Life Worth Leading

04/13/2026

Tallahassee area friends, SportsAbility Alliance is having an expo event this Friday and Saturday. They need volunteers. Here is the link for volunteer registration. Volunteer registration:
fdoa.memberclicks.net/expotall26volunteer #/

If you would like to attend, they have LOTS of adaptive events for you to enjoy! This event is FREE but registration is required. Register here: https://www.sportsability.org/sportsability-expo-tallahassee
Thanks!

🏹 SportsAbility Expo Tallahassee Activity Spotlight: Adaptive Archery

Take aim at a new adventure with Adaptive Archery at the SportsAbility Expo Tallahassee on Friday at TSC! Participants can enjoy an engaging and accessible archery experience, building focus and confidence while learning to shoot in a safe, supportive environment.

🗓 April 17, 2026
📍 Tallahassee State College

Participant Requirements:
• Must be able to follow basic safety instructions

Stay tuned as we continue highlighting more exciting activities you can experience at the SportsAbility Expo Tallahassee! This event is FREE but registration is required. Register here: https://www.sportsability.org/sportsability-expo-tallahassee

01/16/2026

Thank you to our VP Ronny Ahmed, instructor with Scuba Educators International and Divers Alert Network, and his service dog Wallace for volunteering at the Florida State University Service & Leadership Involvement Fair today! We met prospective volunteers and enjoyed seeing so many other wonderful nonprofit organizations including Ladies Learning to Lead and Girls on the Run Panhandle.

We welcome volunteers! Interested? Please complete this brief form.
https://tinyurl.com/lwlvolunteers



12/02/2025

On this Giving Tuesday, we hope you will take a moment to learn how Life Worth Leading is changing lives for people of all abilities. We develop opportunities where people of all abilities can learn, explore, and grow. Our organization has spent the past year serving communities throughout Florida in impactful ways that make a real difference.

We worked with kids with disabilities at Rotary Youth Camp in Quincy, giving them cool SCUBA experiences in a supportive environment to build confidence and joy. At The Family Cafe in Orlando, we connected with families and provided opportunities for people with disabilities to experience SCUBA diving and snorkeling. We participated in an ADA event in Jacksonville to promote accessibility and inclusion, and we supported multiple SportsAbility Alliance programs in Tallahassee and other parts of the state to provide adaptive recreation for people who often have limited access to these activities.

We remain dedicated to supporting U.S. military veterans with disabilities, including combat-wounded veterans, by offering adaptive SCUBA opportunities, leadership development, and outdoor activities that promote healing, confidence, and connection. In addition, we are committed to environmental stewardship by participating in community cleanups including projects with Keep Wakulla County Beautiful to help protect the natural spaces we enjoy.

This year we launched a search and recovery SCUBA dive team to help locate missing people, especially in partnership with rural law enforcement agencies. We provide these services at no charge and have invested in essential equipment, including an underwater communication system, to support our efforts safely and effectively.

In addition to these efforts, in the past 10 years of service, we have provided more than 400 scholarships for open water SCUBA certifications and more than 400 scholarships for advanced levels including leadership training for divemasters and instructors. We continue to invest in adaptive SCUBA gear, bicycles, and trikes to help people of all abilities participate fully in activities they may have believed were out of reach.

We are fortunate to have a leadership team of 22 people who bring a wide range of experiences and perspectives to our work. Our team includes military veterans with disabilities, a music teacher, an audiologist, an archaeologist, a marine biologist, an attorney, a firefighter, law enforcement professionals, educators, a leadership coach, a professor, an electrician, and many others. We value the diversity of our team and the strength it brings to our mission.

We have a free club SCUBA Friends with over 3,000 members, and it is a community where people can connect with dive buddies, plan trips together, and learn together. Our focus is always on creating an environment where everyone is welcomed, included, and able to grow to their full potential.

If our work resonates with you, we hope you will consider supporting our mission on this Giving Tuesday or any other time. Your generosity allows us to continue offering scholarships, adaptive equipment, and inclusive programs.

To donate online, please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/lwldonation
If you prefer to save us processing fees by sending a check, our mailing address is:
Life Worth Leading
3035 Eliza Road
Tallahassee, FL 32308

Thank you for helping us continue making a meaningful difference for people of all abilities!

11/28/2025

We are so very thankful to generous fans like Joe! Joe donated a lot of well-needed SCUBA supplies today including two cylinders, regulator, lots of wetsuits, and many other gear that we need for our nonprofit organization. Joe’s wife Diane was a marine biologist who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease last year, and sadly lost her life not long after the diagnosis. We think Diane would be very proud of Joe for his kindness in donating gear that will be used to serve people with disabilities including kids at Rotary Youth Camp, Family Café, SportsAbility, wounded veterans, and so much more. Thank you, Joe! 




11/27/2025

May the good things in life be yours and abundance that stay with you all year long. Happy Thanksgiving!




May the good things in life be yours in abundance that stay with you all year long. Happy Thanksgiving!




11/15/2025

Let's all give a BIG congratulations to Dr. Monica Hurdal for successfully earning her prestigious DIVEMASTER certification with Dr. Gabrielle K Gabrielli of Scuba Educators International! Dr. Monica K. Hurdal is a Professor of Mathematics at Florida State University and Associate Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Mathematics. Her research uses mathematical modeling to investigate how the human brain changes during development, aging and disease. Originally from Canada, she lived in Australia for many years where she completed her graduate studies and learned how to SCUBA dive. She is a Girl Scout leader, loves to travel with her family, and has dived all over the world. With all of her amazing accomplishments, Monica fulfilled a lifelong dream to earn her divemaster certification!

10/23/2025

10/21/2025

We love our team of dedicated divers who give back to our communities. Friday we are holding SCUBA Search and Recovery pool training in Tallahassee, Florida for volunteers who want to help with efforts to provide search and recovery of missing people. We work closely with law enforcement, especially in rural counties, in partnership with North Florida Search Team, to help search for and recover people. We provide the dive team and our tools and resources at no charge.

The objective of Friday's training- conducted by Scuba Educators International instructor Dr. Gabrielle K Gabrielli is to prepare search and recovery divers to perform safe, efficient, and coordinated underwater operations in support of law enforcement and public safety missions, particularly in rural and resource-limited environments. Participants will strengthen their readiness and effectiveness to assist local agencies and land search teams by developing proficiency in buoyancy, communication, line handling, search patterns, object recovery, and emergency management. Emphasis is placed on teamwork, precision, safety, situational awareness, and accountability to ensure professional, dependable, and life-saving underwater response capabilities.