Get to Know Us
The Fish-Abled Foundation is a nonprofit group that helps disabled people participate in and attend social activities such as baseball games, fishing outings, concerts and bowling outings — all free of charge.
A party, a day trip with friends, a night on the town — it’s what makes any social calendar. But when you’re disabled, your calendar tends to fill up with other things, if it fills up at all.
Fish-Abled strives to change that.
In 2012, The Fish-Abled Foundation was established as a nonprofit group that organizes fishing outings and other social events for the disabled. We know that many of the disabled have nothing marked on their calendars except doctor’s appointments and that they maybe basically stuck in their homes. So, it is our goal to give them the chance to get out and experience something that may not otherwise been easy for them to do.
We host monthly outings such as a bowling night, Rockford IceHogs games, Rockford Aviators games as well as concerts and a “River Run”. The River Run is a event which includes a day of fishing, boating, games and food.
Fish-Abled has been helped along its mission with grant funding from The Blazer Foundation and The Community Foundation of Northern Illinois. It’s also been supported by the Rockford Park District, RMTD, Mosaic Church, SM & SF Club, Rockford Symphony Orchestra and numerous other organizations and volunteers.
Rockford has a lot of bad news and bad hype, but we see the complete opposite through this organization. We see people who are willing to help one another and help push this mission forward.
“I don’t have a dis-ability, I have a different-ability.”
Robert M. Hensel
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- 1st Annual Fish-abled Fundraiser
- Rock Cut Trip
- Shed Aquarium Trip
- Bowling Night Park Lanes
- 2nd Annual Fundraiser
- River Run
- Bowling and Aviators 2013
- Ice Hogs 2013
- 3rd Annual Fundraiser
- Bowling Fundraiser 2014
- Bears Training Camp 2014
- River Run 2014
- 4th Annual Fundraiser
- Bowling Fundraiser 2015
- River Run 2015
- Bowling Fundraiser 2016
- Fish-Abled and Team Fur Bandits
- Edwards Apple Orchard
- Aviators 2017
- Midevil Times 2017
- Edwards Apple Orchard 2017
- River Run 2017
- Concert at the creek
- Ice Hogs 2017
- Thanksgiven – Christmas Dinner
- Super Bowl Party
- River Run 2018
- Edwards Apple Orchard 2018
- Thanksgiven 2018
- Tour de Frost
- Super Bowl 2019
- Ice Hogs 2019
- Rivets Game 2019
- River Run 2019
- Quarterly Catch
- Testimonials
- Contact Us
- Donate
- Home
- About
- Events
- Gallery
- 1st Annual Fish-abled Fundraiser
- Rock Cut Trip
- Shed Aquarium Trip
- Bowling Night Park Lanes
- 2nd Annual Fundraiser
- River Run
- Bowling and Aviators 2013
- Ice Hogs 2013
- 3rd Annual Fundraiser
- Bowling Fundraiser 2014
- Bears Training Camp 2014
- River Run 2014
- 4th Annual Fundraiser
- Bowling Fundraiser 2015
- River Run 2015
- Bowling Fundraiser 2016
- Fish-Abled and Team Fur Bandits
- Edwards Apple Orchard
- Aviators 2017
- Midevil Times 2017
- Edwards Apple Orchard 2017
- River Run 2017
- Concert at the creek
- Ice Hogs 2017
- Thanksgiven – Christmas Dinner
- Super Bowl Party
- River Run 2018
- Edwards Apple Orchard 2018
- Thanksgiven 2018
- Tour de Frost
- Super Bowl 2019
- Ice Hogs 2019
- Rivets Game 2019
- River Run 2019
- Quarterly Catch
- Testimonials
- Contact Us
- Donate