Optimist
Miracle Movers

“Optimist Miracle Movers is a program focusing on our friends with disabilities, allowing them the opportunity to play organized sports, as others do.”

Welcome to our NEW Executive Director
Jennifer (Jen) Waite!

Our Mission & Goals

“Optimist Miracle Movers is a program focusing on our friends with disabilities, allowing them the opportunity to play organized sports, as others do.”

Optimist Miracle Movers current sports programs include Basketball (Winter), Swimming (Spring and Fall), Soccer (Spring), Dance (Spring), NEW Stretch/Yoga (Summer) and Softball (Fall). Our programs are designed so that each athlete has a volunteer "buddy" to assist them throughout their practice and game time. Parents are able to serve as the "buddy" if they feel it is how their child will enjoy and get the most out of the activity. Parents and family may also choose to sit on the sidelines to watch and cheer along their athlete as they learn new skills and sports in a supportive environment. Registrations for each sport will open one month prior to the start of each individual sport season.

Our Sports

Our Leadership

Our Sponsors

From Our Instagram…

We are so excited to announce our winner of this year's $500 Anna Harris Volunteer Scholarship, Natalie Restivo! She has been accepted to University of Southern Indiana and plans to major in Nursing. Congrats Natalie, thank you for all your voluntee

Two years ago, we lost the amazing Anna Harris... The OMM family still misses her constantly, but we are grateful that we are able to provide a Volunteer Scholarship in her honor. ❤️ Applications are still being accepted through this Sunday, April 30

We hit our spring swimmer cap SUPER fast this year! Did you miss getting an athlete signed up? Then be sure to add your name to our wait list here: ommsports.org/swimming. We will contact you if a spot opens up AND you will get early registration acc

Next week swimming and soccer start but we NEED volunteers!! Please consider donating your time to help our friends with disabilities play in these fun sports. The commitment is only 1 hour per week across a 5 week season. Swimming starts next Wednes

We’re excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2023 Anna Harris Volunteer Scholarship! This $500 scholarship is available to all graduating high school seniors that have volunteered as an Optimist Miracle Movers Buddy

Week 2 of Basketball is tomorrow at 12:30pm. We hope to see you there!

The wait is over...we're excited to kick off 2023 with the return of OMM Basketball! The session will start Sunday, January 8, so registrations open up TODAY! We're looking for athletes and buddies (family members or volunteers that are 12 years old

Thanks to all that joined us for Celebration of Miracles 2022!! It was so nice to be back in person. We had a great evening congratulating our athletes, buddies, coaches, & award winners for all the wonderful things they accomplished this year.

OMM families are invited to the 4-H Open House this Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 3 - 5 pm. The event will be located at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds. This will be an opportunity for families to see all the projects that 4-H can offer and other

Our Celebration of Miracles event is returning in person for 2022!! Join us on Wednesday, November 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM for a delicious dinner and cake & then a celebration of our athletes and volunteers! Get more information and RSVP here ommsp

On October 31st from 9 AM - 11 AM the Town of Avon @ Town Hall is having a Trick or Treat event which includes a special time for those younger families as well as individuals in the community with special needs. From 10-11 AM, they will be lowering

We were small but mighty and ✨magical✨ in our representation at the Quaker Day Parade this morning! 😁🌈 Thank you to all of the board members that helped bring our float together and also @thebizacademy for many of our costumes. We love our communit

Last night we got a lot done on our AWESOME float (check out the pics here), but we need people to join us in the parade!! It is going to be a fun time on our Wizard of Oz themed float! We have room for a few to ride and others can walk along side.

We’re over the rainbow 🌈 about our athletes & volunteers, and we can’t wait to let everyone know it at the Quaker Day Parade on Saturday, September 17! Come enjoy the festivities or better yet march in the parade with us and help re

Get ready to play some ball with OMM Softball! The session will start Sunday, September 11, so registrations open up TODAY! We're looking for athletes and buddies (family members or volunteers that are 12 years old or older), so check out the info on

Fall, with the return to normal schedules is here, but that also means so is OMM swimming! Yay! The session will start Wednesday, August 31, so registrations open up tomorrow Sunday, July 31. And just like in the spring, we are happy to welcome back

Thanks to some 💕wonderfully generous💕 donors, we are very excited to announce an increase to the award amount for this year's Anna Harris Volunteer Scholarship! $1,500 will now be awarded to a 2022 graduating high school senior that has volunteered

Thanks to all those that came out to our Open House tonight, especially our special Star Wars guests!!

Whatever you need to do, do it so you don’t miss out on sharing your feedback and spending some time with friends! Our outdoor OMM Open House is THIS Thursday, April 21, 6:30-7:30 PM @ the Al & Jan Barker Sports Complex Miracle Field. Pleas

The Volunteers

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Our Volunteers

Our program would not work if not for the volunteers! Not only do we have volunteer coaches, but we have a volunteer “Buddy” paired with each athlete as they participate in his/her sport. We do our best to pair athletes and buddies together for the entire season so they are able to get to know one another and learn from one another.

Our volunteers are 12 years of age and older, but exceptions can be made for volunteers that have previous experience with children with disabilities. Any volunteers 18 years of age and older must complete a background check to participate. If you are interested in volunteering at any level, in any sport, please contact us at optimistmiraclemovers@gmail.com, register at the general volunteer link below, or complete the sport specific volunteer registration available one month prior to the start of each sport.

We’re excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Anna Harris Volunteer Scholarship

Cameron Pritchard!

Cameron shared: "I admit, I was a little nervous at first. ... At the first game, I was matched with an athlete, and I learned I had nothing to be nervous about -- I just needed to treat him the way I wanted to be treated. I learned and grew by far more than the help I gave. I learned the true meaning behind it is better to give than to receive."

The Anna Harris Volunteer Scholarship is a $500 competitive scholarship opportunity that is open to all graduating high school seniors who have volunteered as an OMM Buddy for at least one sport season. It is offered in memory of Anna Harris, a volunteer that the OMM family lost suddenly and unexpectedly in April of 2021. This scholarship is awarded to a volunteer who, like Anna, epitomizes what our organization stands for: kindness, empathy, and inclusion.