Today at midnight is the deadline for submitting your application for the SBWIS Scholarship for Higher Education.
Danny and his family host this golf outing every year to provide funds and services for individuals in Wisconsin with, or affected by Spina Bifida. Spina Bifida Wisconsin, Ltd. works closely with Danny’s family to carry out their generous wishes.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRATION AND HOLE SPONSORSHIP!
As part of an effort to focus on mental health awareness, Spina Bifida Wisconsin is providing an educational Zoom for our members. Harpreet Quiana Singh-Gill, a psychiatric specialist with Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, works with patients in preventing, treating and diagnosing behavioral health issues. Harpreet is a Spina Bifida Wisconsin Board member and we are grateful to have her sharing her knowledge with our members.
Please submit your information on the form below and you will receive an email on the day of the event with the Zoom information.
Our Burger Bash is BACK! and this is the 10th annual bash hosted by SBWIS!
Join Kathy to welcome in 2025 on January 11th at 11:30am at Water Street Brewery Lake Country Delafield (3191 Golf Rd Delafield, WI 53018) for this fun social opportunity. We will have a private room in their wheelchair accessible restaurant for our group and more than just burgers will be on the menu.
For this event, SBWIS will pay for lunch for the person with spina bifida, plus one.
Register below by midnight on January 7th to let us know your coming! On Jan 8th you will receive an email confirming your attendance with details about the event and a link to their online menu.
The SBWIS office will be closed for the holidays starting Saturday, December 21st and reopening on Monday, January 6th. All requests for 2024 financial assistance must be received by midnight on Sunday, December 15th for our consideration and processing before we close. Enjoy your holiday season and Happy New Year!
All requests for 2024 Financial Assistance must be made by midnight December 15th to allow time for processing prior to our office closing for the holidays. Use our website services page to submit your requests. Thank you!
Celebrate and raise awareness about spina bifida by purchasing and wearing apparel SBWIS is selling as a fundraiser! Orders placed will ship in batches, so please be patient and allow up to 2 weeks for your order to arrive. When you check out you’ll be given all the details like tracking numbers for packages (items may ship separately depending on what you select), along with an estimated arrival date. You can check out with a credit card, PayPal or Amazon Pay on their secure website, watch for the confirmation email, and your items will be on their way!
Please share far and wide with friends and family (no international sales, sorry) and encourage them to buy and share too. You can purchase these for October Spina Bifida Awareness month or a holiday gift for teachers, friends and family. Thank you for supporting SBWIS!
Click here to shop: https://www.bonfire.com/sbwis24/
**Colors, size availabilities and the shipping timeframes are not things we can control, we welcome questions about other topics by email to sbwis@sbwis.org
Fundraiser ends on December 4th at midnight to ensure that all orders are received in time for holiday gift giving!
SBWIS thanks you for your continued support!
Online registration for this event is closed! Event day registration is $20/person CASH or CHECK inside the pavilion from 4:30 to 5:30pm.
We are looking forward to celebrating with our Fox Valley area families for this fun and GLOWING good time!
Please click on the event page HERE to learn more, to register, and to donate!
Thank you to these donors for contributing to our Glow Walk Raffle!
Copper Leaf Hotel & Spa
Building Kids Children’s Museum
On The Fringe Mini Golf
Mulberry Lane Farm
Mark’s East Side
Barlow Planetarium
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Good Company
Town Council Kitchen & Bar
SBWIS families who are donating gift baskets!
Spina Bifida Family Education Day, October 5th, 2024
Click HERE for PDF flyer and to RSVP by September 20th.
A morning filled with time to socialize, listen to presenters and learn about community resources.
This event is FREE!
Online registration for Sprint for Spina Bifida is now closed. Please join us on August 10th at Greenfield Park- Event day registration is $20/person ages 4 and up, cash or check transaction (does not include event t-shirt) or $25/person ages 4 and up, online transaction (more due to credit card fees). Our theme this year: I think I can - life with spina bifida is full of doubts and obstacles, SBWIS is here to help!
For event details, click here: https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Greenfield/SprintforSpinaBifida
Click the link above to be re-directed to our online registration platform.
Download and mail-in registration information can be found HERE
A big thank you to the donors listed below for contributing to Sprint’s raffle!
