Music City THUNDER Heads to National Tournament

That’s right, it is official. With three wins this past weekend in INDY, the Music City Thunder Varsity Wheelchair Basketball team will be heading to Louisville, KY on Wed. April 17th to compete in the 2013 Junior NIT National Tournament. They went to INDY with one thing on their minds, and that was to win and [...]

For the 8th year now, we have been deeply blessed as being chosen CHARITY OF CHOICE by the WEX Fleet One Giving Committee.  The folks from WEX Fleet One have been instrumental in our success and mission to help children with disabilities build life experiences.  I must admit I was shocked by the announcement, but [...]

Geoff Lovell, a long time participant of ABLE Youth, passed away this past Wednesday, February 19. He was 27 years young. Cause of death is unknown at this time, but hopefully more will be revealed. I have known Geoff many years, and my wife Heidi was one of, if not his first therapist after his [...]

Both our Prep and Varsity teams won two games this weekend at the Southern Regional Qualifying Tournament in Birmingham. The Prep team lost their final game in a nail biter coming up just 2 points short. But our very own JayRod took home the HUSTLE AWARD. It will only be a matter of time before [...]

We held our annual Christmas Party today and the kids (and adults) had a great time. Thanks to the volunteers who arrived early and set everything in motion, lining up the food, volunteers, games, etc. The kids played lots of fun games, we had a wonderful pot luck lunch, we had a gift exchange, and [...]

What a great day.  We held our Super Sports Saturday at Beyond Therapy in Franklin so our kids could practice intense independent living skills along with learning new exercises. Scott and Jenna along with the rest of the staff worked with our kids and did an awesome job. The kids worked with free weights, shook [...]

What an absolutely incredible weekend! The older kids in ABLE Youth participated in the ING Kids marathon Friday evening, pushing up and down the Woodland Street Bridge with thousands of people cheering them on. The kids built another life experience, pushing their first race! Sure, the traffic was awful, there were a gazillion kids running [...]

Our varsity and prep teams had a great tournament this weekend. The Prep team played better than at any time during the season. Madison led them to a second place finish as they dropped the final game to Georgia in a hard fought battle. Jayrod and Madison earned all tournament honors. The Varsity team defeated [...]

The last two days have been non-stop food, fun, fellowship, and BASKETBALL. Once again we hosted the Music City Madness Jr. Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, and once again tournament director Byron Personett, our parents, coaches, and lots of volunteers made this event one of the best of the year. Twenty teams (from as far away as [...]

It was just announced that Fleet One has chosen ABLE Youth as their “primary charity of choice” for 2012. I was shocked and brought to tears when I heard this news as I thought for sure Fleet One would choose someone else.  We are blessed beyond words to have the support of such a kind, [...]