SkateMD

SkateMD is a Northern California based non-profit organization with a mission to heal hearts by spreading kindness and skateboarding to special populations of children facing developmental, physical, emotional, or family challenges.The SkateMD program was created in 2014 as our heartfelt response to a viral video of a hate crime against a teenage boy with Autism.  As members of skateboarding families and strong advocates of kindness, our co-founders set out to empower children with exercise, positive interactions, and fun while increasing tolerance, compassion, and support within the community.  Through an AMAZING all volunteer staff of board of directors and dozens of clinic volunteers, we are able provide one-on-one skateboard clinics in a supportive and accepting environment for children ages 5-17 to experiment with skateboarding, to fine-tune existing skateboarding skills, or to just have fun.