardship in Hillsborough, New Jersey, that restores nature, demonstrates equitable climate solutions, and engages leaders through the work we do on our 2,700-acre campus and through the influence of the Doris Duke Foundation. We are committed to ensuring our campus and facilities are accessible to people of all abilities. As a center of the Doris Duke Foundation, we recognize that working toward a more inclusive society is an ongoing, active engagement, and we are dedicated to learning from and serving organizations and individuals addressing inequities.
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Organizational Summary
Primary mission is to preserve the Pine Barrens ecosystem, promote public engagement in the preservation and enjoyment of natural resources, and advance the acquisition of land and development rights for conservation.
We seek to connect people with nature by promoting universal and equitable enjoyment of the benefits of our natural resources.
With Pinelands Adventures and The Pinelands Is for Everyone, we help people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities explore nature through health-giving recreation – and so develop a genuine devotion to environmental protection.
Through Rancocas Creek Farm, our regenerative vegetable farm, we are developing an array of projects and partnerships to increase sustainable farming and bring healthy food from local farmers to all South Jersey families.
We are dedicated to furthering justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our staff and our work. Everyone should have access to recreation, clean air and water and the scenic beauty the Pinelands provides. Pinelands Preservation Alliance does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in its program or activities. Read our justice, equity, diversity and inclusion vision statement.
