Adaptive Programs

A boy using a wheelchair and wearing a Minnesota Twins jersey holds a bat on his shoulder while positioned in front of a banner that says "Let's Play Ball!"
Here in Twins Territory, we believe this game is for everyone.

For decades, the Twins Community Fund has been removing barriers and expanding opportunities for kids across Twins Territory to get in the game. Our award-winning adaptive programs offer individualized instruction that not only meets kids’ needs, but meets them where they’re at to help them grow. We are making strides to ensure that every child has individualized instruction, equipment, and safe places to play the games they love and develop their skills in a positive environment.

Adaptive Baseball & Softball Partners

The Twins Community Fund works with adaptive sports partners to host baseball and softball clinics where athletes of all abilities can learn the fundamentals of the game, experience the fun of the game, and learn life skills like leadership and resilience. Our partners advise about what equipment the young athletes need, how to adapt our instructional style, and how clinic staff can support the individual athletes so that every athlete can participate, succeed, and have fun.

A girl using a wheelchair and wearing a Minnesota Twins jersey holds a bat and prepares to hit a ball off of a tee positioned in front of her. An adult coach is kneeling across from her.
Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute

Our adaptive programs began with our decades-long partnership with Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, which dates back to 1967, when the Minnesota Twins began supporting the Courage Center’s adaptive sports including the Rolling Twins and Junior Rolling Twins wheelchair softball teams. We’ve cheered the Rolling Twins on to multiple World Series championships while expanding our support to young athletes. Every summer we host an adaptive and wheelchair softball clinic for athletes ages 6-18 with cognitive or physical disabilities.

Special Olympics Minnesota

We support Special Olympics Minnesota with ongoing programming throughout the year including free adaptive clinics, sportsmanship showdowns, and more.

NubAbility

We partner with NubAbility to offer baseball camps for limb-different kids to learn the game from a team of instructors including limb-different athletes.

A boy using a wheelchair smiles and pumps his fist as he gets ready to cross home plate on an adaptive ballfield.
The Miracle League

Since we helped secure grant funding in 2010 for the first softball field in Minnesota dedicated to competitive wheelchair play, there are now 14 Miracle League fields constructed or in the works to improve access for the more than 7,000 kids with disabilities across Minnesota.

Partners

Beyond individualized instruction and opportunities to play, over the years the Twins Community Fund has also invested in equipment and safe places for kids across Twins Territory to play baseball and softball. Our investments in ballfields and equipment like sport wheelchairs have reached partners and communities across six states, helping create a more inclusive youth sports environment at the local level so that more kids have opportunities to play in their own communities.

  • Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
  • Deaf Equity
  • Special Olympics Minnesota
  • NubAbility
  • The Miracle League
  • Highland Friendship Club
  • Hope Inc.
  • Prairie Grit Adaptive Sports
  • Adaptive Sports Iowa

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