Adventure Rock
Bubba’s Frozen Custard
Milwaukee Food & City Tours
Milwaukee Wave
Safari Lake Geneva
The Florentine Opera
The Racine Zoo
Cave of the Mounds
Milwaukee County Parks
Schauer Arts Center
Next Act Theatre
Kenosha Kingfish
YMCA
Milwaukee Brewers
Lake Geneva Cruise Line
Kwik Trip
Milwaukee Art Museum
East Troy Electric Railroad
Festival Foods
Woodman’s
Babboni Photography
Milwaukee Admirals
Henry Vilas Zoo
Outpost Natural Foods
Lake Geneva Ziplines & Adventures
Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Road America
Ian’s Pizza
Sunset Playhouse
Ultimate Confections
Thank you for your interest in our annual fundraising event that benefits Wisconsin families impacted by spina bifida. Funds raised will help our ability to change the lives of those we serve! Please email Kathy with any questions at sbwis@sbwis.org.
This event is not affiliated with SBWIS. We are helping to raise awareness so people have access to the information and will consider attending!
You do not have to be from the Madison area to attend. Make the drive!
Join us at Village Park to enjoy the Menomonee Falls Inclusive Playground and Splashpad. This event is generously sponsored by Bank Five Nine and we appreciate their generous donation so our families can enjoy this park and lunch together!
Deadline to RSVP for this summer fun event is Sunday, July 21st at midnight. We hope to have at least 5 families attending so we have a good peer interaction experience!
We will be ordering lunches from the Chocolate Factory. Please view their menu using the link below and select a lunch for each member of your family - main course (sub/salad/soup), 1 side and a drink.
EVENT IS CANCELLED.
Join us for a social event at the inclusive Shaw Family Playground in Sheboygan. We are looking forward to meeting our members in this area and hope you can join us, play together, and build friendships! All ages are welcome to attend and enjoy hanging out with us!
Refreshments will be provided by SBWIS and a generous sponsorship from Rehab Resources.
FYI, to prepare for our event, in addition to the Men’s and Women’s bathrooms, there are two separate bathrooms each with adult changing tables.
Please complete this form to register - deadline to RSVP is Sunday, June 2nd. I’ll send an email on June 3rd confirming your attendance and include any additional information.
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST.
Lake Country Dockhounds game on Sunday, June 2nd 1:05pm against the Kane County Cougars from Geneva, IL. We will take you out to the ball game!
For each SBWIS member, and a plus one companion, this event includes admission to the game for Dugout seating Section 110 or 108.
For our SB members, this event is limited to 4 people requiring wheelchair seating and 6 okay with regular seating.
This seating arrangement is 2 wheelchair users sitting next to each other, and plus one companions in the row behind them. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU WON’T BE NEXT TO EACH OTHER. See diagram image below.
RSVPs will prioritize our SBWIS members and their plus ones. Additional friends and family members may or may not be allowed to attend, depending on responses. We need a minimum of 10 people, so please RSVP using the form below to help us make decisions about the event.
RSVP deadline is midnight, Thursday May 23rd. THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
Adult Talk and Tacos is just a clever title for a fun lunch event for our adults with spina bifida.
Meet us for lunch at 12:30pm on Saturday, May 18th at La Cantina!
SBWIS will pay for lunch for our adult (18 years old and up) SBWIS members and one companion. Enjoy sharing your experiences, resources and peer support with one-another, while dining on delicious Mexican food. You don’t have to order tacos!
We are hoping to have a minimum of 6 adult members registered for this event. If fewer than 6 adults with SB register by the deadline, we will open the event to other ages, or cancel. You’ll receive an email Monday, May 13th with details and to confirm your attendance.
As of Feb 26th this event is full with 5 registered riders. You can submit the RSVP to be considered if someone cancels. Thank you.
SBWIS is offering our members the opportunity to try therapeutic horseback riding for your very first time! New riders will be given priority to attend this event and we need min of 3 and max of 5 people registered for it to happen.
This event will included unmounted time getting familiar with the horses and their care, and a mounted experience. Three Gaits requires closed toe and heeled shoes, weight of rider under 185lbs, and using one of their provided riding helmets.
If you’ve never done this before - now is your chance to TRY IT! If you have ridden before, you can register, but you may be bumped if we have enough new riders interested.
