Empowering individuals with disabilities since 1997.
DASA encourages a holistic, healthy lifestyle through a family-friendly athletic and rehabilitative environment that empowers children and adults with physical disabilities to live to the best of their natural abilities with greater emotional and physical well-being.
Donate & Make a Difference
Imagine not having the mobility or strength to perform daily functions and personal care, or transfer from a wheelchair to a bed? What if the help you needed to be stronger and more independent were not available to you?
These are the daily struggles that stop children and adults living with physical, visual, and hearing disabilities from having productive, independent, healthy, lives. Lives everyone should have the chance to live.
Thanks to the Disabled Athlete Sports Association (DASA) of St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri, with the help of donors, sponsors, and volunteers like you, these individuals are getting that chance. DASA is dramatically impacting their lives – more than founder Kelly Behlmann could’ve ever imagined.
How Your Donation Helps
Isn’t it nice to know, with as little as $10, you can change a person’s life and see the impact in your own community? To continue empowering our current athletes and Paralympians and reach other physically disabled individuals who need our help, we depend on our donors, sponsors, and volunteers like you.
Your funds make it possible for DASA to continue impacting the lives of our participants and their families. Only with your help can our St. Louis and Columbia area disabled communities thrive.
When you donate to DASA, 87 cents of every dollar is used for our athletes’ needs and programming. Rest assured, DASA adheres to the Donor Bill of Rights, which is followed by America’s leading charities.
Your donation is 100% tax deductible [Form 990] and will be used to provide:
- Adaptive sports instructors
- Adaptive sports equipment
- Family support
- Local chapter support
- Accessible rental facilities
- Accessible transportation
- Accessible lodging
- Adaptive sports event insurance
Monetary Donations – See Your Impact
- $10 – A donation of $10 contributes to our general funding to provide programs and equipment for DASA athletes.
- $30 – A donation of $30 helps provide a full 8-week session of a therapeutic fitness activity, such as swimming or archery, for one DASA athlete.
- $50 – A donation of $50 helps provide multi-sport clinics and camps implemented to introduce DASA offerings to new populations.
- $100 – A donation of $100 will provide two Ability Gym one-on-one workout sessions and a workout t-shirt for the athlete.
- $250 – A donation of $250 provides a full season of a competitive sport for a DASA athlete, such as sled hockey, wheelchair basketball, or soccer.
- $300 – A donation of $300 provides a full week at DASA’s overnight summer camp “Camp WeCanDu” for one of our camp kiddos.
- $600 – A donation of $600 sends a DASA athlete to a national competition, such as Junior Nationals for track and field, swimming, and archery.
- $1000 – A donation of $1,000 or more helps DASA provide costly adaptive equipment like power soccer chairs, racing chairs, and much more.
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Special Events & Fundraisers
DASA hosts numerous special events that require a great deal of funding in order to acquire facilities, supplies, and other necessities. We greatly appreciate donations to our fundraising events, or you can become a sponsor, host a specific competitive game, or host your own fundraiser.
Make A Gift in Memory of a Loved One
Celebrate your special someone and honor his or her memory with a gift to DASA. Each donation is recognized with a letter to the individual or family that you designate.
In-Kind Contributions
Did you know you can donate with more than just dollars? DASA athletes are always in need of donated goods and services, such as sports equipment (elbow/knee pads, Therabands, free weights, swim caps, etc.); traveling team needs (gas station gift cards, airline frequent flier miles, hotel points, etc.); technology products (laptops or desktop computers, copiers, printers, scanners, etc.); and other items (bottled water, energy bars, etc.).
Planned-Giving
When estate planning, consider making a meaningful gift to DASA to enrich the lives of people with disabilities and subsequently gain very significant tax benefits.
Social Fundraising
Spread the word about DASA on social media when you take action to donate, support, attend an event, volunteer, or get involved. The power of community can achieve great things and create very successful fundraising campaigns from those who are passionate about our cause.
Social Fundraising
Spread the word about DASA on social media when you take action to donate, support, attend an event, volunteer, or get involved. The power of community can achieve great things and create very successful fundraising campaigns from those who are passionate about our cause.
Shop Our Store
Support your favorite teams or athlete by shopping our Apparel Store. We have some really cool men’s, women’s, and kid’s styles available or you can design your own.
Thank you for your donation!
Please feel free to contact us to host an event, become a sponsor, or for additional information.
Disabled Athlete Sports Association
1600 Mid Rivers Mall Cir., Suite 2722
St. Peters, Missouri 63376
Phone: 636-477-0716
Email: dasa@dasasports.org
DASA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization
We‘re dedicated to changing lives through therapeutic sport and fitness opportunities. Your tax-deductible donations makes it possible for children and adults with disabilities to develop independence, confidence and fitness, and live life to the fullest extent with their non-disabled peers and community.
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has distinguished DASA as a U.S. Paralympic Sport Club. This recognition carries with it the responsibilities to educate the community about disabled sports and to provide Olympic-driven sport opportunities for people with disabilities, including Paralympic Experiences and Athlete Identification camps that also serve as a pipeline for the U.S. Paralympic Team.