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So Kids SOAR, a 501(c)3 nonprofit formerly known as Dreams For Kids DC, provides life-changing programs that empower youth with physical and developmental disabilities to Strive, Own, Achieve and Realize their potential. Dreams For Kids DC provides life-changing activities that empower children with physical and developmental disabilities to unite with their peers and realize their potential.
09/16/2025
We’re already heading into week 3 of Your Path To Success, the 9th year of our vocational building program (supported by and ). This past weekend we were lucky enough to have returning guest speakers and Emmy awarding anchor guiding our mentees through goal setting and removing labels. It was a galvanizing session that sets our mentee up for their own paths to success!
09/12/2025
Our clinic with is returning on October 13th from 9-11AM! For more information and to register, please email Dan@sokidssoar.org
09/09/2025
This year was one of our more successful years for our adaptive water sports clinic. As shown above, the drastic change in the confidence of our participants before and after participating in water sports shows that this event continues to be a life-changing hit for the 15th year in a row.
09/07/2025
“It’s really nice when a young player such as Dylan takes the time to hang out with young people with disabilities,” said David Cordell, whose son Sam is a participant. “A lot of times, kids with disabilities are on the outside. Dylan’s involvement helps bring them into the inside.”
As we prepare for this year’s donor dinner catered by our YPTS graduates, we wanted to take pause and thank one of the integral hosts and donors. Thanks to and ’s generous donation we were able to fund another year of our life changing vocational building program, which kicks off this Saturday! Thank you to the Berman family for their contribution! 🫶🏻
09/02/2025
Our podcast team is quickly growing! Thanks to the and it’s awesome podcast guru Martin for training our Your Path To Success program graduates Michael and Elias this past weekend! It’s riveting to see this little enterprise really take wings and soar 🚀📡
08/30/2025
Thank you Panda Exteriors for inviting us to partake in a beautiful volunteer experience this morning cleaning the Korean War Memorial. This is the first official meeting for some of our mentors and mentees of our vocational building program and a perfect way to remind us of our collective power.
08/27/2025
For all the soccer fans! Our partner organizations are putting together a Soccer Fun Day on September 19th, 2025! Check it out and register with scott.shepherd@apsva.us
08/25/2025
Join our Executive Director, panelists from and Youth Baseball Academy, and for an invigorating panel highlighting REAL stories from your local youth programming this Thursday. Register at https://tinyurl.com/FFCiPanel
08/23/2025
Another successful Fight For Children youth sports day! So Kids SOAR is so proud to be part of this incredible day of fun for children! Thanks to all the volunteers that made this day possible!
08/22/2025
Very momentous occasion - the debut of our first video podcast highlighting the great community work of Panda Exteriors and the Alzner Foundation! Check out our interviews with two sets of founders that base their values in philanthropy. Kudos to our podcast creator Michael Simmons for learning how to make a video podcast and nailing this first one! Only soaring to new heights from here.
Please consider checking out our guests for this episode, as well as our other sponsor, Kimsey Foundation! - Panda ExteriorsYT: https://www.youtube.com/...
08/20/2025
We are excited to welcome to the Board of Directors. Margot hails from Wausau, WI and is a mother to three. She is a big advocate of our Your Path To Success program and helping our graduates find their careers. Her favorite memory is our 2024 prom, where she got to see the joy on the participants’ faces as they hit the dance floor. Learn more about Margot, our Board, and all things So Kids SOAR at sokidssoar.org/ourteam
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MISSION: Dreams For Kids DC provides life-changing activities that empower youth with physical and developmental disabilities to unite with their peers and realize their potential.
VISION: All too often youth with disabilities are isolated and don't have adequate opportunities to partake in physical activities that other children are able to experience daily. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors by the quality and abundance of volunteer support we offer. Each of our clinics ensures a 1:1 ratio of volunteer to participant.
PROGRAMS OVERVIEW
DFKDC Clinics
DFKDC clinics are adaptive clinics held once or twice a month for children with disabilities aged 4 – 24. Through our events, those with physical and developmental disabilities are able to come off the sidelines and unite with their peers. A lot of these children have been bullied in schools, and are left out of activities with able-bodied children. The empowerment and self confidence gained through the clinic will carry over from the field to the home, classroom, and the community, allowing them to realize that their disability will not prevent them from fulfilling their dreams. Each child is partnered with a volunteer to learn the essence of teamwork, have a mentor, and also bond over a sense of camaraderie.
DFKDC Holiday Celebration
Throughout the year, Dreams For Kids DC provides a wide variety of adaptive clinics for children with physical and developmental disabilities— from waterskiing and football to cooking and Prom. The DFKDC Holiday Celebration is more than a seasonal party; it is our culminating year-end event that gives our participants (the beneficiaries of our free DFKDC clinics) the opportunity to “pay-compassion-forward”. Participants engage in a variety of philanthropic activities at the Holiday Celebration including: wrapping presents for underprivileged children; decorating desserts for homeless shelters; making holiday cards for Veterans, and more. The DFKDC Holiday Celebration is a time for fun and philanthropy, and a reminder that their disabilities will not hold them back from reaching their potential.
Your Path To Success
DFKDC's mentorship program that provides communication, leadership, and vocational skill building for young adults with developmental delays and/or physical disabilities in the DC area. The program concept derived from the need to provide DFKDC participants with resources to expand and grow after their time in DFKDC clinics. Over the course of 3 months, the program offers participants both skill-building workshops on topics such as resume development, interviewing, and formal e-mail communication as well as off-site group community service projects, site visits to places that employ those with disabilities, and opportunities to network. We seek for participants to walk away with meaningful relationships, new confidence, and real skills that allow them to pursue independence and gainful employme