Sign up below to receive an email with the Three Gaits Registration Form and Waiver PDF file. This form must be completed and returned to me by midnight, Sunday, May 5th to be eligible to attend.
This exciting event is made possible by private donations to SBWIS.
Today at midnight is the deadline for submitting your application for the SBWIS Scholarship for Higher Education.
As of March 20th, this event is full. Hopefully you can join us for a future event. Thank you.
It is time to sign up! FYI, this event is limited to 30 people due to room size and will include FREE pizza/soda and indoor games. 1:30 arrival, pizza served and lunch social 1:45, 2:15pm - ? how ever long you choose to stay and play games.
Event is partially sponsored by U.S. Venture/Schmidt Family Foundation; a huge thank you to them!
We hope you can join us for this fun indoor family event that includes 2 slices of pizza/soda per person for lunch and 1 Green unlimited game swiper card per person valid for 2.5 hours (not valid for all games) - should be a blast!
SBWIS is hosting an event in Janesville for our members and we can’t wait to see you! Our plan is to host our spina bifida members (any age), along with their immediate family members for lunch (purchased from the venue) and Valentine’s Day crafts and activities.
For this event, SBWIS will pay for lunch for the person with spina bifida plus one. Lunch choices are below in the registration form.
Other family members are welcome to attend and enjoy the activities with us, the venue cafe will be open for your lunch orders.
RSVP is required by midnight on Sunday, Feb 4th. On Feb 5th you will receive an email confirming your attendance with any additional event details. The venue has plenty of parking and a private room for our group.
This event is an independent event not affiliated with Basics Cooperative Natural Foods Cafe and Community Room.
Our Burger Bash is BACK!! THE DEADLINE TO RSVP HAS PASSED.
Join us on January 27th at 12:00pm at Water Street Brewery (3191 Golf Rd Delafield, WI 53018) for this fun social opportunity. This new location will hopefully draw from both the Madison and Milwaukee areas. We will have a private room in their wheelchair accessible restaurant for our group and more than just burgers will be on the menu.
For this event, SBWIS will pay for lunch for the person with spina bifida, plus one.
Register below by midnight on January 21st to let us know your coming! On Jan 22nd you will receive an email confirming your attendance with details about the event and a link to their online menu.
The SBWIS office will be closed for the holidays starting December 23rd and reopening on January 2nd. All requests for 2023 financial assistance must be received by midnight on Sunday, December 17th for our consideration and processing before we close. Enjoy your holiday season and Happy New Year!
All requests for 2023 Financial Assistance must be made by midnight December 17th to allow time for processing prior to our office closing for the holidays. Use our website services page to submit your requests. Thank you!
Kathy will be in the waiting room at clinic today answering questions and providing resources to our families. Always a great way to connect with our members!
Kathy will be in the waiting room at clinic today answering questions and providing resources to our families. Always a great way to connect with our members!
Kathy will be in the waiting room at clinic today answering questions and providing resources to our families. Always a great way to connect with our members!
NEW FOR 2023! Book Club for kids with spina bifida ages 4 to 10 years old (and a parent/guardian). SBWIS will host a virtual zoom read-along featuring the book “Who Do You See When You Look At Me?” by Angela Ray Rodgers. Join us via zoom to listen to the book, see the pictures and talk about our differences and abilities. Deadline to RSVP is midnight on November 9th.
Every child who attends the zoom read-along will receive their very own copy of the featured book in the mail. SBWIS will purchase the book on Amazon and have it delivered directly to your door.
SBWIS feels strongly that we need to serve and support our members state-wide, and this new program allows us to do so. Please complete the registration form below, we look forward to reading with you, thank you!
Zoom link will be shared only with those who register via email.
THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER HAS PASSED AND WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING DAY-OF WALK-IN REGISTRATIONS. We hope you can join us next year.
Thank you to these donors for contributing to our Glow Walk Raffle!
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Badger Family Fun Center
Funset Boulevard
Mulberry Lane Farm
BILLY Footwear
Culvers
Timber Rattlers
Wilmar Chocolates
Road America
Raffle Baskets donated by SBWIS families
Copy and paste this link to share with family and friends https://www.sbwis.org/glowwalk
Kathy will be in the waiting room at clinic today answering questions and providing resources to our families. Always a great way to connect with our members!
