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Finding Her Passion

A fifteen year-old student at Waukegan High School who has a visual impairment and wants everyone to know she has found her sport. The Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association matched Gesi with the Gurnee Judo Club (GJC). A grant from World Sport Chicago supports Gesi’s transportation to GJC where she’s trained for the past six months. In that short time, Gesi has already placed 2nd in her divisions during a recent tournament and will enthusiastically tell you that she “doesn’t just like judo, she loves it!”

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WSC has launched “Coach for Chicago” (CFC) to address the lack of coaches and people with sports knowledge to support local sports programs. Coach for Chicago matches schools, parks and social service organizations with enthusiastic volunteers who are committed to helping the youth of Chicago!
Chicago 2016, World Sport Chicago (WSC) and U.S. Paralympics, in conjunction with ten partner agencies, just started the Paralympic Center of Excellence. The Center is the first of its kind in the country, and it aims to provide the visually and physically impaired with the expertise and resources to get involved in Paralympic sports.
World Sport Chicago is partnering with the Chicago Park District, Illinois Swimming and the City of Chicago as a local partner in USA Swimming's National Make-a-Splash Campaign. Make-a-Splash is aimed at increasing awareness around the issues of water-safety and participation in local Learn-to-Swim opportunities, particularly in ethnically diverse communities.
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Sara Sky LunaSara Luna Sky
Paralympic Judo
Otis World Language Academy

Sara Sky Luna just finished an eight week in-school judo class for students who have visual issues.  World Sport Chicago established the program at Otis Elementary with the help of Doug Tono and the Tohkon Judo Academy.  Eleven students completed the weekly class during which they not only learned judo the sport, but further learned the cultural history, language and sportsmanship embodied by this Japanese form of martial arts.

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